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Portugal is a great country for birdwatchers - both residents and visitors. This small country has been largely ignored by ornithologists yet it has a lot to offer, not only in terms of breeding birds, but also in migrants and non-breeding visitors - seabirds form an important part of what is on offer, both on the mainland and on the archipelagos of Madeira and Azores. The number of people taking an interest in nature and birds is still very low, at least when compared with other European countries, yet the number of ornithologists and birders has undergone a clear increase in recent years, giving Portuguese organisations some encouragement to proceed with their work in this important area. Visiting birdwatchers are encouraged to get in touch with national associations, in order to get updated information about where to go and also to give some feed-back about their experiences in this country. Apart from the birds, Portugal is also interesting from other points of view - landscape, vegetation, history, monuments, beaches, gastronomy... It is almost guaranteed that a visit to Portugal will be interesting from many points of view. |
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Pedro Lopes
Contact re the Alqueva reservoir campaign
pi.lopes@mail.icav.up.pt
Gonçalo Elias
goncalo.elias@vodafone.com
Number of bird species: 437
Finding Birds in Southern Portugal
D Gosney Series: FINDING BIRDS SERIES 32 pages, maps. Gostours 1995ISBN: 1898110182
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Prion Birdwatchers` guide to Portugal and Madeira
CC Moore, G Elias and H Costa Series: PRION BIRDWATCHERS' GUIDE SERIES 144 pages, line illus, 23 maps. Prion Distributed by NHBS 1998ISBN: 1871104076
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Proact
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Members: 1
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Associacao Cientifica para o Conservacao das Aves de Rapina
Luis Filipe Oliveira, Apt 105, P-2775 Carcavelos. +351 1 4530204.
Sociedade Portguesa para o Estudo das Aves
WebsiteSPEA, Rua da Vitoria, 53 - 3-Esq, 1100- 618 Lisboa. +351 21 3220430 spea@spea.pt
S.P.E.A. is the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, and is a scientific organization that works for the development of ornithology in this country and for the conservation of birds and their habitats. S.P.E.A. congregates most Portuguese ornithologists and birdwatchers, as well as people that care for the birds and their preservation in a healthy environment. S.P.E.A. is the Portuguese Partner (Designate) of BirdLife International, an organization with worldwide implantation with partners in more than 60 countries.
Natural Parks
WebsiteBasic Information on all of Portugal`s national and regional parks including flora and fauna likely to be encountered.
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2002 [June] - Southern Portugal - Stephen and Pat King
ReportThis was a strictly birding holiday hoping to see Great & Little Bustard, Red Necked Nightjar, Rock Bunting & Great Grey Shrike...
2002 [September] - Peter L. Meininger - Madeira and Porto Santo
ReportSeawatching from Ponta da Cruz, the southernmost tip of Madeira (07:45-09:30, NE1, clear visibility, calm sea). We watched from a small concrete platform next to a row of palm trees, near a parking lot in front of a supermarket...
2003 [June] - Trond Haugskott - Southern Portugal
ReportEven if this was a typical family holiday with wife and kids, I was still hoping to find time to enjoy some good birding. And I really did, in less than two weeks...
2003 [May] - Andy Jayne & Mo Croose
ReportOur first visit to Portugal was from 6th-12th May 2001 when we stayed on the Algarve coast near Tavira. On that occasion we recorded 109 species including the following that we did not see on this visit – Cormorant, Short-toed Eagle, Great Bustard, Little Stint, Curlew, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Nightjar, Roller, Woodlark, Thekla Lark, Dartford Warbler, Crested Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper and Hawfinch...
2003 [September] - Georges & Mireille Olioso - Madeira & Porto Santo
ReportVery few birds ; like other small islands, few species, but also few individuals. No sparrows on Madeira, no Collared Doves! Widespread species are rare: Canaries, Grey Wagtail, Plain Swift, Blackbird, Yellow-legged Gull, Buzzard, Kestrel and Feral Pigeon. Others, like Chaffinch, Berthelot`s Pipit and Firecrest are common in right habitat. At sea, there are always some Cory`s Shearwater...
