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2018

06 August
Video created by LIFE ASAP to alert for the danger of introducing exotic species and what can everyone do to avoid this.

2018

03 August
Seabird census from the coast in Berlenga Island. These censuses allow us to improve knowledge about the seabirds that forage around Berlenga Island and discover more about their movements around coastal areas.
03 August
In the last week of fieldwork in the scope of LIFE Berlengas, the team ringed several Yellow-legged Gull fledgelings with the aim to know more about the species distribution and learn more about their trips. Later, when we find these birds again we will be able to know their age and colony of origin, through the ring code.

2018

11 July
Video created in June 2018 by Luís Ferreira / artkopter.com, volunteer that helped the LIFE Berlengas team during the monitoring works. This video aims to promote the Berlengas natural heritage.

2018

20 February
Photos from the event held in Peniche from 29 to 30 January 2018

2018

26 January
The winter cold weather makes the birds looking for warm and cosy places and for the Shags, this is the perfect time to find a mate. In the Berlengas, the Shags already started forming couples and occupying the best breeding places to assure this new breeding season will be successful. At the moment this birds focuses on the constructing of nests.
The males are looking for the best nest material hoping to satisfy the female. Each couple lay 1 to 3 eggs and the incubation period lasts from February to March and the eggs will hatch in April. The LIFE Berlengas team will keep monitoring the nests hoping everything goes well and the future chicks can successfully fly to the sea. Text and video from Joana Bores Ramirez and Tânia Nascimento Photo Nuno Oliveira

2017

11 August
Taking care of the feathers is a very important task. Both adults as the chick keep attention to these cleaning routines. Don't lose all these precious moments. Follow this family at http://berlengas.eu/en/ninho-ao-vivo.

2016

27 July
The Cory's shearwater chick from the Berlenga nest that is being followed by streaming born on July 19. In the first days the chick was always with one of the parents but now it stays alone during the day. At night it is possible to see more movement in the nest when the parents arrive and bring food. Watch the video of one of the first feeding moments!

2016

24 March
Discover the cartoons of the seabirds that breeds in Berlengas! Find here the cartoons to color. Have fun!

2016

23 March
Berlengas is a small archipelago located near Peniche, and is composed by the Berlenga Island and associated reefs, in addition to the Islets Farilhões-Forcadas and Estelas.
Berlengas has an ecological heritage with high conservation value, both in terms of its insular ecosystem that encompasses endemic plants, protected habitats and the breeding grounds of endangered seabirds, as well as the surrounding vulnerable marine ecosystem, one of the richest across the Portuguese coastal waters. The complex geomorphology of the archipelago is also unique. The human occupancy of the archipelago over time has shaped the islands in many ways.

2016

22 March
Life Berlengas Action - Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro is a small seabird that breeds in Farilhões during winter, between sptember and march. Breeds in small cavities on predator free islands or islets or in inaccesible cliffs. The colony monitoring is important to increase knowledge about Farilhões population and the species ecology.
In the beginning of March the SPEA team visited the nests and found some fledgeling chicks.
22 March
LIFE Berlengas Action- In Berlenga the Cory's Shearwater population increase is limited by lack of suitable breeding habitat. SPEA and Berlengas Nature Reserve staff with the help of volunteers built artificial nests with natural materials aiming to increase the breeding area and secure the existence of solid and safe nests for these seabirds.

2016

04 March
Life Berlengas Action - Volunteers and staff from SPEA and Berlengas Nature Reserve continue to remove Hotentot Fig from Berlenga Island. The Hottentog fig is as beautiful as it is harmful. The hottentog fig is native to South Africa, and has been introduced in several countries for medicinal and ornamental purposes.
Its impressive propagation and seed production rates led to the quick colonization of vast areas, becoming an invasive species in Portugal. It is currently considered one of the 100 worst invasive species on the planet.

2015

30 November
Find out here some images of the fieldwork, outreach activities and work teams of the project LIFE + Berlengas