March 2010
- Marmots expanding into Catalan Pre-Pyrenees
- Guide to the Catalan Pyrenees
- Miguel Delibes dies
- Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
- Hermann’s tortoises for Valencia
- Wettest winter for 51 years in Spain
- Weather records in Spain in January
- Tabernas in flower
- Three lynxes killed in Doñana
- Laguna Negra and the Urbion Glacial Circuit Natural Park
- A blog about Burgos
- First female wolf in 80 years detected in Catalonia
- Shrine to woman killed by wolves
- Iberian wolf sculpture
- Three lynxes die from renal disease
- Rain in February in Spain
- Interview about wolves
- Rain in Andalucia
- Documentary about bears
- Almonds in flower in Mallorca
February 2010
- Waste could produce up to 7% Spain’s electricity
- Rainy Spain
- Biggest wave in the Cantabrian Sea
- Interesting places in Spain
- Wolf hunting methods in Spanish history
- Aznalcóllar and the Cretaceous extinction
- Risk of drought exaggerated by the press
- Snails as a bioindicator after forest fire
- Black poplars of Aragon
- Catalan donkeys to fight fire
- Archive of articles
- Free range eggs in Spain
- Spanish places
- The second deepest natural harbour in the world
- Sparrows in Spain
- Death of the macho ibérico
- Traditional agriculture in León
- Long legged buzzard in Spain
- Wolves in the Picos de Europa
January 2010
- Interview with Roberto Hartasánchez
- Call for yews to form World Heritage Site
- Mongoose video
- European shag in Asturias
- Wolves worth more alive than dead
December 2009
- Young Montpellier snake
- First lynxes released in the wild
- George Orwell in Gibraltar
- Earthquake in Andalucia and Extremadura
- Mediterranean flood mystery solved
- EU may change dead livestock law
- Good news from Palencia
- Climate change in Catalonia
- Accomodation in Ordesa biological station
- Storks back early
- Latest lynx news
November 2009
- Sierra Nevada selected for world climate change studies
- Invasive species in Mallorca
- Picos de Europa online
- Contrasting attitudes towards bears
- The Great Mountain Corridor
- Villarina doing well
- American Belted kingfisher in El Mar Menor
- European mink recovering
- Dehesa under threat
- No livestock killed by bears in Catalonia
- Warm October
October 2009
- The Pyrenees need more bears
- Lynx back in Portugal
- Once upon a time in Daimiel
- Lynx to return to Portugal after 20 years
- Spanish wolves prefer wild roe deer to domestic animals
- Timid French support for bears?
- Pyrenees bear hunt
- The Torcal de Antequera
- Spanish wolf photo wins top award
- Future of Pyrennean bears in doubt
- Latest news from Fapas
- Tablas de Damiel doomed?
- Andalusian fields from space
September 2009
- Latest lynx brief
- Warm autumn predicted
- Iberian lynx could expand into abandoned agricultural land
- New wolf documentary
- A good year to kill wolves in Castilla y León
- Reptiles and amphibians on the forum
- Spanish ribbed newt
August 2009
- Pyrenean bear map
- Small rodents discourage forest growth in Spain
- Cantabrian bear groups rejoined
- Electrical storm
- 2009 Iberian lynx population
- The 2009 forest fires in Spain
July 2009
- Mediterranean concrete
- Increase in brown bear population
- Flamenco chick count at Fuente de Piedra
- Cantabrian nature blog
- Spain’s conservation record slated
- Petition to stop parany hunting
- Beehives help wildlife
June 2009
- British isles nature
- Bear cub photos
- 14 killer whales spotted in the Canaries
- Iberianature – pagerank of 5
- J.G. Ballard on the Costas
- Rufous Bush Robin display
- Los Llanos de Libar
- Save the Tajo
- Osprey breeds in Spain
- Otters no longer threatened
- Shark fishing in Spain
- Iberian lynxes for Portugal
- Dutch elm disease in Spain
- 18 lynx cubs born in captivity in 2009
- Bears attracting tourists to Vall d’Aran
- Destruction of the Spanish coast
May 2009
- Is the future concentrated solar power?
