We were supposed to leave for Portugal in February of 2022 but unfortunately couldn’t go. We then decided to rebook our tickets to the summer but with all the misery at Schiphol airport during the summer months, we rebooked them again to February 2023. It’s always good to have something to look forward to!
Over the course of 10 days (and 2 days traveling back and forth) I took a ton of photos. Portugal just never seems to amaze me. People are friendly and relaxed, nature is pretty and you don’t even have to look for pretty and beautiful birds and other living creatures – they’re just there!
Below is obviously a small selection of our time in Faro, Moncarapacho and its surrounding areas. Needless to say it was a good and relaxing holiday.
St Helena waxbill – Sint-Helenafazantje 
Kingfisher – IJsvogel 
Black-winged stilt – Steltkluut 
Flamingoes 
Flamingoes 
Black-winged stilt – Steltkluut 
Black-winged stilt – Steltkluut 
Flamingoes 
Black-winged stilt – Steltkluut 
Pied avocet – Kluut 
Pied avocet – Kluten 
Black-winged kite – Grijze wouw 
Vanessa atalanta – Atalanta 
Violet carpenter bee – Blauwzwarte houtbij 
Black redstart – Zwarte roodstaart 
Dunlin – Bonte strandloper 
Ruddy turnstone – Steenloper 
Red-legged partridge – Rode patrijs 
Pea blue – Tijgerblauwtje 
Eurasian blackcap – Zwartkop 
Pied avocet – Kluut + Spotted redshank – Zwarte ruiter 
European greenfinch – Groenling 
Sardinian warbler – Kleine zwartkop 
Pieris rapae – Klein koolwitje 
Horseshoe whip snake – hoefijzerslang 
Eurasian whimbrel – Regenwulp 
Violet carpenter bee – Blauwzwarte houtbij 
Black-winged kite – Grijze wouw 
Sardinian warbler – Kleine zwartkop 
Iberian magpie – Blauwe ekster
Little egret – kleine zilverreiger 
Flamingoes 
Flamingoes 
European serin – Europese kanarie 
Grey plover – zilverplevier 
Sanderling – drieteenstrandloper 
Common sandpiper – oeverloper 
Little owl – steenuil 
Little owl – steenuil 
Little owl – steenuil 
Little egret – kleine zilverreiger + cattle egret – koereiger 
Eurasian jay – Gaai 
House sparrow – huismus 
Cattle egret – koereiger 
Western marsh harrier – bruine kiekendief 
Eurasian hoopoe – Hop 
Eurasian hoopoe – Hop 
Iberian magpie – blauwe ekster 
Cetti’s warbler – cetti’s zanger 
Common chiffchaff – tjiftjaf 
Western swamphen – purperkoet 
Western swamphen – purperkoet 
Osprey – Visarend 
Osprey – Visarend 
Osprey – Visarend 
Little egret – kleine zilverreiger 
Sandwich tern – grote stern 
Sandwich tern – grote stern 
Common kestrel – torenvalk 
Booted eagle – dwergarend 
Booted eagle – dwergarend 
Glossy ibis – Zwarte ibis