2004 [December] - David Arch
ReportSix people who happen to belong to Bishop’s Stortford Bird Group flew on a private trip from Stansted Airport to Faro early morning on Sunday 12th December 2004 with Easyjet and back home as planned on the following Wednesday...
2004 [May] - Alan & Rose Saunders
ReportWe aimed to have a relaxing 2 week break with some days of 9am – 5pm birding with several afternoons sightseeing or by the pool...
2004 [May] - Alan and Rose Saunders - Southern Portugal
ReportWe aimed to have a relaxing 2 week break with some days of 9am – 5pm birding with several afternoons sightseeing or by the pool...
2004 [September] - Pearl Claydon & Alasdair Bulloch
ReportWe never considered going to Portugal for a birding holiday, but so glad we did. We have booked our flight for next Spring...
2005 [April] - Mark How
ReportAfter a lie in Azure winged magpies were easily spotted from the Villa, along with singing spotless starlings. Essential shopping and bits and pieces were taken care of then we headed down to the beach just near our villa, a couple of sandwich terns were fishing off shore, along with yellow legged and greater black backed gulls and a bold crested lark was on the beach. Here was a small lagoon (just outside the nature reserve) with a hide here the birding was good, purple swamphen, black winged stilt, little egret, snipe, moorhen, coot, shoveler, mallard, teal, gadwall along with many terrapins and cetti's warblers. A group of photographers from the UK were at the hide and we swapped sightings sites etc. One of them spotted a spotted crake out in the open showing well, house martins and swallows swooped overhead. I headed into the pine wood/scrub adjacent to the lagoon, goldfinch, greenfinch and serin were abundant. Blackbirds, house sparrows and common chiffchaff were easily found. The highlights here was a short toed treecreeper calling nicely and a showy bonelli's warbler. This rounded off the day...
2005 [March] - Honeyguides
Report2007 [June] - John Knight - Algarve & Alentejo
ReportI flew into Faro on the 30th of May, and returned to the UK on the 6th of June. My Hotel was in a medium sized resort, Monte Gordo, which is at the Eastern end of the Algarve, about 6 kilometres from the Rio Guadiana and the Spanish border...
2007 [March] - Glen & Debbie Moore - Southern Portugal
ReportThis was our first trip to Portugal and was booked as a package with Thomas Cook but with a hire car collected from Faro airport. It was meant to be a holiday and not dawn to dusk birding, although I always had my bins to hand. We had an apartment in Old Village, Vilamoura which turned out to be a good base. The flight from Gatwick was supposed to be at 2.30pm but various problems delayed this for 2 hours and meant it was dusk when we landed at Faro. Luckily I had a window seat and was able to see Greater Flamingos as we landed, our only birds on the first day...
2008 [March] - Mark Easterbrook
ReportWith friends living near Cascais (35km west of Lisbon), the invitation to visit them and do some bird watching around the Lisbon area was irresistible. So leaving some hideous British weather behind we headed off from Luton airport on 7th Mar and retuned on the 16th having missed the biggest storm of the British winter – what a result!
2009 [February] - John Rayner
ReportThis whistle-stop visit to Portugal trip came together for a number of reasons....
2011 [April] -Chris Hall
ReportNeighbourhood birds around the ‘block’ include Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Red-rumped Swallow, Azure-winged Magpie and tinkling Serins. To the west along the coast, our arrival at Pera marsh is greeted with point blank views of a Zitting Cisticola perched on a vine right beside the track, with a smart Woodchat Shrike on guard on the other side, while a Little Owl dozes in a nearby fig tree...
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Birding in Portugal
Tour OperatorBirding-in-portugal.com blends guided birdwatching throughout southern Portugal with a centralised location in a sparsely populated region of unique beauty. It's aim is to let you see the birds and countryside you wish to see and as much of them and it as possible, directing or taking you to places normally unfrequented by tourists. With its wealth of experience and flexibility of outlook it aims to satisfy any visitor to this wonderful region, whether they wish to have a guide or simply to birdwatch on their own...
Birding Pal
InformationLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...
Birds & Nature Tours
Tour OperatorBirds & Nature Tours is the first and only Portuguese company specifically dedicated to birds and birding field tours. We offer you a wide variety of programmes, including guided field tours and bird-dedicated courses...
