A Rocha Portugal

A Rocha projects can make a difference. In Portugal, A Rocha has trained over 400 volunteers and many former students continue to be active in environmental issues.

The database at our centre in Portugal now holds records of over 60,000 birds ringed, while extensive studies of plants and fungi, moths and butterflies have given a firm basis for influential reports and articles on the Algarve's environment.

Thousands of visitors have taken part in the environmental education programmes, and experience gained in these early projects has been invaluable as we have moved into new areas.

The Ria de Alvor and Quinta da Rocha is now a Natura 2000 site, in large part due to research undertaken by our team, and to protect this very special area from damaging developments, we have initiated legal proceedings.

See our Ria de Alvor website.

News

Love People 1 September 2011
Would you like to meet the Portugal Team? Do you enjoy birdwatching with friends? If so, why not sign up for one of the special birdwatching weeks being planned by the Portugal team for October... (read more)

Come and see the ringing at Cruzinha 15 June 2011
Bird-ringing takes place every Thursday morning at Cruzinha. Great Tit (Parus major), House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and Blackbird (Turdus merula) are regularly caught but sometimes unusual bird... (read more)

An inordinate fondness for beetles 6 June 2011
After 18 years A Rocha Portugal is back exploring beetles! Since March of this year 130 species from 22 families have been identified by EVS volunteer Reda Garmute. Several methods of capture are b... (read more)