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Tag: Birds of Prey

  • Raptors

Flying in the wind

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

Whilst Osprey numbers worldwide are rising, they remain critically endangered in Portugal

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  • Raptors

Griffon Vultures prefer the east Iberian Peninsula

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on April 11, 2019April 11, 2019

So we have been extraordinarily fortunate to see them twice in the Baixo Guadiana.

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  • Alentejo

Now that isn’t a stork!

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on February 28, 2019February 27, 2019

An extraordinary few minutes in southern Alentejo

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  • Birding Guides

Birding is as much about luck as it is skill

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on March 16, 2017February 3, 2019

If you’d arrived just a few seconds later you would have missed it

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Birds of Prey in the east

  • by BeckyB
  • Posted on February 1, 2016February 3, 2019

The general advice for raptors is to head west in the Algarve. However they are also…

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Porto Moniz is in the north west of Madeira, I don't seem to have to hand a photograph of the rock pools for which it is known. However i do have this rather wonderful ocean view ⠀
You can see where Madeira got it name in this shot, it is an island of wood! It is also volcanic, and very green and rugged. ⠀
Most people visit Santana to view the traditional homes constructed with sloping triangular thatched rooftops. I thought though I would stay looking out into the Atlantic - the ocean views are wonderful⠀
Even more popular is Cabo Girão, apparently at the height of the season nearly 2000 people come here a day to look out. ⠀
Another tourist favourite is Cascata dos Anjos - the waterfall cascades over the rockface onto the old E.R.101 regional roadway, and spills into the Atlantic below. ⠀
The cliff-top bluffs reach a height of 392 metres above sea level at Ponta do Pargo, not that we could see much on the day we visited!

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