Friday, March 29, 2024

Nature

In a big flap!

Couple return home to find a rare Griffon vulture on their bed, while second family find another on balcony

Purr-fect

Woman bequeaths millions to protect endangered cat

Kestrels set to fly back

Kestrels are to be saved at the expense of pigeons to even out the numbers

Spanish bird brains

Six rare ibises are released in Cadiz

The farmers who cried wolf

A new law is being drafted to give cash to farmers whose animals are being killed by the wolves that have returned to Madrid

Our lynx to the future

As exciting new figures show the Iberian lynx is clawing its way back, Wendy Williams takes a look at the struggle to save the world’s most endangered cat…

The Eagle has crash landed near Sevilla

Rescue centre 'bought and sold' rare eagles and chicks in order to justify millions in grants

New Ronda animal sanctuary aims to tackle cause of animal abuse

The owners are putting on workshops for children and adults alike

Controversial Gibraltar reef ‘exploding with life’ two years after installation

Spain had accused Gibraltar of creating the reef in a bid to hinder its fishing fleet

Endangered golden-cheeked gibbon born in BIOPARC Fuengirola

There are less than 25,000 left in the wild

Incredible turnaround of Bioparc in Fuengirola

It has been a massive turnaround for a zoo once disgraced in a hard-hitting BBC investigation

Expat writer Chris Stewart slams Spain’s solar power regulation plans

If new government regulations are passed, tariffs will be 27% higher for those generating energy at home

Jellyfish damaging business on Marbella beaches

Hundreds of stings reported over the weekend

Greenpeace protest boat in Huelva over toxic waste marshes

Following four years of no action taken, Greenpeace arrives to spread information on the danger of the radioactive waste produced by fertilizer company Feriberia

13,000 flamingos born at Fuente de Piedra nature reserve

The new arrivals will be tagged and inspected in the coming weeks

Baby mouse-deer born in Fuengirola Bioparc

Nip down to Bioparc to meet the mouse-deer

Balearic Islands set to introduce new ‘green tax’ for tourists

Holiday-makers in Ibiza will face an extra 'eco-tax'

Critically endangered bird thriving at Bioparc Fuengirola

The rare Bali Starling was declared practically extinct in 2001

Two vultures killed by Guadalteba wind turbines

Ecologistas en Accion has denounced a wind farm

Caminito del Rey ticket quota increased for local hotels and restaurants

Since October began, each of the municipalities has 250 daily entries for the Caminito del Rey

Twitcher’s dream in Duquesa

Holidaymaker spots more than 3,000 birds, including 2,000 birds of prey during his 16-night stay

Birds eye view on the Costa del Sol

Downtown Duquesa a birdwatcher’s paradise as tourists spots over 3,000 from his rooftop terrace

Sierra Bermeja could soon become a National Park

The Andalucia Earth Sciences Institute has backed the campaign

Costa del Sol hotel accused of purposefully poisoning cats and birds

Expat animal rights groups, including Adana, are now investigating claims that they were killed by workers at the Pierre y Vacances resort

Battling for the burro: A visit to Malaga donkey sanctuary Refugio del Burrito

The Refugio del Burrito is still fighting for justice for the donkey killed in a Bethlehem display in 2014, Tom Powell went to see where all the hard work starts

Carbon emissions increase faster in Spain than anywhere else in Europe

CO2 emissions rose by 4% last year in Spain with a 23% increase in the use of electricity

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