Category:Reserva Natural da Ria de Alvor

The Alvor Estuary is separated from the sea by two sand dunes and these enclose a coastal lagoon alongside the surrounding wetlands and the peninsulas of Quinta da Rocha and Abicada, making together an area of over 1454 hectares.

Estuarine plants include: Atriplex (saltbush,orache), Suaeda fruticosa (shrubby seablight), Salicornia europaea (glasswort), Sarcocornia sp. (samphires, saltworts), Suaeda maritima (annual seablite), Suaeda sp. Salsola soda (saltwort), Salsola sp., Halimione portulacoides (sea purslane) , Spartina maritima (small cordgrass), Zostera noltei (dwarf eelgrass) , Beta, Sonchus, Juncus. Barrocal plants (garigue) include - Cistus species, Halimium sp., Lavandula sp., Thymus sp., Pistacia lentiscus, Juniperus phoenicea Erica sp. . Trees are the Carob Ceratonia siliqua, the Olive Olea europaea, the Fig Ficus carica Strawberry Tree Arbutus and Almond Prunus dulcis. Birds see Aves Portugal Guillaume Rethore Systematic List of the Birds of Ria de Alvor See also Gallery of Flora of Algarve Flora of Algarve Flora of Portugal portal Species list Portugal Flora on Portugal Fauna Iberica Abicada Some birds are:- Short Toed Snake Eagle, Black Winged Kite, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Gannet (offshore), Greater Flamingo, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, White Stork, Spoonbill, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Yellow Legged Gull, Sandwich Tern, Black Winged Stilt, Greenshank, Grey Plover, Kentish Plover, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Redshank, Dunlin, Sanderling, Pintail, Shoveller, Mallard, Little Grebe, Coot, Stonechat, Subalpine Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Zitting Cisticola, Woodchat Shrike, Jackdaw, Hoopoe, Azure Winged Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, Collared Dove, Crested Lark, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Serin, Corn Bunting, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Swift, Red Rumped Swallow, Swallow, House Martin, Spotless Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, House Sparrow

Other birds-Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) resident 1) • Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) resident 2) • Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Aug.-Mar. 3) • Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) resident 4) • Hoopoe (Upupa epops) resident 5) • Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) rare; summer 6) • Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Mar.-Sep. 7) • Iberian Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cooki) resident 8) • Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) resident 9) • Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Jan. -Mar. / Aug. -Dec. 10) • Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) resident 11) • Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) resident

• Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) resident • Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Mar.-Aug. • Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) Mar.-Sep. • Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) resident • Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) Apr.-Sep. • Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) Mar.-Sep. • Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala) resident • Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) resident • Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus) Feb. -Sep. • Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) Mar. -Apr. /Aug. -Sep. • Little Stint (Calidris minuta) Sep.-Feb.

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