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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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4 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 4 MIN

Four birds, four parishes

A journey through photographs: branches in Refojos, a riverbank in Cavez, wings in Abadim and a wire in Painzela. Open the records, look for details and try the challenges. This is a reading journey, not an outdoor itinerary or a promise of sightings.

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  1. A bird of prey with a varied menu
  2. A long tail beside the water
  3. Wing markings offer a clue to the chaffinch
  4. Similar names, different relatives
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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

From flowers to products of the earth

Pollen, visitors to flowers, shelters, honey and local cooperation. Seven readings link ecology and flavors, distinguishing general biology from history of Cabeceiras.

Things to try6 activities · 5 interactive explorations · 6 questions
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  1. From flower to flower, a shared task
  2. Small loads on tiny legs
  3. It looks like a wasp, but it may be a fly
  4. Not all bees look for the same home
  5. A calendar of flowers
  6. The landscape also reaches the honey
  7. Land products also bring people together
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A brown frog beside water and vegetation.
Frog · Photography: Fedra Santos
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Amphibians: Between water and earth

Eight readings on skin, tail, feed and reproduction. Opens the sequence of the triton, follows the food between water and earth and compares the development of salamander. The photograph of Rio Douro, regional references to the Cabreira and general biology maintain distinct scopes; it is not an observation script.

Things to try4 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 6 questions
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  1. Skin that breathes too
  2. A tail offers a clue
  3. A small frog with a strong connection to water
  4. A tail longer than the body
  5. Before the salamander, a life in water
  6. A tail that distracts a predator
  7. A newt between water and land
  8. Some newts spend another winter in water
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10 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Follow the water in a picture of 1758

Ten readings accompany the water in the memories of 1758: cultures, margins, mills and differences between parishes. Vila Nune's account also looks at Atei, on the other side of Tâmega. Compares what each author observed, without turning the documents into visiting maps.

Things to try7 activities · 5 interactive explorations · 3 questions
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  1. Store water coming from the hill
  2. Two rivers lost their name
  3. Two streams worked six mills
  4. A river that moved but did not water
  5. The work was on the other side
  6. Two rivers, a meeting in the Ranha
  7. The water watered and made oil
  8. Bridges that winter put to the test
  9. Trout, nase and chub in the river’s memory
  10. The river entered the life of the fields
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A close-up of a dark beetle on the ground.
Dorcus parallelipipedus · Photography: Jakob Fahr
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photograph shows the beetle, not the development of larvae in the wood.

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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Fungus: the work you don't see

Seven stories to follow the life of the mycelium, understand the food and discover who takes advantage of the wood. Draws a network that explores resources, compares the decomposition and opens the photograph of a beetle observed in the municipality.

Things to try7 activities · 7 interactive explorations · 6 questions
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  1. The mushroom is just a part
  2. Why do mushrooms grow in a circle?
  3. A meal prepared outside
  4. A fallen leaf still has its way
  5. A log can be a small house
  6. An old trunk still nourishes life
  7. More water is not always better
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Panoramic view of Vilela, Rio Douro, with houses and agricultural plots on the slopes.
Vilela · architecture and landscape of Rio Douro© Ambcruzⓘ
11 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Riodouro: from mountain to water

Eleven readings between villages, chapels, watering, animals and work. Compares the portrait of 1758, knows the pison and ends in the memory of collective shepherding of Cambezes. Reports maintain their time and do not define current conditions of visit.

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  1. Moscoso look at the valley
  2. Fifteen places, a network of chapels
  3. From the spring to the fields
  4. Two rivers to count a parish
  5. In summer, the water took other paths
  6. Fish in an old portrait
  7. Animals remembered in the mountains
  8. Water also worked wool
  9. The granite also draws the village
  10. The village that stayed in memory
  11. The herd was also a village matter
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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Cavez: lives underwater

Start by sampling the Tâmega in Cavez and get to know the six registered fish. Seven readings link the survey of 2016–2017 to shapes, feed, reproduction and origin of the species. No indication of fishing points or current presence.