- Portuguese Men O’ War in Spanish Mediterranean
- New biosphere reserves for Spain
- Bearded vultures in Cazorla
- Tiger mosquito continues to spread
- Pyrenean bear with cubs
- Captive bears mate
April 2009
- Monegros thoughts
- Barcelona blog
- A guide to Wild Spain
- Latest lynx news
- Lynx in the Sierra de Andújar
- Hvala awakes
- Galician fishing industry
- The recovery of the Imperial eagle
March 2009
- Lynx photo report
- A Spanish nursery rhyme
- Tourism in Spain under threat
- Rise in stork population
- Spanish winter not so cold
- Aragonite
- Last imperial eagle shot in Portugal
- Record Spanish wind power record
February 2009
- Reed Bunting named bird of the year by SEO
- Tracking a lynx
- Geological sites in Spain to be protected
- Disappearance of glaciers in the Pyrenees
- Unusual river fishing method
- Spanish seas need more protection
- The disaster of Lake Sanabria
- Wind power boost for Spain
- Otter watching in the Catalan Pyrenees
- Giant waves predicted for Spanish Atlantic
- Hiking in Picos de Urbión
- Loss of Spain’s Wetlands
January 2009
- 60% of Spaniards would pay tax to protect nature
- Trevenque
- Wolf hunting in Castilla-Leon
- Using donkeys to protect sheep from wolves
- Cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay
- Badger tracks in the snow
- Bear building a den
- Pelican in Spain
- Wolf hunting
- Liébana’s bears
- Poison in the Spanish countryside
December 2008
- Latest lynx brief by Dan Ward
- Iberian wolf ecology workshop
- Documentary about Spain’s forests
- Climate head attacks Aznar
- Spanish bird encyclopedia
- Spanish wind power record
- Outlook optimistic for lynx
- Iberian lynx webcam
- Illegal hunting ring broken
- Roman bear mosaic
November 2008
- Environmental volunteer work in Spain
- Solar towers in Andalucia
- Red squirrels in the park
- Bear cub returned to wild
- 61 lynx cubs born in Sierra Morena
- Turtles hatch in Fuerteventura
- Plan to protect 2,900km of rivers
- New book on Spain’s bears
- Success for Imperial Eagle in Doñana
- Freedom for Hvala!
October 2008
- Lynx numbers in Doñana 2008
- Idea to reintroduce Eurasian lynx in Spanish Pyrenees
- Catalan government to monitor bears more closely
- Bear run over and killed in Leon
- Hunter injured by bear
- Climate change affecting wine in Spain
- Snakes in Barcelona
- A natural history trip across Spain
- Threat to important birding site in Extremadura
- Biscay bay whales
- Iberianature nominated for Spanish WWF Panda Awards
- Catalan insects
- Iberian lynx watching
- The Wino Dino
- A painter of cranes
- Wild boar sightings
- Wasp spider egg sacs
- Radio debate on wolves
- Dragonfly questions
- Skuas
- Lynx for Extremadura
- Falconry at Spanish airports
- Cold brings cranes back
- Catalan bears on video
- The Legend of Monte Perdido
- Golden eagle hunting video
September 2008
- 246 loggerhead turtles hatch in Cabo de Gata
- Astronaut on Salamanca Cathedral
- Pelamis wave machine in Portugal
- Illegal trapper apprehended
- Plan to cull 100 wolves in Castilla y León
- Aiguestortes trip report
- Lynx road death
- Birds of prey of Spain quiz
- Shepherd uses wild boar to control his sheep
- Spain to plant 45 million trees
- Glaciers to disappear in the Pyrenees by 2050
- Pheasant Island
- Schreiber’s bats in Soria
- Adapting to bears in the Aran Valley
- Loggerhead turtle eggs to be buried in Fuerteventura
- Tiger mosquito reaches Girona
- Latest from the blogs
- 37% of Spain at risk from desertification
August 2008
- Bear caught in snare
- Galician wolf predation prevention
- Connecting Cantabrian brown bears
- More lynx cub photos
- Spanish fighting weasels
- New iberianature organisation
- Collserola hike
- Iberian lynx in Central Spain – new relict populations?
