Crossbill Guides 36 - Southern Portugal - Algarve and Alentejo

This Crossbill Guide is a thorough and practical guide for naturalists and nature lovers. It covers southern Portugal north to Lisbon. Within this region it focuses specifically on four particularly wild and beautiful sections: - The the Lisbon-Setúbal area, with its limestone hills and cliffs, and its large wetlands of the Tejo and Sado estuaries. - The large, wild and remote southern Alentejo with its steppes and large swathes of montados (dehesas). - The famous Algarve, which has numerous small but bird-rich wetlands and limestone hills. - The Costa Vicentina the little visited wild Atlantic coast in the southwest. The nature travel guidebook to Southern Portugal contains routes and background info on landscape, flora and fauna. - Landscape history - Ecosystems - Geology - Flora and Fauna - Where to watch birds - Finding orchids and other wild flowers - 23 detailed routes with tips for finding wildlife and 28 site descriptions