• Guides
  • Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve Field Guide

Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve Field Guide

The Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve includes a group of rocky islands near the western coast of Portugal and their surrounding waters. This guide aims to help the curious and the visitor alike enjoy this unique place, with its rarities and endemisms.

Beadlet anemone
Actinia equina
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Century Plant 1
Agave americana
Aiptasia mutabilis
silver hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Alcyonium glomeratum
Wild Leek 2
Allium ampeloprasum
procumbent pigweed 3
Amaranthus blitoides
flaxleaf pimpernel
Anagallis monelli
Andryala integrifolia
Anemonia sulcata
Angelica pachycarpa
Aplidium elegans 4
Aplidium punctum
Babosa borracha
Aplysia fasciata
Capeweed 5
Arctotheca calendula
Arisarum simorrhinum
Armeria berlengensis
Arundo plinii
Aslia lefevrei
Asparagus aphyllus
sea spleenwort 6
Asplenium marinum
Asterina gibbosa
Astragalus pelecinus pelecinus
fat-hen 3
Atriplex prostrata
Minke Whale 7
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Grey Triggerfish 8
Balistes capriscus
Mediterranean lineseed 9
Bellardia trixago
sea beet
Beta vulgaris maritima
Bispira volutacornis
Cabbage 10
Brassica oleracea
Big Quakinggrass 11
Briza maxima
soft brome 12
Bromus hordeaceus
Bromus rigidus 12
Calendula suffruticosa algarbiensis
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Cory's Shearwater 13
Calonectris diomedea
Slender Thistle 14
Carduus tenuiflorus
Carlina hispanica
Hottentot-Fig
Carpobrotus edulis
Catapodium marinum
sticky mouse-ear chickweed 10
Cerastium glomeratum
Cerianthus membranaceus
Charonia lampas
thicklip grey mullet 15
Chelon labrosus
Nettle-leaved Goosefoot 9
Chenopodium murale
Chromodoris krohni
Chromodoris purpurea
Ciocalypta penicillus
Sea Vase 16
Ciona intestinalis
Clavelina lepadiformis 17
Clavelina nana 18
Sulphur Boring Sponge 19
Cliona celata
Danish Scurvy-grass 10
Cochlearia danica
Conger eel
Conger conger
Corynactis viridis
Australian waterbuttons 20
Cotula australis
brass buttons 21
Cotula coronopifolia
mossy stonecrop 22
Crassula tillaea
Crella rosea
rock samphire 23
Crithmum maritimum
Goldsinny Wrasse 24
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Dodder
Cuscuta epithymum
Jimson Weed 25
Datura stramonium
Common Dolphin 26
Delphinus delphis
Dercitus bucklandi
European Seabass 27
Dicentrarchus labrax
purple foxglove
Digitalis purpurea purpurea
Diplodus cervinus
Sargo-legítimo
Diplodus sargus
Common Two-banded Seabream 8
Diplodus vulgaris
Discodoris rosi
Doriopsilla areolata
Doriopsilla pelseneeri
Echinaster sepositus
Sea potato 28
Echinocardium cordatum
Echium rosulatum
Dusky Grouper 8
Epinephelus marginatus
Horseweed 29
Erigeron canadensis
redstem filaree
Erodium cicutarium bipinnatum
Eunicella verrucosa
Euphorbia characias characias
Euphorbia portlandica
Peregrine Falcon 30
Falco peregrinus
Common Fig 31
Ficus carica
Filago pygmaea pygmaea
Flabellina babai
Frankenia laevis
Fumaria muralis
Galathea strigosa
School Shark
Galeorhinus galeus
Dove's Foot Cranesbill 32
Geranium molle
Yellow-headed goby 17
Gobius xanthocephalus
Gobiusculus flavescens
Gymnangium montagui
Gymnostyles stolonifera
Halichondria 19
Haliclona 33
Haliclona fistulosa
Haliclona simulans

Edited by Duarte Frade, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) cskk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 2. (c) Jordi Roy Gabarra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 3. (c) Bas Kers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) Arjan Gittenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 5. (c) eyeweed, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 6. (c) adrien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 7. (c) Rene Ehrhardt, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 8. (c) Philippe Guillaume, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 9. (c) Valter Jacinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 10. (c) Bastiaan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 11. (c) Doug Greenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 12. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 13. (c) Artie Kopelman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 14. (c) John Tann, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 15. (c) António Pena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 16. (c) Eric Burgers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 17. (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 18. (c) National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 19. (c) Christophe Quintin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 20. (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 21. (c) stonebird, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 22. (c) Mark Robinson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 23. (c) Richard Carter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 24. (c) Daniel Vaulot, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 25. (c) Roger Sanderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 26. (c) Christine Veeschkens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 27. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 28. (c) Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 29. (c) Bill Rogers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 30. (c) Eric de Leeuw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 31. (c) John Poulakis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 32. (c) flora cyclam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 33. (c) Ria Tan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Member of the iNaturalist Network   |   Powered by iNaturalist open source software |   Documentation for developers