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My 7 favourite sites in Portugal

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Over the years I have been able to spend considerable time all over Portugal, birding; eating and drinking to my heart’s delight. Well, the eating may have been to my heart’s detriment. Here are my favourite 7 places to go birding in this wonderful country. Are these the best locations? Go and find out yourself!

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World Small Animal Veterinary Association – September 27-29, 2023

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The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) held its 48th Congress from September 27-29, 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal. The WSAVA presented awards and seated new officials.

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High level negotiations

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My in-laws had stayed after independence – being more African than Portuguese to start with and not having any connection to metropole Portugal other than the language. To make things even better, a family member I had not yet met (after close to four decades of marriage) joined us. The reminiscing started.

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Noudar Nature Park, Portugal

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I had the good fortune to be asked to represent one of the UK’s national birding magazines ‘Birdwatching’ on a press trip to Southern Portugal earlier this month. Southern Portugal generally is the best place in Europe to see Azure-winged Magpies and they too can be found amongst the montado at Noudar.

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Rock’n’rollers

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With only a few exceptions, the core of the distribution of most steppe birds lies in Spain so the southeastern part of Portugal is the better area to visit. So why go to Portugal if Spain has the same birds? Better is to turn into the many roads to the left or right. Leave early from Castro Verde towards Mértola.

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Lisbon’s Lezirias in Winter

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Most people go to Portugal in July or August to enjoy the three things Portugal is famous for: sun, sand and seafood. Generally speaking, the best months in Portugal are April and September/October but the Lezírias are good year-round. There are three things that are great about Portugal: wine, coffee and the food.

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Pelagics off SW Iberia

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The Gulf of Cadiz, from Cadiz itself, right along the coasts of Huelva and the Algarve to Cape St Vincent in Portugal, is a favourite hunting ground of mine and the operators willing to take you out have been on the increase in recent years. We’re fast approaching a preferred time of mine for going out on boats in search of seabirds.

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