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October 22nd, 2009
Spanish photographer Jose Luis Rodriguez has won the prestigious 2009 Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his picture of an Iberian wolf leaping a fence as it pursues its prey. Rodriguez says that he had planned for years, and even sketched out on a piece of paper. He used a custom-built infrared trap to snap the wolf as it leapt into the air. He told the BBC, “I wanted to capture a photo in which you would see a wolf in an act of hunting – or predation – but without blood,” He went onto say that he hoped his picture, “showing the wolf’s great agility and strength”, will become an image that can be used to show just how beautiful the Iberian wolf is and how the Spanish can be proud to have such an emblematic animal. More from the BBC
Mammals, Wolves, photography | Tags: Iberian wolf photos|
April 16th, 2009
Some stunning photos here of Iberian lynx in the wild in the Sierra de Andújar by Pete Oxford, who notes “I set myself up, not with the eco-tourists, but instead, on a private ranch owned by the Junta of Andalucia – prime lynx habitat and the center of a scientific conservation effort organized by LIFE.”
Wild Wonders of Europe
Andalucia, Iberian lynx, On Spain, Sierra Morena, photography | Tags: lynx on private ranch, photographing Iberian lynx in the wild, Sierra de Andújar|
April 4th, 2009
I liked this photo report of the fishing industry in Vigo by Ian Berry of Magnum Photos. The above image “ Gulls follow the trawler in the hope of picking up any fish left uncovered. 2008″
All photos here
Galicia, On Spain, Spanish coast, Spanish seas, fishing in Spain, photography | Tags: Fishing in Galicia, Vigo photos|
September 3rd, 2008
Iberianatureforum member Alfredo recently sent me this rather spendid photo of a pair of Schreiber’s bats (Miniopterus schreibersi – murciélago de cueva) roosting in a cave. Apologies to him for the delay in posting this. He notes “One of our guests sent me a photo they took whilst walking through a small gorge on the way to the Canyon Rio Lobos Natural Park. They entered one of the many limestone caves throughout this area and came across a few bats….the long fingers are a give away for the species. ” The photo was taken by Dulana Herath who has kindly allowed me to publish it here. Click on Dulana’s photo to see the bats in all their glory.
Alfredo also runs Spanishfootsteps which offers a range of expert walking and driven guided tours in Soria, one of the least known and fascinating parts of Iberia.
Castilla y León, Mammals, bats, photography | Tags: Canyon Rio Lobos Natural Park, Miniopterus schreibersi, Schreiber's bat, Schreiber's bats, Soria|
May 14th, 2008
Wil Luiif has sent me these remarkable photos of a wolf in the Sierra de la Culebra he took this April.
Wil organises English-language trips to watch wolves in Zamora, possibly in the future in collaboration with iberianature. More here at Aragonnatuur or send him an email. Don’t be put off by the Dutch, his English is better than mine. More on Iberian wolves and have a look at the archive on wolves
Castilla y León, Sierra de la Culebra, Wolves, photography | |
February 26th, 2008
The iberianatureforum image gallery just gets better and better. Check out here the array of huts everybody has collected from around Spain. And it’s only been going three weeks. Here below a corrala from the Sierra de la Culebra.
A corrala (not corral!) is a traditional construction unique to the the Sierra de la Culebra. The heather thatch edging with an open centre protected sheep against both the rain and the wolf, and should the latter have managed to jump in, it would never have got out.
Most corralas are falling into disuse. A few have been restored as folk monuments. These days, shepherds lock up their flocks in warehouses.
Iberianature news, Rural Spain, Sierra de la Culebra, photography, traditional architecture of Spain | Tags: huts, shepherds|
February 19th, 2008
Forum partner Clive has been hard at work secretly setting up the new iberianatureforum image gallery. Full marks to him, and to all the people who have begun to post their images and descriptions. The quality and range of the photos and texts make me believe this is soon going to be the best gallery on Spain on the Net. When Clive is not slaving away on the forum he also runs Wildside Holidays.
Below an image from the gallery: the Hayados de Tejera Negra by Dave who writes:
“The beech trees of Tejera Negra were planted in remote times, when the climate was colder and more humid than it is now.” Read
Iberianature news, photography | Tags: Tejera Negra|
December 13th, 2007
Wil Luiif sent me these great photos wolves in the Sierra de la Culebra he took this October.
Wil organises English-language trips to watch wolves in Zamora, possibly in the future in collaboration with iberianature. More here at Aragonnatuur or send him an email. Don’t be put off by the Dutch, his English is better than mine. More on Iberian wolves
Castilla y León, Sierra de la Culebra, Wolves, photography | |
November 30th, 2007
I came across this remarkable set of aerial photos of Catalonia. Above the Delta del Llobregat, now a sad vestige of its former glory. Continue reading … Read the rest of this entry
Catalonia, history, photography | |
November 8th, 2007
Greenpeace have just published a book (Photoclima: Imágenes de un futuro afectado por el cambio climático) which attempts to predict the future of the Spanish landscape using photo manipulation. The photos are accompanied by texts by writers including José Saramago, Manuel Rivas, Iñaki Gabilondo, Miguel Delibes and Jane Goodall. Below the River Ebro as it passes through Zaragoza and the disappearance of La Manga del Mar Menor. El Pais
Climate, climate change, photography | |
September 19th, 2007
I love these photos of the coast of Asturias by Oviedo photographer Iñigo Calles Here below Ría Villaviciosa and Verdicio.
Asturias, Spanish coast, Spanish landcape, photography | |
September 13th, 2007
Juan García Gálvez is Cordoban photographer with an ability to capture that sense of inmensity you are sometimes struck with when you cross the Peninsula.
A castle
A hillside populated with cork, holm and gall oaks in the Sierra Morena.
Spanish landcape, photography | |
September 13th, 2007
Henri Cartier-Bresson visited Castile and Aragon for Magnum Photos in 1963. More here. The photos are of landscapes in Segovia, somewhere in Castilla and Aragon near the Soria border (last two). It would be interesting to compare the treeless hills in the two photos of Aragon with today. They will be very probably be forested now.
Aragon, Castilla y León, Human geography of Spain, Spanish landcape, photography | |
September 4th, 2007
Henri Cartier-Bresson in Barcelona. Barrio Chino. 1933. He wrote “The narrow street of Barcelona’s roughest quarter is the home of prostitutes, petty thieves and dope peddlers. But I saw a fruit vendor sleeping against a wall and was struck by the surprisingly gentle and articulate drawing scrawled there”
Barcelona, Historical accounts about Spain, history, photography | |
August 5th, 2007
Ángel Jesús Calleja Hernándéz and David Ánarez Sánchéz (on fotonatura) have some remarkable photos and interesting text on otters in Extremadura and tips on how to photograph them. The otters were photographed in a small reservoir somewhere in Extremadura. There is a healthy population of otters in Extremadura and they have been used for reintroduction campaigns in the rest of Spain (eg Aiguamolls de Emporda.
Extremadura, Mammals, Otters in Spain, photography | |
I’ve just come across 
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. 
Radio interview on Canal Ser with Carlos Sanz, perhaps the biggest expert on wolves in Spain and livestock farmer Rodrigo Peñalosa, looking at both sides of the debate around wolves in Spain.