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Day 9 - Stage 7 of the Rota Vicentina

Zambujeira do Mar to Almograve

13.7 miles

This stage was all about White Storks storks nesting out on the coastal cliffs in very strategic hard to reach peaks.  Portugal has the distinction of harbouring the only known White Storks that nest at sea. This behaviour is a relatively recent adaptation, but it is an expanding one and from its beginnings on the west coast in the lower Alentejo it has now spread southwards and around onto the southern coast of the Algarve.  You can read more about them here:  

https://www.birdinginportugal.com/herons-storks-ibises/white-stork-ciconia-ciconia