July 2008
- New blog by Simon Rice
- Remains found in the Cantabrian mountains are not of bear
- Iberian wolf summer exhibitions
- Saving the Cantabrian Capercaillie from extinction
- Barcelona swifts
- Portuguese man o’war threat in Cantabrian Sea
- Hoopoe story
- Bear eating roe deer
- +bears-co2
- Capercaillie Mansín apparently killed by stray dog
- New disorder threatens bee population
- Slow population expansion of the Cantabrian brown bear
- Monk seal population rises
June 2008
- New blog on iberianature by Lucy Brzoska
- Tiger mosquito continues to expand
- Bear cub found injured on road in Somiedo
- The Wine Harvest by Goya
- Barcelona swallow webcam
- Spain second in Europe in BSE cases
- Largest yew forest in Europe to be protected
- Picos de Europa to relax BSE laws
- Prediction changes to hot dry summer for Spain
- Andalucia Bird Society
- Cantabrian brown bears and carrion
- Wind farms and nature in Spain
- Monk seal spotted off coast of Mallorca
- New, Stricter Protection Laws for the Cantabrian brown bears
- Greater Flamingos plummet at Fuente de Piedra
- Iberian lynx breeding centre in Portugal
- Bear cub corpse found in Palencia
- Wind farm construction in Capercaillie habitat paralysed by judge
- Cooler summer prediction for Spain
- Valley of the Bears
- Bald Ibis breed in Spain for first time in 500 years
- May rains spell end to drought
- Birdwatching guide to Catalonia
May 2008
- First complete tapir skeleton in Europe found in Girona
- New conservation management project for Cantabrian brown bear
- Vandals destroy peregrine family
- The Tramontana wind
- Visit the lammergeyer breeding centre in Cazorla
- Red footed falcons in Spain
- The lost Capercaillie
- Agbar Tower
- Iberianature forum sponsored wildlife project
- Brown bear population in the Pyrenees
- Photos of wolves
- Conservation work camp in the Picos de Europa
- Falcon watching in Barcelona
- History of the dehesa
- Iberian wolf videos
- Beaver erradication begins
- Spanish geography quizzes
- Eco-tourism and bears in Somiedo
- Discovery of inhibitor produced by bears during hibernation
- Hotels in and near Pals
- Spanish imperial eagle webcam
- Be a shepherd for a day
- Bonelli’s eagle webcam 2
April 2008
- Peregrines of the Sagrada Familia
- Cazorla lammergeyer shot in Granada
- Plesiosaur fossils on the coast of Asturias
- Fire threatens Garajonay National Park on Gomera
- Sounds of Spanish animals
- Latest lynx brief
- Pyrenean snowfall could drop by 50%
- Pyrenean bear news
- Dangers of ecologist fundamentalism for conservation
- RUNA
- Gibraltar’s apes to be culled
- Lynx cub news
- Climate change issues in Spain
- Spanish water wars
- Lynx in Doñana died of hunger, trapped
- Iberianatureforum meeting
- Vulture feeding stations in the Sierra de Guara
- San Glorio ski resort project rejected by law courts
March 2008
- Stork village
- Innovative breeding techniques for Lammergeier
- Jerez zoo lynx pregnant
- Worst drought in Mediterranean Spain since 1912
- Oldest human hominid in Europe found in Atapuerca
- Lynx cub news
- New species of reptile identified on La Gomera – Chalcides coeruleopunctatus
- Abandoned villages in Spain
- natura ibérica: iberianature en español
- Dupont’s lark losing song
- Snare traps still a threat to Iberian bears
- Lynx release sites for 2010
- Sixteen bears in Trubia valley
- Plant extintion in the Mediterranean
- Vaccine for rabbits
- Exhibition of photographic monitoring work by Fapas
February 2008
- Jellyfish plague warning
- Bear death case re-opened
- Electric fences against wolf attacks
- Traditional huts in Spain
- Renewable energy in Portugal
- The Cantabrian brown bear on Wikipedia
- Iberian image gallery
- Spanish drought worsens
- Lynx found dead on Andujar road
- Lammergeyer in Cazorla
- Climate change to affect shellfish in Galicia
- Asturian otters on video
- Elephants in Spain?
