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August 2025

Water flea

2025-08-02T16:26:59+01:00

This microscopic animal that cleans the water in biological pools, captured in the photo above, is a water flea, or rather, a cladoceran, a species of small freshwater crustacean. As the image demonstrates, its digestive system is full due to the bioactivity of this animal. This happens because the water flea feeds on microalgae [...]

Water flea2025-08-02T16:26:59+01:00

A colorful and elusive bird

2025-08-02T16:26:23+01:00

The kingfisher is a bird many people know, but few have had the chance to see. In various wetland habitats—from streams and lake shores to biological pools—this multicolored bird can be spotted by those who know one of its most revealing habits: its distinctive call. The kingfisher has a habit of calling out while [...]

A colorful and elusive bird2025-08-02T16:26:23+01:00

Happy holiday!

2025-08-02T16:26:07+01:00

August is vacation month. Hot days! To cool off, everyone is looking for places by the sea. The seaside, the riverside. Or the biopoolside? Everyone has their own preferences. What matters is the presence of water, to take a dip and escape the heat, refresh body and soul, and rest in the cool water [...]

Happy holiday!2025-08-02T16:26:07+01:00

July 2025

Water beetle

2025-07-01T09:21:14+01:00

Water beetles of the genus Hydrophilus are the largest insects that live underwater. Although they are rare, if a pond or biological pool offers good water quality and plenty of underwater vegetation, you may be lucky enough to encounter this impressive animal. At 5 cm long, it is the largest water beetle in Europe. [...]

Water beetle2025-07-01T09:21:14+01:00

Holiday with swimming pond!

2025-07-01T09:20:32+01:00

Holidays with a biological pool or swimming pond are an option that many have not yet tried. It would be worth it! In Portugal, there are already more than 60 tourist developments, from North to South, that offer this experience to their guests. And the range of possibilities is wide, from country houses, local [...]

Holiday with swimming pond!2025-07-01T09:20:32+01:00

Lively nights

2025-07-01T09:20:17+01:00

We imagine a silent night, like in the photo, with a calm water surface and mirroring the stars reflected in it. We imagine ourselves alone in the universe, in front of the water mirror under the dome of stars, because all this conveys a feeling of silence. Suddenly, a cry, an animal, a sound [...]

Lively nights2025-07-01T09:20:17+01:00

June 2025

Dragonflies

2025-06-02T15:54:33+01:00

As with many insect species, the life of a dragonfly is divided into two phases: the juvenile, which is the aquatic larval state, and the adult, in which they fly in the air, above the water. The transition between the juvenile and adult phases is the most dangerous period in a dragonfly's life. This [...]

Dragonflies2025-06-02T15:54:33+01:00

Vida Pura

2025-06-02T15:54:10+01:00

Vida Pura is an ecological and family-friendly retreat nestled in the Seixe Valley, close to the village of Odeceixe and its wonderful beach. It offers various types of self-catering accommodation, each with a unique interior design. Since the enterprise expanded to an adjacent property, it now also boasts a uniquely designed biological swimming pond, [...]

Vida Pura2025-06-02T15:54:10+01:00

Summer days

2025-06-02T15:53:17+01:00

For many years now, we've had the pleasure of observing a toad that lives in our garden. It spends a lot of time in the vegetable patch, dedicating itself to eating snails and slugs, making it a welcome helper. We know it's a Mediterranean toad (Bufo spinosus) that has its hiding spots in the [...]

Summer days2025-06-02T15:53:17+01:00

May 2025

Percentages

2025-05-01T16:51:12+01:00

One of the most persistent myths about natural swimming pools is that of percentages. "Internet experts" compete with each other, indicating percentages relating the sizes of the bathing zone and the regeneration area with plants in a biological pool. Anyone who talks like this still hasn't understood that this relationship in no way characterizes [...]

Percentages2025-05-01T16:51:12+01:00
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