Birdwatching
Sos Cagarro – save the Cory’s Shearwaters!
Shearwaters are a group of small to medium sized seabirds belonging to Petrel Family. The species Calonectris Borealis (Cory's Shearwater) nests in the Azores in spring. In October the SOS Cagarro campaign is launched every year to rescue stranded birds and release them into the Ocean.
Birdwatching in the Azores
The Azores islands are considered an ideal destination for bird watchers: the archipelago can count on about 400 species to observe, of which about thirty nesting in the area, including some extremely rare in the western Paleatric.
