Great to hear that many of the sea turtle eggs that made the news earlier this year for being the first recorded nest of the season in the entire Western Mediterranean have hatched and entered the sea. Since the discovery of the nest the site has had a 24 hour volunteer network taking care of … Read more
At up to an inch and a half in length, this beautiful wasp (Great Potter Wasp – Delta unguiculatum – Avispa Alfarera) is the largest European species of the Eumeninae subfamily. The head is black with a yellow face and a yellow line behind the large eyes. The jaws are reddish brown. The antennae are … Read more
From the most endangered cat species in the world to a success story for managed wildlife protection schemes, the reintroducion of the Iberian lynx to Catalonia and Aragon seems to be the next step forward with the project being supported by the Spanish Government and an area of around 30,000 hectares being studied for suitability. … Read more
The GREFA project continues its work with the reintroduction of the extinct (in Spain) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Over the last few years many conservation programs in Europe have successfully brought back this historically persecuted eagle to stable population numbers and the equally successful breeding and reintroduction program in Norway has now sent nine young … Read more