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Recent reports 2003 onwards....
Reports pre 2003
Portugal –The Algarve 2–9 November 2002 
- I had close flight views of 2 Great Bustard on the track signposted to Monte Cumeada Nova and another view of a bird on the track to Monte de Hortinha flying toward me at about 100m distance giving superb flight views. 27 Little Bustard were seen at the bridge on the N123. These were flushed by one of the numerous Red Kite...... Mark Easterbrook reports
Southern Portugal, June 16th - 30th 2002
- This was a strictly birding holiday hoping to see Great & Little Bustard, Red Necked Nightjar, Rock Bunting & Great Grey Shrike...Stephen and Pat King report.
Portugal 31st May to 4th of June 2002
- On the 3rd day (June 2nd 2002) we headed out to the national park at Marvão. This is an absolutely fantastic place and is well worth a visit...Matt Hale reports.
Winter birdwatching report
for Portugal 18th-25th Nov.2001
- We stayed at Oasis Village in Vilamoura,which
turned out to be a brilliant place for birdwatching. With a recently
created nature reserve 'The Parque Ambiental' in the Riba de
Quarteria marshes & Laguna golf course area. It has a hide
overlooking a pool with others planned. I could have happily
spent the whole week there and wouldn't have needed a car as
the apartment was in walking distance...Geoff Williams reports.
Algarve, Portugal May
31st - June 14th 2001
- What a fantastic area this is! The Castro
Verde - Mertola - Almodovar triangle contains arguably some of
the best grassland steppe in Portugal providing habitat for some
cracking birds including Great and Little Bustards....Mick
Bell reports.
Portugal 7th-
21st June 2001
- This is a brief report of the birding I
did while on a family holiday to the Algarve. We stayed in a
villa at Sesmarias, near Carvoeiro. I did two early morning trips,
one to the Castro Verde area to look for Bustards, and the other
to Pera Marsh. I made an evening trip to the Odelouca Valley
for Red-necked Nightjar...Mike Taylor reports
Southern Portugal June
1-9th 2001
- I took a weeks 'non-birding' holiday with
my girlfriend, based in Tavira. Before going I'd negotiated two
morning's birding so, in light of the limited time, decided to
concentrate on birds I needed for my Western Paleartic list...Ben
Miller reports
Southern Portugal 5 – 19
May 2001
- We started out at 06:30 hours Sunday morning
walking along the cliffs to Burgau to get ourselves accustomed
with the area and to look for breakfast. On opening the
villa door we were greeted with "Wet My Lips"; our first tick
was to be Quail. This was to occur most early mornings
at Casa da Primavera. We continued along a very pleasant cliff
top path to Burgau. Other birds of note along here were
Yellow-legged Gull, Red-rumped Swallow, Cattle Egret, Crested
Lark, Woodchat Shrike, Blue Rock Thrush, Sardinian Warbler & Fan-tailed
Warbler...Richard Wesley reports
Southern Portugal. March
2001
- Nancy and I took this trip on a spur of
the moment decision to hopefully get Little Bustard onto
our life list. The whole arrangement was set up within 3 days
of our departure on 14th March 2001...David and Nancy Massie report.
Southern Portugal, Algarve and
Alentejo May 2000
- We found a number of differences between
spring and mid-summer visits. The likes of Cattle Egret, Roller,
Bee-eater and Azure-winged Magpie, though all seen easily enough,
were less numerous and widespread in spring. Collared Pratincoles
seemed to be just arriving, with none on the Alentejo, and there
were no large flocks of Cattle Egrets at Ludo or Sao Laurenco.
On the other hand, larks were much easier...Ian Kinley reports
Portugal: Algarve & Alentejo April
2000
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The air was filled with Swallows (incl.
red-rumped), Martins (house and sand), Swifts (pallid & alpine).
There were numerous Hoopoes ,Serins and Sardinian warblers
plus Little Owls and Bee-eaters. The whole effect was magical
with the sounds and flower scents adding to the atmosphere..Alec
Cheney reports
Southern Portugal 19
- 26 September, 1999
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This was planned as a short relaxing autumn
break with my wife Sara, with the emphasis on an easy pace
rather than dawn to dusk birding. I have travelled
fairly widely in Europe, and consequently the number of lifers
on offer was rather limited. Nevertheless, I was very pleased
to come away having seen 4 life birds, although rather disappointed
to have failed to see a fifth. The total number of species
seen was 90, which wasn't too bad at all given the relaxed
nature of the birding and the time of year...Gruff Dodd reports.
Portugal (Albufeira.) May
'99
- You would envy the birds seen from the apartment.
Which included Purple Heron, Purple Gallinule, Black Tern, Bar
tail and Black tail Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, and the
star of the show being a fly by from a Red necked Nightjar. All
within half a mile from where we were staying...A report by John
Jennings
Portugal (Algarve and Alentejo) 1999
- This was a family holiday based at Vilamoura
on the Algarve, from 29th May to 12th June
1999. Vilamoura is a good resort for birders, because it is close
to some of the best birding sites in southern Portugal and has
one outstanding site of its own...A report by Colin Davies
Portugal July
'99
- Following Colin Davies quick trip report
from Villamoura-the resort became the our family holiday destination.
Even though it was late July it was brilliant..By Joan Thompson
Algarve April
2000
- A list of birds seen in the Algarve by Patrick
Mann
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