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Daily excursions in search of birds, butterflies and wildflowers with Teresa Farino, a British naturalist who has been living in the Picos de Europa since 1986. Whether your main interest is birdwatching or botany, entomology or photography, or even just strolling through spectacular landscapes and picturesque villages, Teresa can help you to get the most from your stay in the Picos de Europa. Click on image for details.
Picos, Palencia and Poison Print E-mail
Nature - Other Mammals
Written by Lisa Stuart   
Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:00
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The Fundación Oso Pardo (Brown Bear Foundation) have identified three blackspots in the Cordillera Cantábrica as being the main zones where poisoned bait is still being laid,

 

namely the area in the far west of the Cantabrian mountains around the borders of Galicia, Asturias and León, the Picos de Europa and the Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre Natural Park in Palencia province. This isn't news to the people that live here of course, but good for embarrassing the local authorities into some sort of action and for concentrating efforts into erradicating the practice.

Map giving a general idea of the poison blackspots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lumps of meat laced with poison (usually the EU-banned pesticides Carbofuran and Aldicarb) are laid to kill wolves. Other carrion-eating wildlife, however, are also subjected to a cruel death by this method, for example, four bears in the last eleven years have died in the Palencian mountains alone. Vultures are also affected. The plan to reintroduce Lammergeier to the Picos de Europa has been held back for years now because of the threat of them coming into contact with poison. Forty birds have died since 1990 in the whole of Spain.

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Teresa Farino, Iberian Wildlife Tours
Over the past 20 years, Teresa Farino has compiled a 90-page report (A4) which includes lists of all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies and vascular plants ever recorded in the Picos de Europa, plus summaries of each of these groups and an eight-page introduction to the wildlife of these mountains. If you would like to purchase a copy, the price is 17.50€, excluding postage and packaging. Please contact Teresa for further details or to place your order by clicking on the image.

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