Autor: Carles Oliver

Rüppell’s Vulture recorded in Catalan Pyrenees

One adult Rüppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli) was recorded in Serra del Boumort during one of Barcelona Birding Point birding tours through Catalan Pyrenees. It was on 16th June, 12:35 am in an outdoor scanning of the massive cliffs and gorges beside Pessonada tiny village. Ruppell’s...

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Climate debt; is European wildlife living in its prime habitat?

A recent paper published by Nature Climate Change points out the relation between climate change and range variations in several species of birds and butterflies. It was already known that climate change was affecting distribution parameters in many species of wildlife. This is study is the first...

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2012 Ebro Basin in Winter Tour

This is the report Barcelona Birding Point’s Ebro Basin in Winter Tour (2012 edition) which started in December, 10th and ended in December, 16th. During the tour we spot 158 species of birds despite two windy/rainy days. Cetti’s Warbler (Cettia cetti) is a common bird along Catalan...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Autor: Carles Oliver

Rüppell’s Vulture recorded in Catalan Pyrenees

Climate debt; is European wildlife living in its prime habitat?

2012 Ebro Basin in Winter Tour

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)

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