January 2008
- Lynx born in captivity may be pregnant
- Dead livestock to be left in Picos
- Lynx copulations
- Bird extinction in Spain due to climate change
- Spanish tourism rises
- Rural depopulation in Spain
- Sea level rise in the Mediterranean
- A historical and cultural dictionary of Spain
- Drought in Catalonia
- Barcelona peregrines
- Boars in Barcelona
- Asturian coast still wild
- Walking in Pre-Pyrenees
- Walking in Grazalema
- Catalan sea cats
December 2007
- No lynx killed this year on Doñana’s roads
- Server headaches
- The biggest waterfall in geological history
- The 1938 aurora borealis in Barcelona
- La Palma Giant Lizard rediscovered
- Barcelona guide
- Carbon sequestration in Spain
- Wolf photos
- Earthquakes in the Iberian Peninsula
- Iberianature bookshop
- Beavers in Spain – Castores en España 2
- Bear died accidently
- Beavers in Spain – Castores en España 1
- Iberian lynx population needs to triple
- Illegal wolf hunting
- Spanish mushrooms under threat
- Spanish mercury mining
- SEO sees Las Vegas II project incompatible with Los Monegros
- Bear found dead in Palencia
- Rural Spain needs to change
November 2007
- Urban wildlife in Madrid
- Aerial photos of Catalonia – 1929
- Three wolves killed illegally in Valladolid
- Madness in La Manga
- Climate change report on Spain
- Spanish conservationists pleased with new biodiversity law
- Spanish agriculture
- Sheep and goats in the Picos de Europa
- Calatanazor juniper forest
- Paca and Tola
- Breeding shags down 60% in Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas due to Prestige
- Early civilization collapse in Sierra de Baza
- Bears breeding near Oviedo
- Dinosaurs in Aragon
- Antonio Machado in Soria
- Five years today since the Prestige disaster
- Castilla-La Mancha to breed lynx in Captivity
- Greenpeace predict the future of Spain with photo book
- Building freeze on Balearic coastline
- Latest lynx population numbers
- Hyenas and zebras in Granada
- EU to accept wolf hunting
- New lynx brief
October 2007
- News briefs 2
- Iberian Lynx in Castilla-la Mancha 2
- Iberian Lynx in Castilla-la Mancha
- Imperial Eagle population up in Doñana
- Loggerhead turtles hatch in Almeria
- More protection demanded for rabbit
- Site news
- News roundup 1
- Worst storms in Valencia’s history
- Carlos Sanz and wolves
- Snake eating bird
- Overfishing leading to dolphin deaths
- Spanish food guide
September 2007
- Whale deaths in the Canary Islands
- Alligator caught in River Besòs
- Demand for cereals in Spain threatens birds
- River Guadix
- Climbing Naranjo de Bulnes
- Spanish charcoal making
- The landscape of Goya 1
- The Cantabrian brown bear
- Sierra Morena lynxes to be released in Doñana
- Coast of Asturias
- Iberian wolf photos
- Mediterranean corals in danger
- Iberian landscapes
- Spanish research into colony collapse disorder
- Santander swallow migration
- Henri Cartier-Bresson in Castile and Aragon
- Iberian lynx in Doñana
- Iberian lynx mating call
- The bear and the princess
- Shepherds protest in Madrid
- Origin of escargot
- Forest fires in Spain at lowest level for ten years
- Catalan snail eating
- Sueve Mountains
- Environmental groups slate Las Tablas de Daimiel and Los Humedales de La Mancha
- Monte Perdido glacier
- Henri Cartier-Bresson in Barcelona
- The tale of the bear’s paw
- Madrid in September
- Organic farming figures for Spain
- Lynx video
- Spain and Portugal to work together on lynx
- Goods news for El Hierro Giant Lizard
- Torremolinos beach by Carlos de Haes
August 2007
- Threat of desertification
- Basque shepherds claim Idiazabal cheese under threat from wolves
- The origin of the River Ebro’s name
