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Hey all! I'm Tobie, 29/m from Scotland and based in Lisbon since 2020. I work online as a freelance writer. I recently got into paleontology and have been exploring the Sintra coast collecting mostly late Cretaceous gastropods, ammonites, petrified wood and semi-precious stones, as well as various other organic bits and bobs (I make terrariums and decorative driftwood hangers). I really want to check out the Lourinhã formation for Jurassic fossils, as well as Arrábida, costa de Caparica, and eventually Algarve and the North (Serra da Estrela, maybe aire dos candeeiros).

 

Anyone based in Lisbon or Portugal? Hit me up, would love to do a combined trip with one or two members. I have tools I can share, namely an Estwing geologist's hammer, a crack hammer, a smaller 1kg hammer and tons of good chisels.

 

Bonus points if you have a bicycle suitable for off-road - great for reaching difficult locations and I tend to do trips with train + bike. Também falo o português, mais tipicamente os portugueses falam inglês melhor que eu falo português.

 

Also, any tips for good spots or interesting research related to Portugal - hit me up :)

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Hello, Tobie, and a very warm welcome to TFF from a relatively near neighbour in Morocco. :) 

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Welcome to the Forum. :)

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Welcome to the forum. Lisbon is quite lovely, and you can spot fossils in a lot of the stone work there. If you're feeling up to it, take the train and then the bus to Magoito Beach (Praia do Magoito). There are a lot of gastropods and some ammonites to be found along the massive rock wall along that beach.  A photo when I was there last in 2017:

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Welcome from Illinois, USA.

 

 

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