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Wilder correspondent, Mafalda, discovered a hedgehog in her farm and it needed her help. At the end, Banjo (that’s its name) went back home safe and sound.

A wildlife photographer discovered, by chance, the European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) in the summer of 2014, in Montesinho, North of Portugal. This is the first record for this species in the country and

Some birds are leaving to Africa while others are arriving in Portugal, a sign of autumn and the changing seasons. Now, mid October, it’s when the comings and goings of birds are more impressive.

Every month, the Gulbenkian Gardens, in the heart of Lisbon, highlight one of the bird species that live there and present it to those who visit this green area. The project started in 2012

Between 7am and 8pm of 16 September, ornithologists working on the project Peniche Seabird Count, on Portugal’s coast, registered 13.000 Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus) passing by on their migration, a number they call “astronomical”.