Portugal, 5-12 March 2017 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Portugal, 5-12 March 2017

It is starting to get a tradition: a spring vacation to sun and birds.
This time we decided to keep it simple and made a last-minute, one week (5-12 March 2017) trip to the south of Portugal.
Again, we were accompanied by our friends Erik and Jonne Kleyheeg. We booked a lovely cabin at Monte Horizonte in
Santiago do Cacém, Alentejo, South-Portugal and arranged us a rental car. Although we did see a lot of birds
and other wildlife, photographing them proved to be quite difficult.

Click here to see the photo's of Erik and Jonne Kleyheeg.

joseantonio		11-Jul-2017 19:42
a wonderful collection of great images.V

Hennie & Lies Lammers		19-Jun-2017 13:47
Mooie opnames van Portugal

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Common Linnet Linaria cannabina mediterranea	Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium	José @ Work	Lagoas de Santo André	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Eurasian Badger Meles meles marianensis	Perez' Water Frog Pelophylax perezi	Perez' Water Frog Pelophylax perezi	Buff-Tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris lusitanicus	Barbary Nut Iris Moraea sisyrinchium
Barbary Nut Iris Moraea sisyrinchium	African Daisy Osteospermum ecklonis	African Daisy Osteospermum ecklonis	Broad Green-Winged Grasshopper Aiolopus strepens strepens	Lang's Short-Tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous pirithous
Lang's Short-Tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous pirithous	Lang's Short-Tailed Blue Leptotes pirithous pirithous	The view from Igreja Matriz de Santiago do Cacém	Just us @ Igreja Matriz de Santiago do Cacém	Igreja Matriz de Santiago do Cacém
José in a low midday sun	Salt plains of the Sado Estuary	Skyline of Setúbal harbour	View over the Sado Estuary	Lagoa de Murta
Mediterranean Tree Frog Hyla meridionalis	Mediterranean Tree Frog Hyla meridionalis	Mediterranean Tree Frog Hyla meridionalis	Scenery around Monte Horizonte	Scenery around Monte Horizonte
Tracks	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica
Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica	Red-Legged Partridge Alectoris rufa hispanica
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae	Great Tit Parus major corsus	Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus	Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus	Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs coelebs	Dunnock Prunella modularis ssp.	Great Tit Parus major corsus	Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs coelebs	Common Blackbird Turdus merula merula
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae	Sunrise at Monte Horizonte	Igreja Matriz de Santiago do Cacém by night	Mértola
Mértola	Plains of Reserva Biológica Herdade de San Marcos	Erik @ Ermida de Nossa Senhora de Aracelis	Ermida de Nossa Senhora de Aracelis	Entradas River Crossing
Erik @ Work	Birding the Plains of Castro Verde	Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	Plains of Castro Verde	Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra calandra
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra calandra	Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra calandra	Crested Lark Galerida cristata pallida	Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra calandra	Parmacella valenciennii
Garden Tiger Arctia caja ssp.	Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra calandra	Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra calandra	Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra calandra
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra calandra	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Harbour of Sines	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis
Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis
Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis	Atlantic coast of Portugal
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae theklae	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae theklae	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae theklae	Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae theklae	European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola ssp.
Atlantic coast of Portugal	Atlantic coast of Portugal	Birdwatchers seawatching	Iberian Tree Frog Hyla molleri	Pine trees around the lagoon
Xerophytes along the Santo Andre's shoreline	Colourful forest floor	Colourful forest floor	José @ Work	Lagoas de Santo André
Cork Oak Forest	Black-Headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Castelo de Silves	River in Silves	White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia