FIO 2014 took place, as every year, at the emblematic Monfragüe National Park. With a party mood and a damp smell, birdwatchers from south Europe gathered at their annual meeting in the small village...
The three vulture species that live in India —the Indian Vulture, the White-backed Vulture and the Slender-billed Vulture— are endangered today. However, only 15 years ago they had a population of over forty million...
The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) was taking its time to let itself be seen. The death cow that had been lying in the middle of the pasture for the last two days smelled rotten....
Birds and humans have lived together since the Stone Age. Most of them, like the sparrow, the Common House Martin or the kestrel, see the facades of our buildings as an artificial cliff to...
It started to get hot at noon as the combine harvester was doing its job. Meanwhile, two Montagu’s Harrier chicks were moving in the nest. The job had to be done by the end...
In mid-February we went birdwatching with Juancho and Picaruelo to the ZEPA Encinares de los ríos Alberche y Cofio (SPA Holm-Oak Forest of the Alberche and Cofio Rivers), on the south-west of the province...
No less than 9 000 bird species inhabit the planet. The common ancestor of all birds is the Archaeopteryx, which appeared in the Jurassic 150 million years ago. This fossil, found in Bavaria, has...
The GREFA Wild Fauna Recovery Centre is located in Majadahonda, a few kilometres from Madrid. Unlike it may seem, it’s not easy getting there or, more specifically, it’s not easy getting there without getting...
Nature has written the best crime novel with some birds. In many cases, the fight for survival starts really early. From the first second of their life, chicks have to manage to avoid infanticide,...
Have you ever wondered whether it is good to feed the wild birds? Be aware that they belong to a wild environment and that nature has provided them with the means to get food....
