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Spanish fighting weasels
New iberianatureforum member Big Vern has posted this remarkable photo of two weasels (Sp. comadreja: Lat. Mustela nivalis) fighting at midday somewhere in Alicante. We are probably talking about two...
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Destruction of the Spanish coast
The destruction of the Spanish coastline is subject to this slideshow in today’s Guardian. In the photos below, Benidorm in 1960 and in 2009. A graphic example indeed, though I think the sprawl of...
View ArticlePetition to stop parany hunting
The illegal trapping of thousands of migrant birds in Valencia could become legal again as hunters try to get legislation changed. The bird are caught using the technique known as parany, which...
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Electrical storm
Stunning image of the immense power of an electrical storm in Alicante by Big Vern over on the forum, where he notes: …we witnessed the most spectacular electrical storm I have ever seen, including...
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Sparrows in Spain
The house sparrow is still probably the commonest bird in Spain with some 10 million pairs, and although they are certainly not threatened as they are in, say, Britain which has lost 5 million pairs...
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Hermann’s tortoises for Valencia
More than three hundred Hermann’s tortoises, many previously kept as pets, have been released into the Sierra de Irta (Castellón). They appear to have adapted well to the area and may already be...
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