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Wildtalk Spain # 91: Andalusian Spring

Wildtalk Spain, an email newsletter from www.wild-spain.com
13 March, 2006 - Issue 91

Latest pictures by Cristian Jensen Marcet, of Adouin Birding Tours. Birds,
birding and wetlands, from Gibraltar to the Ebro Delta. Click here...
http://www.wild-spain.com/pictures.php?order=&pid=47

Despite tragic news of mountaineers caught in freezing  conditions in Sierra
Nevada, the wildlife of the Andalusian valleys is very much warming up. See
latest field reports (thanks Ken Sumner and Clive Muir & Sue Eastock)...
http://www.wild-spain.com/wsfieldreports.php

Several people looking for tips on walking and cycling in Spain. Can you
help? See...
http://www.wild-spain.com/wsnoticeboard.php


------- News Briefs

. Imperial Eagles return to Cádiz -
A pair of Spanish Imperial Eagles is now nesting in a eucalypt plantation in
the Andalusian province of Cádiz, say researchers from the government-backed
agency CSIC. This globally endangered species - there are 210 pairs left in
the world - has been absent from Cádiz for 50 years. This is a landmark
event in a reintroduction project based in La Janda, Cádiz, which started in
2002. If the pair manages to raise young it would be "... the start of a new
population in an area of great potential (...) specially important for the
fragile neighbouring population in Doñana" said project coordinator Miguel
Ferrer. Elsewhere in Spain Imperial Eagles are found in Extremadura,
Castilla León, Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid. Date: March 13, 2006 Source:
Wanadoo

. Map of Doñana's problems -
WWF has prepared a detailed report on environmental issues to be resolved in
the Doñana area, both inside and outside the national park. The full report,
in Spanish, may be found on WWF's website, (www.wwf.es) or follow link for
map of the region pinpointing specific environmental threats. Date: March
13, 2006 Source: WWF/Adena

. British mountaineers die of hypothermia in Sierra Nevada -
Three British mountaineers were found dead last Sunday by police rescue
services in Collado de Mulhacén, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Granada.
The mountaineers apparently died of hypothermia after they'd sought shelter
by digging themselves into a snow hole in an area between Siete Lagunas and
Collado de Trevélez. The group members were apparently inappropriately
dressed for the freezing blizzard conditions over the week-end. Date: March
08, 2006 Source: El Mundo

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------- Latest questions [ Check out answers and/or share your knowledge ]

San Sebastian to Faro, via Santiago, on foot and bike
http://www.wild-spain.com/noticeboard.php?tid=1524
Hiking and camping in the Pyrenees
http://www.wild-spain.com/noticeboard.php?tid=1523
Real camping in southern Spain
http://www.wild-spain.com/noticeboard.php?tid=1521
Trip to Catalonia and hikes in Garrotxa and Cadi-Moixero
http://www.wild-spain.com/noticeboard.php?tid=1517


------- Field Reports

Latest...
- Creatures of the stone wall (Clive Muir and Sue Eastock, Natural Images of
the Sierra de Grazalema)
- First Short-toed Eagles in Lecrín Valley (Ken Sumner)
- First ants, flowers, crops and organic tapas in Lecrín Valley (Ken Sumner)
- Hunters help Dupont larks in Almería (Ken Sumner)
- Cranes and geese moving north in Toledo (Damian Martin)
- Griffon vultures of Garganta Verde (Clive Muir and Sue Eastock, Natural
Images of the Sierra de Grazalema)
http://www.wild-spain.com/wsfieldreports.php

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