Birdwatching

MARINE IBA INVENTORY PUBLISHED.



After four years of intense work SPEA Has published the first Portuguese Inventory of Marine Important Bird Areas (ibas).
Portugal is a haven for seabirds, with the archipelagos of Azores and Madeira hosting the largest population of species such as the Cory's Shearwater or the Bluwer's petrel.







This inventory is the first of its kind in the world, as it includes not only coastal marine IBA's
but also pure offshore areas identified for highly pelagic seabirds such as shearwaters, which live on the open sea.

Those areas were recognised thanks to the deployment of tracking devices such as GPS Loggers.
The Important Bird areas Programme of international seeks to identify and conserve sites that are critical for the long tirm viability of bird populations.

The Global Seabird Programme is taking the lead on identifying marine IBAS.
This publication is a great success both on a national and international level, and will act as an example for many other countries....