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Jan-Feb-March
29/03 Waterbirds delay their migration to Spain (El Mundo -30/03 And general trend is for birds to arrive earlier from Africa (El pais) 29/03 Bear traps found in Somiedo (El Mundo ) 25/03 Wolves in...
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Reintroduction of peregrine falcons in Barcelona
21/01/2007 I’ve been given the enjoyable job of translating this excellent and complete webpage on the reintroduction of peregrine falcons in Barcelona. At the moment it’s only in Catalan but Spanish...
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Peñarrubia valley
I’ve added this lovely rural hotel in the Peñarrubia Valley in Cantabria to the rural tourism directory. Excellent birdwatching of Spanish raptors (griffon vultures, golden eagles, short-tailed...
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Kestrels in Barcelona
An enjoyable morning out under the under the cliffs of Montjuic this morning, “helping” to ring common kestrels. In the end only one adult female fell into our talons (common practice states I am not...
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Barcelona peregrines
Eduard Durany of the Barcelona Peregrine Reintroduction Project has kindly sent me these photos of a pair of peregrines nesting in the Port of Barcelona. The photos were taken with an automatic...
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Peregrines of the Sagrada Familia
Eduard Durany, of the Barcelona Peregrine Falcon Reintroduction Project, a scheme close to my heart, has sent me this photo of chicks in Guadi’s Sagrada Famila. Eduard notes that this year four chicks...
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Vandals destroy peregrine family
Sad news. A group of vandals have disturbed one of the four “nests” of peregrine falcons in Barcelona. They climbed up one the chimney stacks in Poble Nou where the pair where raising three chicks,...
View ArticleFalconry at Spanish airports
Birds can crash into planes and cause serious damage. Planes at Barcelona’s El Prat, for instance, receive some 22 collisions a year from birds. Airports throughout the world use a variety of methods...
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