Is this a wolf?
I recently received this mail which provoked the following debate on the forum here. I was interested to read your article on http://www.iberianature.com/material/wolf.html. “On the 4th of July at...
View ArticleMammals of the Picos de Europa
Lisa of the iberianature forum has put together this great page on Picos de Europa mammals with some fantastic photos by Carlos Sanz. There are also sections on birds, flora and butterflies. Photo of...
View ArticleClimbing Naranjo de Bulnes
I came across this eerie and beautiful photo of Naranjo de Bulnes, the most famous peak of the Picos de Europa on this climbing page. I also enjoyed the introduction from the same climbing guide: “It...
View ArticleSheep and goats in the Picos de Europa
Lisa has some great photos over at the forum of a sheep and goat show in Potes, Picos de Europa, organised by Fundation for the Conservation of the Lammergeyer. She notes “The FCQ hopes to...
View ArticleDead livestock to be left in Picos
Good news. Dead livestock is to be left uncollected in the Picos de Europa for the first time since 2001 when the EU banned the practice due to Mad Cows’ disease. At present some 20,000 dead animals...
View ArticleInnovative breeding techniques for Lammergeier
Using a technique for the first time with this species, the Foundation for the Reintroduction of the Lammergeier hope to release a bird bred completely isolated from human contact. They’ve built a...
View ArticleConservation work camp in the Picos de Europa
The Fundación para la Conservación del Quebrantahuesos is organising a work camp in July with volunteers in the village of Bejes, Cantabria. The camp is centred on helping the maintenance of...
View ArticleNew, Stricter Protection Laws for the Cantabrian brown bears
A new draft of the Plan for the Recuperation of the Cantabrian brown bear (Plan para la Recuperación del Oso pardo Cantabrico) has been sent by the Castilla y León Environment Ministry to all the...
View ArticlePicos de Europa to relax BSE laws
Livestock farmers in the Picos de Europa National Park are soon to be given the option of leaving dead ruminants as carrion instead of the, until now, obligatory and costly removal of cow, sheep and...
View ArticleSaving the Cantabrian Capercaillie from extinction
As part of the Spanish ornithological society SEO/Birdlife’s campaign, El Sonido del Bosque (Sounds of the Forests), work-camps will begin this August to improve the habitat of the Cantabrian...
View ArticleGlaciers to disappear in the Pyrenees by 2050
Glaciar de Monteperdido in the Aragonese Pyrenees (El País) A Spanish study published in The Holocene has concluded that the progressive rise in temperatures since 1890 will lead to the total...
View ArticleLiébana’s bears
Residents of the village of Caloca, high in the valley of Liébana, Cantabria, had been observing a female Cantabrian brown bear and her cub on the other side of their valley through the first half of...
View ArticleWolves in the Picos de Europa
Lisa has written this well researched article on her excellent Picos de Europa page on the population and status of wolves in the Picos de Europa, the only national park in Spain where they are...
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