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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 ma…

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. 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 la…

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 Reser…

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…

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 1…