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Other vultures

• News on vultures in Spain
• Spanish Eagles and vultures (quiz)
• See also lammegeyers

On the forum

• Diclofenac,NSAIDS and the threat to Iberian vultures
• Vulture with bell
• Black vultures in the north
• Fapas, wind farms and Griffons
• Flying with Vultures
• Lice on Griffon vulture
• Egyptian Vultures in Soria
• Griffon vultures killed by poison and wind turbines
• Vultures of Spain
• vultures in catalunya
• BSE law’s effects on carrion-eating wildlife
• Juv Egyptian Vultures
• Griffon vultures
• Vulture feeding stations
• Poisoned Griffon vulture in the Sierra de Grazalema
• Bonelli’s Eagles losing nests to Griffon Vultures and Golden Eagles
• Article on Vulture Feeding Stations

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Lammergeyers

• Lammergeyer “Lammergeyers or quebrantahuesos (bone breakers) as they are known in Spanish are the largest bird of prey in Eurasia, and Europe’s rarest vulture, around 70% of which live in the Aragonese Pyrenees.”
• News on Spanish lammergeyers (Pyrenees, Cazorla, Picos…)
• Lammergeyers in the Sierra de Guara

On the forum

• Lammergeier, Lammergeyer, Bearded vulture
• Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) Quebrantahuesos
• pre-pyrenees in december

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Birds of prey

• News about the Spanish Imperial eagle
• Bonelli’s eagle
• Bonelli’s eagle webcam (a favourite!)
• Spanish Imperial eagle webcam
• Peregrines of the Sagrada Familia
• Spanish Eagles and vultures (quiz)

On the forum (including..)

• Identify this raptor
• raptor id - short-toed eagle?
• Identifying birds of prey
• Red footed falcon
• Bonelli’s eagle webcam
• Kestrels in Barcelona
• Peregrines in Barcelona
• Birds of prey in Madrid
• Golden Eagle
• Bonelli’s Eagles losing nests to Griffon Vultures and Golden Eagles
• What Eagle/Vulture?
• golden eagles
• Booted eagle phases
• Lesser Kestrels in Ibiza??
• Kestrels on the coast?
• Peregrine Falcon
• Bonellis Eagle
• lesser spotted eagle
• Greater Spotted Eagle (Aguila Moteada)
• Red Kite
• Falconry Las Hurdes style
• White Tailed Eagles
• Short toed eagles migration question
• Goshawks?

On the Net

• Eleanora’s Falcon (Wildside Holidays)
• Griffon vulture (Wildside Holidays)
• Spanish Imperial Eagle (Wildside Holidays)

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Birds

• Latest news about birds in Spain
• Birds (old news)
• Birds (checklist for Spain)
• Birdwatching in Spain (with lots of interesting external links)
• Spain and Asian Bird Flu

On the forum

• Birdlife in Iberia

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Sea mammals

• News about sea mammals of Spain
• Monk seal population rises
• Basque whaling tradition
• Mermaids in Spain

On the forum

• Monk seals
• Hunting again, this time whales…
• Iberian whaling history

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Other mammals

• Paleontology in Spain (zebras, tapir, hyenas, etc)

On the forum

• Chipmunk
• Could Modern African Elephants be considered to be also an animal native to Iberia (I enjoyed this speculation very much)
• Were modern lions ever native to Iberia?
• Tapirs in Girona
• The Coming of the Shrew

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Rabbits and hares

• News about rabbits in Spain (inc. Vaccine for rabbits & More protection demanded for rabbit)

On the forum

• Rabbits and Myxomatosis
• Lepus granatensis - liebre ibérica

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Bears

• Latest news on bears in Spain
• News on bears pre-2006
• History of the extinction of bears in Spain
• Eco-tourism and bears in Somiedo
• Paca and Tola
• The bear and the princess
• The tale of the bear’s paw
• Anti-Nazi bear

On the forum

• Brown bears (this is the main thread)
• San Glorio bears
• Save Spanish Bears!
• Performing Bears
• Paca and Tola
• BSE law’s effects on carrion-eating wildlife

On the Net

See Iberianature guide to bears in Spanish here

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Iberian lynx

• Iberian lynx
• Latest news on the Iberian lynx
• Iberian Lynx News (pre-2006)
• 30min Iberian lynx video documentary
• The man with the lynx waistcoat

On the forum

• Iberian Lynx (this is the main lynx thread)
• Iberian lynx documentary
• Iberian Lynx in Portugal

Around the web

• Ex situ Iberian lynx conservation programme. Excellent resource with lovely photos
• Good forum in Spanish on the Iberian lynx here . Part of www.ellinceiberico.com , an excellent Spanish updated lynx resource by Antonio Rivas. Check out the collection of lynx videos and sound clips.
• Also well worth visiting is the English-language Iberian Lynx Compendium, by the Cat Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union. A comprehensive rundown on all aspects of the Iberian lynx. And an interesting French site called ours-loup-lynx, on the bear-wolf-lynx triad, with updated news on both the Iberian and Eurasian lynx
• SOS Lynx: photos, news and information about the Iberian Lynx in English and Portuguese
• (Spanish) Lynx photos
• (Spanish) Lynx in vertebradosibericos.org

