Destinations
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Central Portugal 15 – 22 April 2012
Conservation project
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA, BirdLife in Portugal) has a network of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) with volunteers monitoring these and acting as 'caretakers'. The Albufeira do Caia IBA has a large population of waterbirds, including collared pratincoles (100 pairs), little terns (50 pairs, the only inland colony in Portugal), gull-billed terns (an astonishing 500 pairs), red-crested pochards and other duck and egret species. SPEA is helping to manage the IBA by clearing and creating islands for terns and grebes, and runs a ringing station.
Malcolm Crowder (left) from the Honeyguide Wildlife Charitable Trust presents SPEA's IBA 'caretaker',
Luis Venâncio,
with a cheque for €860, April 2010.
