Mick Sway
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Free Birdwatching Guide to the Algarve PDF (1 Viewer)
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Toirealach
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Thanks for that, I love the Algarve and shall study the Guide with interest :t:
john-henry
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Hi Mick,
You've forgotten the link.
You've forgotten the link.
Mick Sway
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with some help, I have just been able to find it again.
I don't know why the original one wasn't working.
Anyway you can still find it here.
There are also more usefull links here.
I like to renew this thread every spring and autumn just in case it's usefull to anyone going out for the first time thanks.
Mick
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wolfbirder
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Excellent, what a great link, cheers Mick.
Carol Baldock
Carol Rushton
Thanks for this link, Mick, which is most helpful.
Mick Sway
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Sorry Carol, only just picked up on your post.
The PDF is also useful for anyone going out for the Autumn migration.
Thnaks again.
Mick
Brian Bullough
DIGIDOPE
Yes thanks for the link it seems very well produced , a few years since I was there but some great birding to be had even late in the year !!!!
Brian
Brian
Simon Wates
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Especially around here before, during and after this:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=311187
Hi Simon,Especially around here before, during and after this:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=311187
I'm due out again next week - what's the raptor movement like this year (after last year's apparently relatively poor show)?
Norm
Simon Wates
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Soon (when there is time!) I will start a thread on this and other migrants around Sagres - but basically up to now just fairly small numbers but a good variety - should be more entertaining in a week or so I should hope. Today 12 species of raptors and a high flying AGP.
Thanks for the up-date - I'm sure that I will not be disappointed. Had a great time last year in early September.
Mattias Ullman
Member
Thats a lovely and good folder! I guess its not available in English?
And Q nr 2; We are 3 Swedish birdwatchers going to Sagres/Algarve in early October. Probably we´ll mostly do sea watching from Kap Vicente. But where are the best areas around Sagres (and possibly Lagos/Albufeira) to look for nocturnal passerines (warblers etc)? And which places are the best to follow the raptor migration in westerly or easterly winds respectively? Greatful for any info/advice!
And Q nr 2; We are 3 Swedish birdwatchers going to Sagres/Algarve in early October. Probably we´ll mostly do sea watching from Kap Vicente. But where are the best areas around Sagres (and possibly Lagos/Albufeira) to look for nocturnal passerines (warblers etc)? And which places are the best to follow the raptor migration in westerly or easterly winds respectively? Greatful for any info/advice!
Simon Wates
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Q1: Yes - there is an Englidh version on there
Q2: Yes Cabo de São Vicente - best in morning viewing from the north side of the cape. Also - early morning and late afternoon from the south facing Ponta da Atalaia can be excellent - its near the fishing harbour.
Nocturnal passerines - Sagres no doubt! Gardens, abandoned vegetable plots and pine and scrub on the edges of Sagres, Ponta da Atalaia bushes and anywhere on the wider peninsula (c.60 sq kms). Valleys running down to the south side can be fabulous.
Raptors - Sagres no doubt! IMO light N-W best - predominant wind in the area. Easterlies can be OK but things are unpredictable. A "bad" day in early October is good - a good day is great.
I suppose you know about Sagres Bird Festival running 1st-4th Oct?
Mattias Ullman
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Thx Simon! I found the English version now. And thx for useful info (both in this link and a few others) regarding birding near Sagres! And yes, we read about the festival. Cant get off work those dates though. Two pallid harriers in Falsterbo, Sweden today. In a week they will be in Algarve!
Mattias Ullman
Member
A few more questions! Are there any subalpine warblers (cantillans) and melodious warblers still around in Algarve in the first half of October? Are the gardens in Sagres the best option? And which is the best Place to look for Dartford warbler in the SW part?
Mick Sway
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October Warblers
The odd sub-alpine can pop up anywhere in the Algarve, though I find them rare this late. As regards melodious I have never seen one during our October visits. Spectacled warbler Sylvia conspicillatacan be found in the scrub near the raptor watch point at Cabranosa, Sagres. Not had any luck with Dartford anywhere but at Foia, where they are pretty common.
I'm sure that someone like Simon will be able to advise you better.
Good luck.
Mick
The odd sub-alpine can pop up anywhere in the Algarve, though I find them rare this late. As regards melodious I have never seen one during our October visits. Spectacled warbler Sylvia conspicillatacan be found in the scrub near the raptor watch point at Cabranosa, Sagres. Not had any luck with Dartford anywhere but at Foia, where they are pretty common.
I'm sure that someone like Simon will be able to advise you better.
Good luck.
Mick
Mattias Ullman
Member
Thx Mick, useful information!
