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Spanish wolf documentary
25/09/2006 1 hour Spanish TVE documentary broadcast for the first time last night on the natural history of wolves in Spain. Next week second 1 hour part on conflicts with humans. You need JAVA...
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2nd Spanish TVE documentary on wolves in Spain
04/10/2006 Second Spanish TVE documentary on wolves in Spain, broadcast on Sunday night. This episode “Pacto con Lobos”, subtitled “Leyenda y realidad del lobo ibérico” looks at the historical and...
View ArticleConflicts with wolves in Spain
12/12/2006 Conflicts with wolves in Spain (press note). 23 minutes. The Sierra de la Culebra is a model to follow. Click on play. Another Spain Wolf documentary here
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Las Montañas del Lobo
27/01/07Las Montañas del Lobo: Another wolf documentary from Spanish TV. This one looks at outcast wolves – subordiante animals which are expelled from the group. It tells the tale of a pair, one old...
View ArticleShort-toed eagle video
9-minute extract on the Short-toed eagle from the essential “El Hombre y la Tierra”, by Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente. As you will see in full gruesome detail , Águila culebrera its Spanish name...
View ArticleMadrid in August
Forestman is back with this 30 minute-video on the harsh conditions of heat and drought in the natural areas of Madrid in August. August is a critical month for wildlife and flora in the...
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Lynx video
Domo and Dogo two of this year’s batch of lynx cubs playing at the Doñana breeding centre. Click on the photo to see the video. From Lynxsitu
View ArticleMadrid in September
Another video from Forestman from TV Madrid. 30 minutes on the natural history of the Madrid region in September, but while we marvel at the wild corners just a few kilometres from the Spanish...
View ArticleThe tale of the bear’s paw
This video poetically tells the story of a bear’s claw nailed to a church in the village of Navacepeda de Tormes in the Sierra de Gredos. The old people say a man had been attacked by a bear and had...
View ArticleCarlos Sanz and wolves
A new TVE documentary on wolves in Spain and on the work of Carlos Sanz, one of principal experts and defenders of wolves in Spain. Click here (link corrected). Thanks to Lisa on the forum for finding...
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Antonio Machado in Soria
I loved this documentary about Antonio Machado in Soria shown on Escarabajo Verde last Sunday. Ian Gibson explains how Machado’s visit to Soria was to have a great impact on the poet’s work. The poems...
View ArticleAsturian otters on video
Busybee of the forum has uploaded this rather nice video of otters feeding and playing in Arriondas, Asturias. The images from the second half (1m:30s) are excellent. Follow the forum thread Or watch...
View ArticleIberian wolf videos
I’ve put together this collection of videos from Google Video and YouTube of documentaries and news items on wolves in Spain. there also a link to a radio programme on wolves from Félix Rodríguez de...
View ArticleGolden eagle hunting video
Here’s an old and spectacular favourite from El Hombre y La Tierra series by Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente. The golden eagle has actually been trained to pull/knock animals off crags. I don’t think...
View ArticleCatalan bears on video
The Aranese authorities have captured some excellent images of the bear Hvala with her 19-month old cub. It is unsual for a “cub” (no longer so small) to stay with its mother for so long. See story...
View ArticleRadio debate on wolves
Interesting 30-minute radio discussion here from Canal Ser on wolves. Taking part are Carlos de Hita (naturalist and wolf sound recordist), Carlos Sanz (Spanish wolf expert), Rodrigo Peñalosa (cattle...
View ArticleDocumentary about Spain’s forests
I enjoyed this documentary about the biodiversity of the forests of Spain, whose geographical positions means they are the most varied in the whole of Europe. Uploaded by forestman.
View ArticleBear building a den
Villarina the young bear which was recently released back in the wild after having been rescued as a cub has been busy recently building a den for herself as can be seen in this nice little video. See...
View ArticleWolf hunting in Castilla-Leon
Spanish TV’s documentary flagship Informe Semanal showed this documentary last week about the illegal shooting of wolves in Castilla-León where every year as many as 500-600 wolves are killed by...
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The disaster of Lake Sanabria
Interesting documentary narrating the tragic events of 9th January 1949 when a dam upstream of Lake Sanabria, the largest in lake in Spain, burst. A wall of water swept down the Tera Valley and...
View ArticleNew wolf documentary
Very interesting 24-minute documentary about wolves in Spain here. La huella del lobo looks at the conflicts around wolves in Castilla y León where wolves are being increasingly hunted legally (113...
View ArticleMongoose video
This video of a mongoose (meloncillo) interacting with a wild boar in Doñaña is interesting. Found on Naturablog.
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Documentary about bears
Interesting documentary from TVE about bears in the Cordillera Cantábrica with Guillermo Palomero, President of Fundación Oso Pardo. Watch here
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Teruel truffles
I thought this documentary by Escarabajo Verde about the booming truffle industry in Sarrión, Teruel was fascinating. Truffles have had a positive effect on the local environment as 3000 hectares of...
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