- Murcia shark closes beaches
- Frontiers in Medieval Spain
- 200 cases of tularemia in Castilla y Leon
- Shipwreck in Galicia
- Wolf tales
- Gun ownership in Spain
- Eating in Asturias
- Fox Legends
- Bear deaths
- Possible dolphin epidemic
- Storms cut imperial eagle chick numbers
- Iberian summer
- Photographing otters
- Montseny brook newt bred in captivity
- Hunting the frozen wolf
- Catalan sauces
- Andalucian funnel web spider
- Marine wind farms in Spain
- Lynx cubs and rabbits
- Madrid in August
- Gran Canaria and Tenerife fires controlled
- Blue chaffinch threatened by Gran Canary fire
July 2007
- Canaries fire 2 Nasa satellite image
- Canaries fire
- Scops owl chick
- Triperias de León
- Photo of a Spanish Ibex
- Snow in Barcelona
- Explosion of common vole population in Castilla
- The Cenachero
- Spanish mantis
- Allen’s rule and the Iberian lynx
- The 1755 Lisbon earthquake
- Birding in Cadiz
- Record temperature in Portugal
- Bears and wolves threatened by EU carrion ban
- Bears return to Belmonte de Miranda
- Photos of old Barcelona
- Man survives viper bite
- Transhumance in Spain
- The most polluted sea in the world
- The dangers of oleander
- Humpback whale beached in Huelva
- Mermaids in Spain
- New lynx photos
- Hsieh Ch’ing kao on Spain and Portugal
- Mammals of the Picos de Europa
- Barcelona’s parakeets to be culled
- Is this a wolf?
- Black flies in the Ebro
- Spanish Caves
- Catalan wolves
June 2007
- Success for Imperial Eagle in Doñana
- Tossa Great White Shark
- Relief for Tablas de Damiel
- Retuerta horses are oldest breed in Europe
- Good news for carrion birds
- Darwin’s frustrated visit to Tenerife
- Basque whaling tradition
- Kestrels in Barcelona
May 2007
April 2007
- Spain nature news – April 2007
- Bonelli’s eagle webcam
- The largest tree in Andalucia
- wolf watching in the Sierra de la Culebra
- Climate change and bird migration in Spain
March 2007
- White-tailed eagle seen in Spain for first time in 53 years
- Stork webcam in Avila
- Balloon trips in Spain
- Three lynx cubs born in captivity in Doñana
- Guide to Catalan and Spanish food
- Plan to protect Montjuic
- First lynxes of 2007 born in Doñana
- New Lynx brief
- Phototrapping of wildlife
- Iberian lynx images
- Trip to Catalan Pre-Pyrenees
- Book on reptiles and amphibians in Spain
February 2007
- Lynxes in Doñana
- Short-toed eagle video
- Temperatures in Spain in 2070
- Climate change in Asturias.
- Las Montañas del Lobo
- Climate change in Catalonia
- Wallcreepers in Aragon
- Reintroduction of peregrine falcons in Barcelona
- Barcelona parakeets
- The man with the lynx waistcoat
- Conflicts with wolves in Spain
- Trip to Sierra de la Culebra
- Bears in Galicia and honey
- Don Quixote in the Sierra Morena
- New species in Spain
- Largest Bechstein’s Bat colony discovered
- Bear population in the Cordillera Cantábrica.
- Diary of a bear tracker
- Lammergeyers in the Sierra de Guara
- Anti-nazi bear: Bears in Madrid
- Wolves in 18th century Spain
- Book on wolves in Andalucia
- 2nd Spanish TVE documentary on wolves in Spain
- Ladder snake on Monteserrat
- Spanish wolf documentary
- Griffon vulture in Grazalema with a bell
- Largest snake in Spain
- Captive Iberian Lynxes
- Wolves hunting boar in the Sierra de la Culebra
- Insects in Sierra de Grazalema
- Wryneck and horseshoe whipsnake
The rainfall records for Spain keep tumbling. According to the latest provisional figures
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Three Iberian lynxes of the captive breeding programme have died in recent weeks from a renal disease. Lynxes in the wild are thought not to suffer from this disease.