Cabo Sardão Lighthouse and the Vicentina coast - Portugal 2024 (from above)

The Cabo Sardão Lighthouse is located at Ponta do Cavaleiro in the village of Odemira, in the parish of São Teotónio, at the westernmost point of the Alentejo region of Portugal.
The lighthouse consists of a white quadrangular masonry tower, topped by a red cylindrical lantern. There is also a lengthy annex building, together with small staff quarters. Unusually, the tower is built on the land side of the annex, whereas others of similar design in Portugal have the tower on the sea side. This has given rise to the belief that the builder may have rotated the plans by 180 degrees by accident. The tower is 17 meters high. Its construction was first proposed and approved in 1883.
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Along the Rota Vicentina (Fishermen’s Trail), the world’s only colony of white storks nesting on sea cliffs thrives, with over 40 occupied nests notably near Cabo Sardão. Nesting on cliffs offers protection from terrestrial predators, though the exposed nests endure harsh spring weather. Many stork couples remain migratory, returning at winter’s end to find their nests damaged, requiring extensive repairs. These silent birds (they have no voice boxes and clap their beaks in a mating ritual) have thrived since being officially protected in the 1980’s. Their population has grown since and because of this you may see storks nesting on telegraph poles. A unique behaviour to this region is the storks staying all year round and nesting on the cliff edges. This is not seen anywhere else in the world.
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