In this activity we will travel through different habitats such as salt pans, pine forests, scrubland, coastal lagoons and mudflats on the banks of the Ria Formosa. The time of year determines which birds can be spotted in these areas and include:
Crested Lark, Stilt, Greater Flamingo, Shelduck, Avocet, Kentish Plover, Marsh Harrier, Zitting Cisticola, Sardinian Warbler, Purple Heron, Gadwall, Little Grebe, Pochard, Shoveler, Red-Crested Pochard, Glossy Ibis , Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Bittern, Purple Gallinule, Moorhen, Coot, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Sanderling, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Black-tailed-Godwit, Wimbrel, Spoonbill, Redshank, Greenshank, Sandpiper, Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Audouin’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, Hoopoe, Kingfisher, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow , White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Bee-eater, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Serin, Pied Flycatcher, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Iberian Magpie, Spotless Starling, Black-headed Weaver, Waxbill, Greenfinch, Siskin, Corn Bunting etç