Conservation – Barcelona Birding Point

Common Genet photo hide sample

Along all 2013 we have been working in a new photo hide for Common Genet, a poorly known small carnivore living in South Europe and Africa. The hide is place in a mixed forest near Tremp (Catalan Pyrenees) and it is the fruit of several months of field work. From all this work we have selected...

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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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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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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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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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60.000 finches to be captured in Catalonia

The Catalan Government has approved a new edict that is allowing to hunt over 60.000 finches in Catalonia next winter. All green associations in the country have protested against this crazy law but was approved in the Parliament by the three main political parties. This appointment arrives three...

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Common Genet photo hide sample

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

Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) shot down in Ebro Delta

Griffon Vulture to colonize Majorca

New species in winter time in Ebro Delta

60.000 finches to be captured in Catalonia

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