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Environmental issues

• Latest environment articles on the blog
• Threat of desertification
• Environmental issues in Spain
• Forest fires in Spain
• Greenhouse expanion in Almeria
• Drought in Spain
• Spain and Asian Bird Flu
• Glaciers melting in the Pyrenees
• Conservation in Spain
• State of the Coast
• Wind farms
• Chapapote

On the forum (lots and lots of discussion issues affecting Spain)

• Environmental issues on the forum

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

Other geographical features

• Islands of Spain
• Extreme geographical points of Spain (Estaca de Bares - Cape Touriñán)
• Land boundaries of Spain
• Caves in Spain

Geography of Spain

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Literature and accounts on Spain

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Paleotology and prehistory

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Seas around Spain

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The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

• Rivers of Spain (Longest rivers, catchment areas, watersheds, etc)
• River Ebro
• The origin of the River Ebro’s name
• River Duero
• River Guadix
• Lakes and Wetlands in Spain
• Lake Sanabria (largest lake in Spain + Sanabria disaster)

Geography of Spain

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Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

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Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

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Mountains

• Mountains in Spain
• Posts about mountains on the blog
• Sistema Central
• Cordillera Cantabrica (Picos de Europa)
• Picos de Europa
• Aneto
• Mulhacén
• Naranjo de Bulnes + Climbing Naranjo de Bulnes
• Peñalara
  
• Teide
• Veleta
• Spanish terms for mountains, hills, fells and sierras
• Spanish Provinces by surface area (km2) and altitude bands
• Glaciers in the Pyrenees
• Hiking in Spain

On the forum

• Sierra Nevada
• Advice for avoiding am lift queues in the Sierra Nevada
• A Christmas walk in the mountains
• Plus much, much, more….
  

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

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Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

Volcanoes and earthquakes

• Cumbre Vieja tsunami debate
• Earthquakes in Spain
• Tsunamis in Spain
• The 1755 Lisbon earthquake
• Updated map of latest earthquakes in the Iberian Peninsula

On the forum

• Earthquakes in the Iberian Peninsula

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

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Climate

• Climate of Spain
• Climate and climate change news about Spain
• Climate change in Spain (pre-2007)
  
• The Little Ice Age in Spain
• Climate change threat to Sierra Nevada Flora
• Temperature records
• Temperatures in Spain
• Storms, hailstones and lightning in Spain
• Cutoff low (gota fria)
• Climate of Andalusia
• Climate of Asturias and Cantabria
• Climate of Castilla y Leon
• Record temperature in Portugal
• The Tramontana wind
• The 1938 aurora borealis in Barcelona

On the forum

• Levante wind
• Climate change - general thread
• Incredible rainfall statistics for Grazalema
• The little ice age..Pozos de nieves..snow wells…
• Barcelona to ship in desalinated water from the south
• Asteroid - Mega Fauna Extinction - Younger Dryas
• Climate change and the weather this year
• The fate of Mayman this year?

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

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Geography

Mammals

Geography

• Physical geography and geology of Spain

Geography of Spain

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Literature and accounts on Spain

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Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

Songbirds

• Dupont’s lark + Dupont’s lark losing song
• Olivaceous warblers

On the forum

• Black-eared wheatear
• Goldfinch?
• Wrens in Spain
• Blue Tits on Ibiza
• Winter Wren habits
• Mistle Thrush query
• Nightingale
• Siskin
• Black Redstart
• Bird Song

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

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Mammals

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)

Geography of Spain

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Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

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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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

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The Iberianature guide to Spain

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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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography

Mammals

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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

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The Iberianature guide to Spain

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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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Literature and accounts on Spain

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Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

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The Iberianature guide to Spain

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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

Geography of Spain

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Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

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Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

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The Iberianature guide to Spain

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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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

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The Iberianature guide to Spain

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Geography

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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

Geography of Spain

Climate

Environmental issues

Literature and accounts on Spain

Mountains

Other geographical features

Paleotology and prehistory

Rivers, lakes and wetlands

Seas around Spain

Traditional architecture and farming

Volcanoes and earthquakes

The Iberianature guide to Spain

Birds

Geography