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A ROAD TO FIND OUT

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From the bread to the fungi, pick a sequence of stories and follow curiosity.

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A brown common buzzard perched among branches and leaves, photographed by ecovore.
Common butt / round eagle · Photography: ecovore
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

Source: iNaturalist · CC-BY. No editing; screen size adjustment.

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4 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 4 MIN

Four birds, four parishes

A tour of the photographs: branches in Refojos, a margin in Cavez, wings in Abadim and a wire in Painzela. Opens the registers, looks for details and experiences the challenges. It is a reading route, not an itinerary on the ground nor a guarantee of sighting.

1 de 4 histórias com ligação a Refojos de Basto.

To try4 activities · 4 interactive holdings · 4 questions
Entrar por Refojos de Basto →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. A rapture with a varied menu
  2. A long tail by the water
  3. The wings give a clue to the finch
  4. Similar name, different kinship
Elongated and green olive leaf, with light central ribbedness and other leaves at the bottom.
Olive leaf photographed in Stutensee, Germany, in 2011. Botanical illustration; it is not a record of Cabeceiras. This frame does not show the two faces of the same leaf.
Photography: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Date given at source: . Source consulted in 2026-11-07. EXIF orientation, proportional resizing and WebP conversion; no retouching or clipping of the file.

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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

A walk with another look

Seven readings to move from interpretation spaces to small details of nature: moss, wings, aquatic insects, leaves and wood. Explore links and observation proposals; it is a reading sequence, without mandatory itinerary or promise of sightings.

1 de 7 histórias com ligação a Refojos de Basto.

To try6 activities · 6 interactive holdings · 5 questions
Entrar por Refojos de Basto →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. A green space can also teach
  2. A first meeting in Moinhos de Rei
  3. A little carpet full of life
  4. The inn wings give a clue
  5. Small shelters underwater
  6. One leaf, two faces
  7. A log can be a small house
A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
About the photograph

Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photograph shows a young ash; it does not document the forest described in the study.

Source: iNaturalist · CC-BY. No editing; screen size adjustment.

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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

A river beyond the surface

Seven stories to follow the water to the Douro and discover life under the surface. Explores the layers of the river, accompanies the transformation of an insect and draws a food network. Local references and dated studies are distinguished from general explanations of ecology.

1 de 7 histórias com ligação a Refojos de Basto.

To try6 activities · 6 interactive holdings · 4 questions
Entrar por Refojos de Basto →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. The water from here also reaches the Douro
  2. Under the ground there's also water
  3. Water also reaches the light and fields
  4. The river also has a forest
  5. Small shelters underwater
  6. A fish's menu also has insects
  7. The life of the river also tells a story
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