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Wolves in 18th century Spain
10/10/2006 I came across these accounts of dogs and wolves in A Journey Through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787 by Joseph Townsend. I assume the tiger is a lynx. Piedrafita [in Jaca], a little...
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Lammergeyers in the Sierra de Guara
I’ve been invited by Josele J. Saiz to stay a couple of day at his Boletas Birdwatching Centre in the Sierra de Guara in Huesca. More on him soon. While there I hope to talk to Oscar Díaz of the...
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Wallcreepers in Aragon
Wallcreepers in Los Mallos de Riglos 21/01/2007 These photos of wallcreepers were sent to me by bird guide Johan Bos of Natura Aragon -don’t be put put off by the Dutch- he also runs trips for English...
View ArticleCatalan wolves
Today’s Avui notes there are now four different wolves present on the Cadi area of the Pre-Pyrenees. All are male, which is typical of an expaning population. There have been 11 recorded attacks on...
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Bear deaths
Lisa of picos-accommodation has reported on the forum on these lamentable bear deaths in Spain during the summer. Follow the thread on the forum “Franska, the female bear accused of having killed 150...
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Walking in Pre-Pyrenees
Lucy has this report on the forum of a short trip to Sierra de Montgrony “Against the greys and browns there were vivid concentrations of colour: the ruby breast of a Bullfinch, scarlet splash of a...
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Innovative 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...
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Pyrenean bear news
The last photo of Canelle? The French hunter who in 2004 shot Canelle, considered the last autochthonous Pyrenean female bear has been absolved by a court, which believed the hunter’s version that he...
View ArticlePyrenean snowfall could drop by 50%
Spanish scientists from the Pyrenean Ecological Institute have predicted that temperatures in the mountain range in eastern Spain and south-west France could rise by between 2.8C and 4C by the start...
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Brown bear population in the Pyrenees
Photo El País Another update on brown bears in the Pyrenees. The population of bears in the range has “stabilised” at 20 individuals, of which only two (old) males and one cub belong to the...
View ArticleBear eating roe deer
Check out this short but rather good video of Hvala tucking into a roe deer corpse, left in front of a bear cam by the Vall d’Arán authorities. Hvala was one of the bears released into the Pyrenees...
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Aiguestortes trip report
Lucy has posted on her iberianature blog this fantastic series of five trip reports on her recent trip to Aiguestortes in the Catalan Pyrenees. Enjoy. The renewed silence was broken by a piercing...
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The Legend of Monte Perdido
Monte Perdido, the Lost Mountain, (3355m) is the third highest peak in the Pyrenees but until the early 19th century it was thought that to be the highest. It does, however, boast the highest...
View ArticleCatalan bears on video
The Aranese authorities have captured some excellent images of the bear Hvala with her 19-month old cub. It is unsual for a “cub” (no longer so small) to stay with its mother for so long. See story...
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Catalan government to monitor bears more closely
Following the hysteria surrounding a hunter who was bitten by a bear last week (full story here on iberianature), the Catalan government has decided to study bears in the Pyrenees more closely and are...
View ArticleIdea to reintroduce Eurasian lynx in Spanish Pyrenees
Two Eurasian lynxes (Lynx lynx) have been acquired by Les Planes de Son (Pallars Sobirà) run by Territori i Paisatge. The director of Territori i Paisatge Jordi Sargatal made it clear that these...
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Freedom for Hvala!
If you’d like to show your support for the bear, Hvala, currently being persecuted in the Pyrenees (see previous post), there is now a petition in Catalan that can be signed. Click on “Signas per...
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Otter watching in the Catalan Pyrenees
Simon chanced upon this beautiful otter in the Catalan Pyrenees. There could hardly seem a less promising place to go naturalising than the stretch of the Noguera Pallaresa just downstream from Tremp,...
View ArticleDisappearance of glaciers in the Pyrenees
Another study has highlighted the likely disappearance of the glaciers in the Pyrenees in the next 40-50 years. Since the first study by French geographer Franz Schrader in 1894, the Pyrenean glaciers...
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