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    Hunting with glue on its way back!!

    As incomprehensible and stupid as it may seem, the Catalan government is currently proposing to legalise hunting of thrushes and other small birds with glue. This method is terrible for many reasons, but in my opinion the worst part is the horrendous way that the captured birds end their lives...
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    Hunters in my garden today

    I woke up early this morning to the sound of gunshots! Although it is hunting season now, the shots appeared to come from somewhere very near the house, and I just had to get out of bed to investigate the matter. For a couple of hours I heard nothing, and I got on with other things - even...
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    Boat trip to Islas Columbretes - July 29th 2006

    The islands of Columbretes are tiny, of volcanic origin, and situated roughly 60 kilometres off the Spanish coast in the northwestern corner of the Mediterranean Sea. The main island is surrounded by dark, rugged islets sticking out of the sea like huge black teeth. Standing on the islands you...
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    Mas de Buñol - a vulture feeding station in the Matarranya region of Spain

    As the farmers in Europe are now forced to remove any dead cattle from their pastures to avoid the spreading of diseases, the Spanish vultures are in many areas having difficulties finding sufficient food. Several of the large vulture populations of the region have diminished, and some have...
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    The Ebro Delta, Catalonia, Spain

    Living on the edge of the Ebro Delta in NE Spain (Catalonia), I consider myself lucky. The Ebro delta is the most important wetland area on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and the second largest in the Iberian Peninsula. It is situated 200 km southwest of Barcelona as an extensive, flat marsh...
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