BIRDWATCHING ON PORTUGAL’S CASTRO VERDE STEPPES
A Sherkin Comment (circ. 24,000) publicou um artigo de Anthony Toole sobre “Observação de aves nas estepes de Castro Verde em Portugal”, depois de uma viagem de imprensa com a Birdwatch in Alentejo em abril de 2013. Leia na página 10 o artigo completo.
WETLANDS OF PORTUGAL’S ALENTEJO COAST
A Sherkin Comment (circ. 24,000) publicou um artigo de Anthony Toole sobre as zonas húmidas da costa alentejana em Portugal, depois de uma viagem de imprensa com a Birdwatch in Alentejo em abril de 2013. Na página 12, pode ler o artigo.
PORTUGAL’S WILD SIDE
Jack Thorpe, editor da revista Bird Watching Magazine, escreve um relato completo da sua visita ao Alentejo na edição de fevereiro de 2015.
Testemunhos dos clientes
Highly recommended for the experienced and the beginner” Very enjoyable half day. Jorge is an expert guide with excellent English. The pre-tour contact was clear and concise, the pickup from our hotel was prompt, we saw and heard birds we’d never have seen otherwise, and we had our picnic at the end in the coolest spot in the heatwave. Highlights for us were a clear view of 2 cuckoos, a hoopoe in the scrub during our picnic and the flocks of black kites. I can recommend this tour to expert birdwatchers and amateurs alike.
We contacted Jorge of Birdwatch in Alentejo as we were planning a trip to Lisbon and Evora in Alentejo. From our first contact he was extremely helpful and well-organised. Jorge responded quickly and positively to our request. Everything went as agreed and we ended up having two excellent days of birding with Jorge – one around the Tejo estuary and one in the Alentejo. Together they gave us a good glimpse of both a wetland area and the “steppe-land” birds of the interior. Jorge has an excellent eye for spotting birds at a great distance and in poor light and this, combined with his determination and knowledge of where certain birds might be found, provided some spectacular encounters. Chief among them was a single Red-knobbed Coot among hundreds of Coots which Jorge identified through a painstaking search; three juvenile Spanish Imperial Eagles on the ground feeding on the corpse of some dead animal. We had very good views from the hillside above. We saw three or four groups of Great Bustards and then late in the evening a Black Stork which was lurking in a dark water channel. There was much more. We found Jorge good company. He told us a lot about the habitats and local environmental issues. And he provided us with a delicious lunch, including the freshest oranges from his mother-in-law’s garden. It was dark when we finally called it a day – on both days! Great birding. We would definitely turn to Jorge again if we return to the area.
Thank you Jorge for sharing your knowledge and passion during this very interesting half-day tour near Alvito. We saw 52 different species during one morning. Amazing. We started with vultures and ended with flamingos. The pic-nic was a nice touch. I recommend such tours to any bird lover. Looking forward to do it again.