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  1. Six species beneath the surface
  2. A fish can migrate without going to sea
  3. A preferred current changes with age
  4. A fish with a network of scales
  5. A fish’s menu can include insects
  6. A small fish, many tiny prey
  7. Not every river fish came from here
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
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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.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Small lives, big surprises

It looks at nature on the scale of details: leaves, insects, a shell with bands and a slug with spots. It compares shapes and experiences the activities, distinguishing local photographs from general explanations about the species.

Things to try8 activities · 6 interactive explorations · 4 questions
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  1. The river also has a forest
  2. A small bird that dives
  3. A carnivorous plant in the mountains
  4. From flower to flower, a shared task
  5. A log can be a small house
  6. An old trunk still nourishes life
  7. One shell, many patterns
  8. A slug with a leopard pattern
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A green insect with long antennae on a wooden panel.
Big-Salt Green · Photography: Joao Teixeira
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

Five encounters with nature

From the corner of a jump to the wings of a fruit: discover five stories with photographs registered in the municipality. A reading route, to explore at your pace.

Things to try5 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 4 questions
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  1. A song hidden in the greenery
  2. A grasshopper makes it through winter
  3. Wing patterns tell a story of plants
  4. A fruit with a wing
  5. A small bird that dives
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11 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Alvite: from fields to memory

Eleven readings link fields, water, work, fair, justice, church and chapels of Alvite. It compares the strength of animals with the uses of water and the different charges of places of worship. The memories of 1758 preserve their time; the sequence does not indicate a walk.

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  1. In the fields, there was more than corn
  2. Orada changed from summit to valley
  3. Store water coming from the hill
  4. When the winepress walked with the animals
  5. The bulls came from Barroso
  6. One land, two skills
  7. The earthquake has reached the account of Alvite
  8. Orada was grazing land too
  9. Three altars in one body
  10. Six chapels, different responsibilities
  11. A chapel leaning against the stone
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Otter front view over wood, with snout, mustaches and visible paws.
European otter at the Lüneburg Heath fauna park, Germany, in 2009. Animal in fauna park; it is not a record of Cabeceiras.
Photography: Quartl · CC BY-SA 3.0
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10 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

There's life in and out of the river

Ten stories link the trees from the margins to the animals and moisture. Compare the otter and the water mole, follow the relationship with the aquatic insects and discover the water lizard. Each text distinguishes general biology, regional references and documented records; it is a path of reading, not sighting.

Things to try7 activities · 9 interactive explorations · 8 questions
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  1. The river also has a forest
  2. One willow, many possibilities
  3. Seeds that travel by water
  4. Buckthorn fruits change colour
  5. A small frog with a strong connection to water
  6. A small bird that dives
  7. The otter wears its diving suit
  8. A desman’s life in the current
  9. A mussel begins by travelling with a fish
  10. A lizard between sun and moisture
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Badger with gray body and head with light and dark bands, next to the ground.
Badger at the British Wildlife Centre in Newchapel, Surrey, UK, in 2011. Animal in fauna park; not a record of Cabeceiras.
Photography: Peter Trimming · CC BY 2.0
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12 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Discreet lives between fields, forests and water

Twelve readings with four photographs to compare snouts, coats and thorns. The illustrative images were made outside the municipality, two of them in wildlife parks. Next, for bats: a local documentary record, echo, feeding, hunting from a landing and changing shelters throughout the year. Includes a proposal for observation without identification of species.

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  1. A home beneath the ground
  2. Winter is not one unbroken sleep
  3. Roe deer change their coats
  4. The otter wears its diving suit
  5. Between woodland and field
  6. Wild boar come out as the light fades
  7. Wildcats need a varied landscape
  8. A bat entered the area’s records too
  9. Following echoes to find the way
  10. Small hunters with a role in the landscape
  11. Hunting can begin at rest
  12. A different home through the year
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An elongated green olive leaf with a pale central vein and other leaves behind it.
An olive leaf photographed in Stutensee, Germany, in 2011. Botanical illustration, not an observation from Cabeceiras. This view does not show both sides of the same leaf.
Photography: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
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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.

