Site Report: Paul da Pedreira, Portugal
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Eurasian Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Eurasian Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Wetlands
Visits
- 2026-08-25: A former rock quarry near the asphalt plant is a spot were waders often visit.
- 2026-08-26: We came back again the next morning to see about some better photos.
- 2026-08-27: Terceira is not a huge island, so we went back to the swamp to see if anything new turned up.
- 2026-08-28: Another visit to the rock quarry.
- 2026-08-29: Another visit to the quarry.
- 2026-08-30: One last trip to the swamp before flying home.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (35 records,
13 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record,
1 image)
Class: Insects
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Eurasian Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)
Phylum: Chordates
(34 records,
12 images)
Class: Birds
(32 records,
11 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(14 records)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Island Canary (Serinus canaria)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)