Autor: Carles Oliver

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...

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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...

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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...

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Winter birding weekend in Ebro Delta

Sunday Desember, 4th, 2011. We arrive early in the morning to the main Delta lagoon, l’Encanyissada. It has been a one an a half long way by motorway from Barcelona. The landscape is calm and quite. Many different twits come to us from the reedbeds as many passerines have slept there and...

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New species in winter time in Ebro Delta

Due to climate change or to local features it is a reality that every time more species of birds, formerly though as a summer visitors, are spending winter time in some areas of South Europe. I have been absolutely surprised by the view of a Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) in Ebro Delta. It was...

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White-headed Duck in Ebro Delta

White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) is a local and rare duck species that lives in deep pools and lakes in Central and South Spain, Morocco, Tunis and Turkey. It is a diving duck living shallow lakes. It is a resident to short range migratory species. It’s presence in Ebro Delta has...

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Autor: Carles Oliver

About 100.000 passage birds monitored in Barcelona

Spring quick trip to Los Monegros

Griffon Vulture to colonize Majorca

Winter birding weekend in Ebro Delta

New species in winter time in Ebro Delta

White-headed Duck in Ebro Delta

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