Things to try6 activities · 6 interactive explorations · 5 questions
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  1. A green space can teach us too
  2. A first encounter at Moinhos de Rei
  3. A small carpet full of life
  4. Resting wings offer a clue
  5. Tiny shelters beneath the water
  6. One leaf, two sides
  7. A log can be a small house
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A long, dark feather with pale markings, held at its base.
Noitibo-European · Photography: João Lima
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

Between light and humidity

From the glow of insects to the shadow of forests: five readings to see how living beings relate to the environment. Sources distinguish general biology and local records.

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  1. A light that carries a message
  2. At dusk, a bird can seem like an insect
  3. Foxgloves like the woodland edge
  4. A small carpet full of life
  5. More water is not always better
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
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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.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Water: memory, work and life

From the wooden bridge to the seeds of the alder: eight readings link ancient testimonies, rural work and life on the shores. Each story indicates its time and scope. It is a sequence to read, not a pedestrian itinerary.

Things to try6 activities · 7 interactive explorations · 4 questions
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  1. A bridge for loaded cars
  2. Bridges that winter put to the test
  3. The water watered and made oil
  4. Seven consorts shared the levada
  5. The fish that entered the memory
  6. The river also has a forest
  7. Seeds that travel by water
  8. A small bird that dives
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A red mushroom cap with pale patches among fallen leaves.
Amanita muscaria · Photography: nsza
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photographs show the mushrooms, not the association of fungi with roots.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 9 MIN

There's a world under the feet

Follows a leaf, explores galleries and roots and accompanies the water to the river. Eight stories link the life of the soil to the landscape, with questions and proposals to observe without collecting.

Things to try8 activities · 7 interactive explorations · 7 questions
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  1. Beneath our feet, a world of mixtures
  2. Earthworms change the landscape too
  3. Tiny animals graze on fungi
  4. A meal prepared outside
  5. A fallen leaf still has its way
  6. Roots have partners
  7. The river begins before the shore
  8. River life tells a story too
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A barn swallow perched on a wire, with a pale belly and wings folded against its body. Photograph by birdlovers.
Chimney swallow · Photo: birdlovers
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9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Birds: look, listen and discover

Nine stories to meet birds through kinship, color, singing and food. Discover an acrobat between leaves and a menu that changes in winter; compares trips and care with eggs, passes through the water and ends in the night. A reading route, without indicating nests or promising sightings.

Things to try3 activities · 3 interactive explorations · 6 questions
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  1. Similar names, different relatives
  2. Not all swallows leave
  3. An acrobat among the leaves
  4. A red breast, a changing menu
  5. Bright colours, a quiet whistle
  6. A discreet bird revealed by its song
  7. A small bird that dives
  8. A bird of prey that nests on the ground
  9. At dusk, a bird can seem like an insect
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
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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.

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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.

Things to try6 activities · 6 interactive explorations · 4 questions
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  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. Tiny shelters beneath the water
  6. A fish’s menu can include insects
  7. River life tells a story too
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Two lizards on stone, one in the foreground and the other in the back, with green coloring and dark spots.
Water lizards photographed in Candelario, Salamanca, Spain, in 2013. Illustration of the species; it is not a record of Cabeceiras.
Photography: David Perez (DPC) · CC BY3.0
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5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

Reptiles: beyond first impression

Five stories to compare body, patterns, sun and moisture. It begins with a historical register of mackerel in Gondiães and distinguishes it from general explanations about other reptiles. No sighting or identification itinerary in the field.

Things to try4 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 4 questions
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  1. An ocellated lizard was recorded in Gondiães
  2. Sun in view, shelter nearby
  3. A lizard between sun and moisture
  4. No legs, but not a snake
  5. One snake can have different patterns
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6 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

mountains animals, stories of people

Six readings link the domestic Garrano, the shepherding and fauna described in 1758 to the food and family life of the wolf. Compares sources and draws a changing pack. Memories and regional references are not sighting routes.

Things to try4 activities · 3 interactive explorations · 2 questions
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  1. A small horse with a mountain stride
  2. By nightfall, cattle would come home
  3. The herd was also a village matter
  4. Animals in an old portrait
  5. A landscape is food too
  6. The Iberian wolf
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