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Portugal Centro

White Stork Ciconia ciconia ŠSue & Andy Tranter http://www.suesbirdphotos.co.uk/

You will notice that there is no introduction to this section yet.

I would like to fill this gap with an introduction from a local birder [or someone who is a frequent visitor] for every on of the geographical pages. The many thousands of birders now regularly using these pages prefer to read something written by someone who can see the place from an insider's point of view. They know the best spots, not just the ones that first time overseas visitors usually visit or that are on the normal birding trip itineraries.

Each introduction carries the e-mail address of the contributor so that birders can get in touch with them if, for example, they are planning a trip [unless the contributor is unable to do this].

Please get in touch if you feel you can contribute an introduction to this page - you don't have to be an expert; I'm not!

useful reading

Books, CDs etc

See the Fatbirder Portugal page for fieldguies etc. to Portugal or the Iberian penninsular as a whole...

reserves

Paul de Arzila

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=365&m=0
A small freshwater marsh with an extensive reedbed, located in central-west Portugal, very close to the town of Coimbra. The marsh is bordered by pine woodland, and is situated in a relatively densely populated region. An important part of a network of small wetlands in the Mondego valley, which includes two other IBAs: Paul do Taipal (009) and Paul de Madriz (011).

Paul de Arzila

http://www.cm-montemorvelho.pt/paul_arzila.htm
A Reserva Natural do Paul de Arzila situa-se na margem esquerda do Rio Mondego, fazendo parte dos concelhos de Coimbra, Condeixa-a-Nova e Montemor-o-Velho.

Reserva Natural das Dunas de S.Jacinto

http://www2.ufp.pt/units/geonucleo/parques/rndsj/RNDSJ.htm
As zonas húmidas fazem parte dos biótopos mais importantes para a preservaçăo da biodiversidade. Estas săo locais de refúgio e nidificaçăo de muitas espécies de aves. Os diferentes subecossistemas promovem a existęncia de muitas espécies. Simultaneamente, os biótopos dunares, actuam como protecçăo contra a erosăo dos litorais...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

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