Autumn/Winter landscape in the Greater Côa Valley.

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Typical altitude landscape at Mesas Mountain, cradle of the Greater Côa Valley. The granite rock formations are a constant.

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A balancing boulder, a whim of time and the elements, in Mesas Mountain, Sabugal, Portugal.

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On International Geodiversity Day (6 October), we decided to highlight the granite formations of Serra das Mesas (Sabugal), where the Côa River has its source. An excellent place for walking and observing nature.

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Rewilding tours in the Greater Côa Valley.

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Black vulture preening its feathers after a feast. 

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Soon, the silhouette of the Egyptian Vulture will be back to the skies of the Greater Côa Valley, returning from their wintering grounds in Africa.

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Pyrenean Oak (Quercus pyrenaica) forests are the native tree-cover of the rewilding area of Paul de Toiroes, in the Greater Côa Valley.
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Four and a half minutes to have a glimpse of Vale Carapito rewilding area in Spring. 
https://youtu.be/7iJUJ4TS5lU?si=SheMXv5pDXxBoXCf

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Feeling the geomorphology of Mesas Mountain. 

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Mesas Mountain, the cradle of the Greater Côa Valley. The hills of this granite elevation are covered by Echinospartium ibericum, an Iberian endemic shrub (in the image with rounded shape).

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