Region: La Rioja Nearest town: Alfaro Declared a Reserva Natural: 2001 Protected surface area: 476 hectares Points of interest No trip to the region of La Rioja would be complete without a visit to the Reserva Natural de los Sotos de Alfaro and the town of Alfaro (The city of storks) that holds a huge … Read more
English: Andalusian Wall Lizard Scientific: Podarcis vaucheri Spanish: Lagartija andaluza French: Lézard Andalouse German: Andalusischen Mauereidechse Italian: Lucertola Andalusa Portuguese: Lagartixa-andaluz Distribution: southern Spain (Western Andalucia), central and northern Morocco, northern Algeria and northern Tunisia. Similar species: Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus) Lagartija ibérica (Basically if you are anywhere other than Western Andalucia its probably … Read more
March and early April brings a great joy for lovers of the spectacular Short-toed Eagle – Circaetus gallicus -Aguila culebrera when yet again they have made it across the Strait of Gibraltar to their breeding grounds in Europe. The first single birds start appearing in the Sierra de Grazalema at the end of February but … Read more
Non-Venomous Scientific: Anguis fragilis (The previous Spanish subspecies Anguis fragilis fragilis is now with the western European populations) English: Slow Worm Spanish: Lución Portuguese: Licranço Galician: Escáncer común Family: Anguidae Distribution: Northern Spain and north and central Portugal, as well as the entire European mainland. Western Europe, northern Europe and western Balcans) Identification and similar … Read more