Autor: Carles Oliver

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina), new breeder species in Catalonia?

Booted Eagle (Aquila pennata), a common nesting eagle in Central Catalonia. Photo: Carles Oliver Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) is a medium-size eagle living in wood lands. There are two main populations, a resident population living in India and countries around and another one nesting in...

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Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) shot down in Ebro Delta

Ebro Delta is a huge wetland in South Catalonia. It holds a wide variety of waterfowl all year round, including over 100.000 waterfowls in winter. Despite Ebro Delta’s main lagoons and marshes are protected by a Natural Park and some Natural Reserves hunting is still allowed during winter time....

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Lleida Steppes one-day Itinerary (April 2012)

Montagu’s Harrier (Circus pygargus) male. A locally common species in Lleida Steppes. Photo: Carles Oliver Bruce mailed me on early-March. He was coming from New York to spend some days with his family in Barcelona and, as any birder in any trip, he wanted to explore the wild around the city...

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About 100.000 passage birds monitored in Barcelona

This autumn, as every autumn since 1998, a group of volunteers have been monitoring diurnal bird migration from a hill near Barcelona. Its name is Turó Blau (Blue Hill) -304 meters a.s.l.. In 2011 monitoring started in August 17th until November 19th monitoring 17.490 birds involving 79 species of...

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Spring quick trip to Los Monegros

Marek mailed me two days before our quick trip started. He and two friends of him were coming to Barcelona to see two football matches. They were expert birders in Poland so as they had two days in Barcelona they wanted to enjoy some birding. Little Bustard about to disappear inside the green fields...

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Griffon Vulture to colonize Majorca

It is the very first time (in historic data) that Griffon Vulture colonizes an European island by natural ways. Majorca is a 3.600 square kilometres island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the major Balearic Island, in Spain. Despite it is a main holiday destination it is preserving a variety of wildlife...

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Autor: Carles Oliver

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina), new breeder species in Catalonia?

Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) shot down in Ebro Delta

Lleida Steppes one-day Itinerary (April 2012)

About 100.000 passage birds monitored in Barcelona

Spring quick trip to Los Monegros

Griffon Vulture to colonize Majorca

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