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Wolves

• Wolves in Spain
• Wolf watching in the Sierra de la Culebra
  
• Latest news about wolves on iberianature
• Photos of wolves (by wolf guide Wil Luiif including the one this page to the right)
• EU to accept wolf hunting
• Wolves in 18th century Spain
• Spanish TVE documentary on wolves in Spain (online)
• Book on wolves in Andalucia

On the forum

• 5.7 million Euros Wolf Conservation
• Wolf hunting
• An Apple (or more) a day keeps the wolf at bay
• Wolf spotting
• Wolf watching Video, Sierra de la Culebra
• The Lobo Park in Antequerra
• “Amigo Lobo” Exhibition
• Iberian Wolf Recovery Centre in Portugal
• wolves in France
• Wolf Hunt Auction Zamora
• Possible wolf in the Picos
• Mike’s wolf day for Swedish tv
• Wolf trip
• Trip to Sierra de la Culebra
• Trip to Sierra de la Culbra to see wolves
• Wolf hunts in the Picos
• BSE law’s effects on carrion-eating wildlife
• TVE2 programme about the Iberian wolf
• Wolves in Catalonia

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Other carnivores

• Wild Cats
• Foxes in Spain
• Photographing otters

On the forum

• Foxes
• Foxy problems in the Sierra Nevada
• Were modern lions ever native to Iberia?
• otters in Extremadura
• Otters in Asturias
• Egyptian Mongoose
• A Fabulous Fox
• Beech Martin/Common Genet/Wild Cat - identity query
• Small(ish) furry thing seen crossing the road midnight near Gátova
• El Zorro de Coriscao

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Martens, mink, stoats and weasels

• European and American mink

On the forum

• Beech Marten/Common Genet/Wild Cat - identity query
• beech martens
• Martes Foina
• polecat
• What was this poor little chap in our empty pool?

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Barbary macaque

• Barbary apes in Gibraltar
• Gibraltar’s apes to be culled

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Goats, deer and boar

• Barbary sheep
• Boars in Barcelona
• Chamois
• Red deer
• Wild boar

On the forum

• Roe Deer Query
• Ibex and other mammals at Gredos - where?
• boars in the city

On the Net

Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) Good article from Wildside Holidays

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Rodents

• Acorns and rats in Castile
• Beavers in Spain
• Coypu
• Explosion of common vole population in Castilla

On the forum

• Plague of voles in Northern Spain
• European Squirrels To Go (squirrels in Spain)
• Mystery Tunnels
• Tree Rats
• Coypu
• Beavers in Spain
• Plague of voles (used to be stupidity or what)
• More posts about rodents in Spain on the forum

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Badgers

Badgers are found throughout mainland Spain from the green forests of the Cantabrica to the semi-desert scrubs of Almeria, but are absent from the Canaries and the Balearics. Read Badgers in Spain

On the forum

• Iberian badgers
• Turd pictures
• More posts about badgers on the forum

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Hedgehogs

On Iberianature

• Algerian hedgehog
• Hedgehogs in Spain
• Articles about hedgehogs on the blog

On the forum

• Pet hedgehogs
• Algerian hedghogs
• Hedgehogs

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Bats

On Iberianature

There are 27 species of bat in Spain Read Bats in Spain

• News articles about bats in Spain
  
• Forum posts about bats

On the forum

• Schreiber’s Bats
• Bats
• Do All bats hibernate
• New bat species identified in Catalonia

Around the net

• Proyecto murciélago de Cantabria
• Murciélagos que viven en España
• Spanish Bats revealed as bird killers (New Scientist)

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Mammals

Note the pages on bears, lynx and wolves are channels in their own right.

See also

• Mammals in Spain (checklist)
• Spanish mammals quiz
• Also (not Spain) Etymology of mammal names - Mammals extinct in Britian in last 15,000 years - Extracts from Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia
• Comparative table of Castilian and Catalan dictionaries on zoology

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Barcelona nature tours

We???

• Issues affecting the city’s urban wildlife
• Relationship nature and society. The interplay of geography, history and nature. Folklore and culture.
• The environmental history of Barcelona
• The relationship of the parks to the city
• A chance to do some bird-watching and mammal tracking

Routes

• Montjuic
• Collserola

Practicalities (costs, how the tours work)

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Iberianature is the principal English-language source of information on the Net on the nature and geography of Spain.

Photo from the Iberian lynx recovery programme. Latest news on the Iberian lynx

Rural tourism guide Great places to stay in Spain.
All personally selected.

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Photo by Wil Luiif of Aragonnatuur
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