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"Catch of the day" from Algarve
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sweet Lis!!!“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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02.01.2015
On the way a small fishing village
Finally we have found the Visitor Center (which was closed) and the marked route. We spend about three hours between pine forest, dunes, saltmarshes along the lagoon and a sweet water lake.
The National Park of Ria Formosa was legally established in December 1987. It encompasses 60 km of coast in eastern Algarve and its surface nears 18.400 ha.It is wintering ground for birds from northern and central Europr, it is stop-over point in the migration routes between Europe and Africa.
Unfortunately this is the wrong season for the more interesting species, but we got a lot of sun, wind and exercise.
Maybe a flycatcher?
We saw lots of birds, but they are not that easy to catch
The dunes are covered by board walks in order to protect them, as the ecosystem is very delicate
On the way a small fishing village
Finally we have found the Visitor Center (which was closed) and the marked route. We spend about three hours between pine forest, dunes, saltmarshes along the lagoon and a sweet water lake.
The National Park of Ria Formosa was legally established in December 1987. It encompasses 60 km of coast in eastern Algarve and its surface nears 18.400 ha.It is wintering ground for birds from northern and central Europr, it is stop-over point in the migration routes between Europe and Africa.
Unfortunately this is the wrong season for the more interesting species, but we got a lot of sun, wind and exercise.
Maybe a flycatcher?
We saw lots of birds, but they are not that easy to catch
The dunes are covered by board walks in order to protect them, as the ecosystem is very delicate
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The following is a tide mill. They used the tide as power to make the mill work.
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All the birds were very far away
This I think is a Kentish Plover
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The next part is from the sweet water lake.
I'll find out
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Those ladies and gentlemen were the blurds of the day
The pine trees were beautiful.
To finish a dead crab
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Awesome variety of birds you saw, Lisbeth 
Should also plan a visit to Portugal in winter as then I will find most of our feathered summer visitors there
Should also plan a visit to Portugal in winter as then I will find most of our feathered summer visitors there
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Re: "Catch of the day" from Algarve
Lovely scenery and lots of birds again Lis.
Your "kentish plover" is a ringed plover.
The warbler is a chiffchaff.
The gull is a yellow-legged gull and there is also a lesser black-backed gull on the shore (the darker backed one).
The ducks are shovellers, gadwall and a pochard.
Your "kentish plover" is a ringed plover.
The warbler is a chiffchaff.
The gull is a yellow-legged gull and there is also a lesser black-backed gull on the shore (the darker backed one).
The ducks are shovellers, gadwall and a pochard.
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