Culture and crafts
Núcleo Interpretativo de Vida Selvagem
What lives in the Cabreira mountains? At Moinhos de Rei, discover the area’s wildlife, plants and biodiversity.
AbadimGetting to know animals, reading environments
From the streams to the flowers, start with the relationships between living beings and the landscape.
Summary: about 1 min. Open the readings to deepen each chapter at its pace.
Start with a question
The Núcleo Interpretativo de Vida Selvagem, in Abadim, presents themes of the fauna and flora of the Cabreira. The stories of the guide allow further investigation: what food, shelter and conditions offers a landscape? Knowing the biology of a species and documenting its presence in a place are different tasks.
- A first meeting in Moinhos de ReiLearn about the Cabreira before going out to the field.
- About 1 min to read
- Interactive exploration
- A landscape is also foodThe wolf is part of a network of relationships.
- About 2 min of reading
- Interactive exploration
Sources of this chapter
- Municipality — Núcleo Interpretativo de Vida SelvagemConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Lobo-Iberico platform in Portugal — wolf prey; registration of Cabreira without date indicatedConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
The shore is also a house
The salamander-lusitanic binds to watercourses and humid environments; the blackbird-diving shows another way to use the river. Compare the relationship between each animal and the water and the margins. These explanations help to know the species, without indicating sighting sites or ensuring encounters.
- A tail bigger than the bodyThe salamander-lusitan lives connected to moisture.
- About 2 min of reading
- A little bird that divesThe blackbird leads bird watching to the current.
- About 2 min of reading
- Includes activity
- Words explained
- Interactive exploration
Sources of this chapter
- Visit Cabeceiras — natural heritage of Serra da CabreiraConsultation/revision: 2026-11-06
- Gaia Biological Park — Chioglossa lusitanicaConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Link to Nature Protection — Salamander-lusitanConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Birds of Portugal — Watermelon, identification, habits and distributionConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Birds of Portugal — Cinclus cinclus, flight and presence throughout the yearConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- British Trust for Ornithology — BirdFacts: Dipper, Cinclus cinclusConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
Small meetings, great relationships
A flower can receive different visitors, and not all insects live in societies. In rivers, the cycle of a freshwater mussel can involve a fish. These are two examples of relationships between species: observing an animal alone does not always reveal everything it needs to live.
- From flower to flower, a shared taskPollination involves much more than honeybee.
- About 1 min to read
- Includes activity
- Interactive exploration
- A mussel starts by traveling with a fishTwo lives connected under the surface.
- About 1 min to read
- Includes activity
- Words explained
- Interactive exploration
Sources of this chapter
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — explanations of entomologists Renata Santos and Albano Soares, 07/06/2022Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- ICNF — Margaritifera margaritifera, ecology, reproduction and threats, pp. 2–3Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- PDM — Environmental Assessment, p. 50Consultation/revision: 2026-11-06
Places linked to these stories
Open each form to consult contacts and visiting conditions. This selection is not an itinerary.
Take this curiosity for a way out.
These plans include places mentioned in the guide. Open the chips to confirm access and conditions; they are not calculated routes.
Explore the parishes of these stories · 1
Freguesias associated with source readings. This list does not define a visit path.