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A Feast of Flowers in the Picos de Europa - Trip Report - June 2009

A Feast of Flowers in the Picos de Europa - Trip Report - June 2009 Teresa Farino
04/12/2009
Written by Caroline Bateman and illustrated by Teresa Farino, this report gives highlights of IWT's most recent botanical tour in the Picos de Europa, during which we also encountered a wealth of other wildlife.

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Flora, Butterflies and Moths, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals | Asturias, Cantabria, Castile-Leon | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain

Nychiodes in the Iberian peninsula

Teresa Farino
01/12/2009
The eminent British lepidopterologist Colin Plant has just informed me of a taxonomic update for this genus of Geometrid moth.

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Butterflies and Moths | Cantabria | Mainland Spain

Pycnogaster jugicola Graells, 1851

[i]Pycnogaster jugicola[/i] Graells, 1851 Teresa Farino
14/10/2009
A new locality for this Iberian endemic cricket in northern Spain.

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Other Invertebrates | Cantabria, Castile-Leon | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain

Rare and threatened bog flora of Cantabria

Rare and threatened bog flora of Cantabria Teresa Farino
23/09/2009
A very wet but rewarding day rummaging around in an Alto Campóo peatbog, in southern Cantabria.

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Flora, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Cantabria | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain

Wild Spain

Wild Spain Teresa Farino
06/05/2009
Teresa’s latest book, the lavishly illustrated Wild Spain, is now on the shelves.

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Flora, Butterflies and Moths, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Other Invertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Mainland Spain, Spanish Islands

Black Vultures by the dozen at Cáceres Rubbish Tip

Black Vultures by the dozen at Cáceres Rubbish Tip Teresa Farino
24/03/2009
An hour at Cáceres rubbish tip on the afternoon of 14 March revealed that all is not well for carrion-eaters in the Extremaduran countryside.

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Birds | Extremadura | Mainland Spain, Western Spain

Narcissi of the Picos de Europa

Narcissi of the Picos de Europa Teresa Farino
08/03/2009
Four species of Narcissus in a single morning in early March!

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Flora, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Asturias, Cantabria | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain

Summary of the Picos de Europa Lepidoptera Study, 2008

Summary of the Picos de Europa Lepidoptera Study, 2008 Teresa Farino
04/03/2009
Between January and November 2008, our survey team recorded 114 species of butterfly and 271 species of macromoths in the Picos de Europa and immediate environs.

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Butterflies and Moths, Endangered Wildlife and Habitats | Asturias, Cantabria, Castile-Leon | Mainland Spain, Northern Spain

 
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