Report from Ian Williams who visited the Sierra Mountain Refuge in July. With numbers definitely down this year on our local patch around the village of Lanjaron, Bee-eaters were a “must-see” for our field-trip to Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche. Kiersten was sure she had located a possible nest-site here last year, and [...]
This report was from Ian Williams who stayed here in July 2011. The hills of Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche have been my temporary home for a couple of days now, and the patchwork of mixed oak woodland and sunny, open meadows have brought some great birdwatching. Today we’ll take a look at [...]
This report has been sent in by Kiersten Rowland of Birdwatch Alpujarras who spent a few days here at the refuge enjoying the wonderful birdlife in the vicinity. I’ve been looking forward to this for some time. Birdwatchalpujarras are heading west to explore Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche, a hilly, forested region in [...]
Most wolves of the Sierra Morena Mountain Range are found in Sierra Morena Oriental, mainly in a strip of land between Fuencaliente and Despeñaperros mountain pass (Jaén and Ciudad Real provinces). A few individuals still survive in Sierra de Hornachuelos (Córdoba) while in Western Sierra Morena wolves might finally have extinguished. We have estimated 6-10 [...]
The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is one of 36 living species of cats, and one of the four species of lynx in the world. The direct predecessor was the Iberian lynx Lynx Cave, was larger than the present and occupied much of Europe. Distribution and abundance: At the end of the 80′s there were 800 [...]
Northwest of Andalucia, north of the province of Huelva is situated the extensive Sierra de Aracena. This natural area is dotted with a vast network of rivers and streams belong to the basins of the Guadalquivir, the Guadiana and Odiel rivers. It comprises up to 28 municipalities with a long tradition in rural areas. In [...]
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