Partners:

Birdwatching-Algarve is powered by Proactivetur, Alvará n.º 160/2011; Social Headquarters in Loulé.
A partnership, celebrated to provide top-quality Guided Birdwatching-services to the customer and to develop sustainable Nature-Tourism in the Algarve. For more info please visit: www.proactivetur.pt


Places to stay:

www.casarosa.eu.com and www.casarosa.net
Casa Rosa is well known among bird watchers. Centrally located self catering apartments in a small complex containing 6 apartments. Owners living on site.

http://www.companhiadasculturas.com/
A unique place - charming, rural, conceptual... right next to the 2000 ha - reserve of Castro Marim and Vila Real S.A.

http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p872165
A luxury townhouse to rent - in Fuseta (near Olhão).

www.qtfontebispo.com/
The Quinta da Fonte do Bispo is located in the hills just north of Tavira in the East Algarve within easy reach of the Ria Formosa.

www.casa-feria.de/portugal
Ferienhäuser an der Algarve und im Alentejo (deutschsprachig).



Hotels:


http://www.memmohotels.com/Home.html
The Memmo Baleeira is a 4-Star Design-Hotel overlooking the harbor bay of Sagres, next to the Cape of Sagres and S. Vicente



Restaurants:

http://www.couleur-france.net/uk/
One of the Top-Restaurants in the Algarve. Get an impression about this extrodinary place near Almancil by watching the promotional video on the website and check out the menu...

www.restaurantrouxinol.com
This marvelous place in Caldas de Monchique, on the road to Monchique, is a must when you visit the Monchique mountains. I was impressed by the wonderfull vegetation here and while sitting on the terrace and enjoying my lunch, I had Rock Bunting, Firecrest, Crested Tit, Iberian Chiffchaff and many other passerines...



Boat-Trips and Pelagic Boat-Tours:

www.passeios-ria-formosa.com
Boat-Trips from Fuseta (between Olhão and Tavira) to explore the channels of the Ria Formosa Natural Park and there bird life, to the barrier islands or out to the sea, to watch seabirds and Dolphins in the coastal waters of the Algarve.

www.marilimitado.com
Dolphin-watching and more - guided boat-trips to experience marine wildlife by marine biologists at the western cape of the Algarve

www.ecoceanus.com/
Boat-trips and excursions on a catamaran, guided by marine biologists on a catamaran based in Portimão/Algarve



Walking, Hiking & other activities:


http://www.proactivetur.pt/
Walking in Serra do Caldeirão and other responsible tourism activities in the region


http://www.walkinsagres.com/
Guided walks in Sagres - the western cape area of the Algarve and europe's south-western tip



Birds of Portugal:

www.spea.pt
The Portuguese society of bird studies - birdlife partner in Portugal, link to the Portuguese Rarities-commitee

www.ceai.pt
Centre for studies of the Iberian Avifauna

raridades.avesdeportugal.info/
Website dedicated to recent rarity-records in continental Portugal (English version available - mailing-list in Portuguese)


Birdphotos Portugal:

http://www.fluidr.com/photos/pedrolmarques/interesting
Top-quality bird-photografy of the birds of Portugal by Pedro Marques

www.flickr.com/photos/faisca/
High-end perfomed digiscoping-pix of Portuguese Birds and other wildlife by Faísca

www.flickr.com/photos/jose_viana/3468583915/
Great Photo-work by Jose Viana

www.flickr.com/groups/aves_de_portugal/
More birdpix - Portuguese birds


Conservation:

almargem.org/
almargem – from the Arab “al-marj”: pasture, field. Common name in algarvian toponymy denominating a pasture land, a wet field by the riverside. Evocation of mixed ecosystems where Man and Nature live side by side in perfect balance. - Nature protection and environmental education in the Algarve

www.lpn.pt
Protecting the steppe-like habitat of the Baixo Alentejo and its typical bird species with great succsess +

www.quercus.pt/
One more organisation aiming to protect nature and our environment

portal.icnb.pt/
Portuguese State departement for the protection of the environment and for biodiversity

www.criancaenatureza.pt/
Environmental education and nature activities for children

Cork:
http://www.savemiguel.com/

and on you-tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmQ4uaXfu4

and another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETsl-TiLowI


Wetlands:

www.wetlands.org/
World wide conservation of wetlands...



Birding worldwide & usefull tools for birders:

www.fatbirder.com
Birding resources for birding facts. Local contacts, guides, bird clubs and birding organisations in birding facts, books and maps for birding facts...

www.birdlife.org/
Working together for birds and people...

www.birdforum.net/
The world biggest birdwatching internet-forum - actualy various different ones for many subjects and regions...



Ringing:

http://www.cr-birding.be/
Contains all European colour-ring projects

http://www.euring.org/
Co-ordinating bird ringing throughout Europe



Andalusia /Spain:

www.seo.org
The birdlife-partner in Spain. Great ressource about Iberian birds, but most info and papers (pdf's) in Spanish only



Germany / Deutschland:

www.birdnet.de
The biggest German speaking birding-platform in the net

www.club300.de
German speaking site about rarities, contains some articles in english (pdf's)

www.limicola.de
Homepage of the leading German field-ornithology journal "Limicola", with link to german rarities commitee



Netherlands:

www.dutchbirding.nl/index.php
Great Dutch birding-platform of the field-ornithology journal "Dutch Birding"



Other:

www.google.com
Search the internet

maps.google.com
Maps

earth.google.com
Satelite photos of the planet