6th March 2024 – Armação de Pêra, The Algarve, Portugal

The last day of our holiday in Portugal called for a leisurely walk along the beach at Amação de Pêra. This morning there was some warmth in the sun and it felt even more like spring.

Carpobrotus edulis is a ground-creeping plant with succulent leaves in the genus Carpobrotus, native to South Africa. Its common names include hottentot-fig, sour fig, ice plant or highway ice plant

We really only expected to see gulls on our walk and so it was a special delight to see some other birds as we made a small diversion to the back of the beach.

We first came across a small flock of waxbills and I managed to get just one shot before they disappeared.

From a new walkway (which isn’t quite open yet) across the marsh we saw black-wing stilts.

A little further there was a common sandpiper and then a small group of sanderling who didn’t seem at all nervous about our presence.

There was just a single crested lark and a white wagtail before we were back on the beach and back in the company of gulls.

A very pleasant couple of hours to conclude a great holiday on The Algarve.

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