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Wednesday, 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 ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
For readers of this blog who are not also members of the forum I thought I'd quickly tell you about the upcoming first Iberianatureforum meeting in Grazalema from 12-17 April. About 20 people will be attending what we jokingly refer to as the "summit". The meeting is being hosted by ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
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Solar power in Spain (wikipedia) "The Spanish government is committed to achieving the target of 12 percent of primary energy from renewable energy by 2010 with an installed solar generating capacity of 400 megawatts (MW). Spain is one of the most attractive countries with regard to the ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
According to a new report by Gas Natural, la Sierra de la Demanda between Burgos and Soria absorbs more greenhouse gases than any other forest in Spain. La Demanda in one year absorbed 95,244 tons of co2, twice as much as the entire Cordillera Cantabrica. (Alfredo - Forum)
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
The Sabinar de Calatanazor is a remarkable forest of Spanish juniper (Juniperus thurifera) in Soria near the village of Calatanazor. Read
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
The Sabinar de Calatanazor is a remarkable forest of Spanish juniper (sabina albar - Juniperus thurifera) in Soria near the village of Calatanazor. The forest is a fenced dehesa grazed by cows preventing undergrowth from developing. Some of these ancient junipers are 20 metres high, and the Sabinar de ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
I loved this documentary about Antonio Machado in Soria shown on Escarabajo Verde last Sunday.
Ian Gibson explains how Machado's visit to Soria was to have a great impact on the poet's work. The poems he wrote here were published as "Campos de Castilla", a collection lyricising the beauty of the Castilian countryside. His first ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
A guide to food in Spain
A B C D-E F-G-H I-J-K L-M-N O-P-Q R S T U-V-W-X-Y-Z
bolets (Catalan ...
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Thursday, 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 ...
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