Sterna Caspia winter arrival

Caspian tern is one of the largest terns in Europe, easy to identify due to is remarkable red bill and black cap. On the 9th September the 1st individuals to Ria Formosa Natural Park.

Birding boat tour

Natura Algarve and SPEA will organize in 28th March a bird watching boat tour. With the first migratory birds arriving from south, Ria Formosa is the perfect spot to find waders. We provide binoculars, telescope and a boat with electric engine. This tour will be perfect for beginners on bird watching. It will start at 9am until 16pm, from Olhão. For more information please contact Alexandra Lopes alexandra.lopes@spea.pt +351 91 322 04 30.

Ria Formosa during winter

A perfect place for a walk and to look for some waders... marches, salt pans, desert beaches, no boats or even stressed people. Just Nature and fisherman's villages.
Find more information about tours in the barrier islands of Faro and Olhão in here.

In this new year of 2009 we wish to those that enjoy the Nature, a lot of birds in the sky, on marshlands, saltpans or inland and good opportunities to do some bird-watching!
Visit our webpage and find new ideas for bird-watching all over the Algarve: in Ria Formosa, Tavira, Castro Marim, Sagres, you can do a trip by boat or during a pedestrian trail.
Join us and learn more about some specific characteristics of these extraordinary animals.