John Muddeman 06/07/2014 Nearly a year after visiting the area too late in mid-July, a brief stop in the W Gredos mountains en route to a weekend away looking for dragonflies in the Hurdes mountains came up trumps.
Posted in: Flora, Butterflies and Moths, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Castile-Leon, Extremadura | Mainland Spain, Western Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 06/07/2014 A short walk at a new spot in a favourite area of mine, three years after finding Bladder Senna, the larval food plant, paid off with the discovery of a small colony of this very scarce and rather enigmatic species.
Posted in: Flora, Butterflies and Moths, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Castile-Leon | Mainland Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 06/07/2014 An abbreviated trip report describing the highlights of this highly rewarding 13-day route ranging from incoming migrants at the southernmost tip of Spain to the mountain-dwelling gems of the high Pyrenees in the far north.
Posted in: Dragonflies and Damselflies, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals | Andalusia, Aragon, Castile-Leon, Extremadura | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain, Southern Spain, Western Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 27/03/2014 A summary of my recent tour covering Andújar and Doñana to successfully look for the exquisite and endangered Iberian Lynx.
Posted in: Flora, Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Andalusia | Mainland Spain, Southern Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 11/02/2014 Highlights of some of the long list of sightings on an 8-day tour to the bird-rich plains, mountains and wetlands of Extremadura in January 2014
Posted in: Butterflies and Moths, Birds, Mammals, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Extremadura, Madrid | Mainland Spain, Western Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 17/12/2013 The IWT site is now updated with most of my 2014 tour dates and this is to provide a quick preview of what and where I'll be visiting next year. Please feel free to take a browse around!
Posted in: Flora, Butterflies and Moths, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Other Invertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon, Extremadura, Madrid | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain, Southern Spain, Western Spain, Central Spain, Spanish Islands
Teresa Farino 12/11/2013 Stop Press! The IWT website has now been updated with our 2014 tours, and bookings are coming in thick and fast! Here's a summary of the many and varied trips that Teresa will be organising and leading next year.
Posted in: Flora, Butterflies and Moths, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Other Invertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Andalusia, Asturias, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-Leon, Extremadura | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain, Southern Spain, Western Spain, Central Spain, Spanish Islands
John Muddeman 23/09/2013 A few pictures of this remarkable species which was refound in Madrid last year, 105 years after the only specimen record was taken at an unknown site.
Posted in: Dragonflies and Damselflies, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Madrid | Mainland Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 23/01/2013 A summary of a 6h afternoon trip to look principally for raptors and steppic birds in Madrid.
Posted in: Birds, Mammals | Madrid | Mainland Spain, Central Spain
John Muddeman 23/01/2013 In order to provide some more up to date info as I go along, this is the first of a series of abbreviated trip reports covering most of the sites checked for possible inclusion in the final version of the guide. I sincerely hope it's of interest!
Posted in: Dragonflies and Damselflies, Birds, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Extremadura | Mainland Spain, Western Spain, Central Spain
