The pateira got occupied by a few hundred Mallards Anas platyrhynchos and about 70 Common Teals Anas crecca. We also observed a single Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina and a single…
… Garganey Anas querquedula, which ended up in our captures and got marked.
Several of the female Mallards in our captures were still undergoing their moult. These birds are temporarily incapable of flying. Too bad for the ducks outside of the reserve that the hunting season will start in only a few days from now. Moulting female Mallards will not be able to find a place to shelter, away from one of Portugal’s most nasty habits.
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis in front of the blind.
Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla
Nice to see that many of the acorns that we sowed at the reserve last winter managed to germinate and survive the summer. An update on ‘Projecto Sobreiro’ will appear on this blog in the near future.
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