CMDL Birdwatching Tours [Domingos Leitão - Portuguese Birding Guide]
Tour OperatorFor any person or small group interested in coming to Portugal for birdwatching, we can suggest the best itinerary according to their interests, the season and the time they wish to spend. Then we will guide the group during all the itinerary and charge for the service...
Eco Holidays Portugal
Tour OperatorA variety of tours to various places, including birding...
Honeyguide Wildlife Holidays
Tour OperatorIf you are looking for a quality natural history holiday, this is a great place to start. The Honeyguide programme offers a mix of the very best of wildlife in fascinating parts of Europe...
Iberian Wildlife Tours
Tour OperatorWe are all British, freelance, natural history tour leaders who have been living in our respective regions of Spain for many years. Our experience of leading wildlife holidays in Spain and Portugal dates from 1989, both with established wildlife tour companies and a tailor-made basis for independent groups...
Tania Basilio
mailto:Tour OperatorTania Basílio is a portuguese biologist who guides tourist in west Portugal (Berlengas Islands, Peniche, Obidos, Caldas da Rainha and others). She speaks English, French & Spanish besides Portuguese. Tel: +351932532626
Travelling Naturalist
Tour OperatorWith its great diversity of habitat providing first landfall for thousands of spring migrants, good feeding grounds for birds on autumn migration, and a fine range of resident birds on the coast and inland...
Wingspan Bird Tours
Tour OperatorWINGSPAN BIRD TOURS offer a range of exciting bird-watching holidays and Bird Tours throughout Spain, Morocco, Lesvos and Portugal. Our Bird-watching breaks range from day trips in Andalucia to 10 days in Morocco. We cater for beginners and accomplished birders alike, we offer good value, good company and great birding...
Quinta do Barranco da Estrada (Gully Road Farm)
AccommodationA small, 7 bedroomed south facing lakeside hotel with stunning views over one of Europe`s largest and cleanest lakes, it is set in unspoilt countryside one and a half hours from Faro International Airport. The cooking is to a cordon bleu standard, and the friendliness and professionalism of the international staff make a holiday here something to be treasured. The lake, though close to the Algarve, is relatively unknown, with a busy day being the sight of over five boats, and in the summer the mature fruit and flower gardens lead guests down to the shore where a variety of watersports are on offer, overlooked by the lawns close to the water`s edge.
Quintassential
AccommodationWelcome to Quintassential Holiday Apartments where four luxurious self catering apartment/cottages are located in an old Quinta in the central Algarve, Portugal offering accommodation from 2 to 13 people...
Aves de Portugal
WebsitePhoto Gallery...
Cadernos de ornitologia
WebsiteUma boa parte dos ornitólogos, amadores ou profissionais, anota de forma mais ou menos sistemática as suas observações em cadernos de campo. Essa informação pode servir de base a trabalhos de carácter técnico e de divulgação ou pode ser aproveitada em projectos de âmbito alargado que visem caracterizar a situação de uma espécie, ou espécies, numa determinada área geográfica. Apesar dessas possíveis utilizações, muita da informação que é recolhida nunca chega a ser usada permanecendo desaproveitada e inacessível.
Nature & Environment
WebsiteFrom the coast to the interior, the sea to the hills and rolling plains of Setúbal, one can find a series of naturally enchanting values, both socio-economic and cultural; a diversity of which is difficult to find elsewhere...
Portugal Hotspots
WebsiteThe need to conserve nature, landscape, heritage in harmony with the growing needs of the human population has recently been responsible for the establishing of protected areas, one National Park, two Natural Reserves and an area of Protected landscape.
Portuguese birds
WebsiteSome pics of portuguese birds...
Photographer - José Viana - Aves Digital
GallerySome brilliant images...
Photographer - Octavio Alcantara - Aves Natureza
Gallery… mostly of Portuguese birds, fauna and flora, Birding places, articles, material used, photos organised by species…
Photographer - Ricardo Guerreiro - DigiScoping Portugal
GalleryGallery of some excellent phoitographs of birds in Portugal...
Photographer - Sparky Faisca
GalleryDigisoper from Portugal...
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