Birdwatching

The very special holiday homes

at the Ria Formosa

Bird Paradise Ria Formosa

The Ria Formosa is a rather unknown but therefore all the more surprising area for bird enthusiasts. Whether you are on your way with binoculars and field guide on your own or whether you are in the Quinta do Marim, the environmental education center of the nature reserve Ria Formosa: everywhere you will see rare birds that already inspired many an expert.

Come and join us in a tidal flat hiking and it will be our pleasure to show you some of the numerous places.

Bird watching under the direction of Rudolf Wittmann who also generously put the photos of this side at our disposal.


Flamingos			Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo		Sanderling Calidris alba


Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica			Stonechat Saxicola torquata	Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio


Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta		Black-winget Stilt Himantopus himantopus		Stork

Sandpiper Calidris		Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis	Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Blach-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa		Little Owl Athene noctua	Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii		Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

Spottet Redshank Tringa totanus	Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocepahla	Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea		Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

In addition to tidal flat hiking directly in front your door step we recommend also the following places where bird watching is particularly interesting:

Salt-pans between Livramento and Fuzeta as well as between Tavira and Quatro Águas