Tagus Estuary

GPS Coordinates (central point): 38º 49’N 08º 56’W

Habitats: Salt marshes, cane thickets, tidal mud flats, saltpans, Tagus and Sorraia rivers, fens, willow woods, cork-oak groves, maritime pine forests, meadowland, pastureland, rice fields and other cultivated fields.
Main species: Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cattle Egret, Squacco Heron, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Purple Heron, White Stork, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Greater Flamingo, Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Osprey, Short-toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Black Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Water Rail, Purple Swamp-hen, Little Bustard, Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Stone-curlew, Collared Pratincole, Kentish Plover, Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Mediterranean Gull, Little Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Black Tern, Whiskered Tern, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Red-necked Nightjar, Pallid Swift, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Crested Lark, Woodlark, Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Red-rumped Swallow, Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail (iberian race), Bluethroat, Sardinian Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Savi’s Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Bonelli’s Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff, Penduline Tit, Woodchat Shrike, Southern Grey Shrike, Azure-winged Magpie, Spotless Starling, Golden Oriole, Spanish Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Serin, Reed Bunting and Cirl Bunting.