REDACCIONS D'ANGLÈS: 2011

diumenge, 4 de desembre del 2011

Summer in Mallorca 2011(200 words)

These summer i went to Mallorca, as usual, for visited my familiy. Also as always, for watching brids... My objective but, was to see dolphins because I was tired to not see any. In 2008, in Gibraltar i had to do a boat trip for watched dolphins and orcas but the extrem wind don't permit. In 2009 a friend watched one dolphin but i don't found in the sea.
This summer but, was different, while I stayed in a desert island with a friend searching eleonorae falcon, I watched that the sea was moving in one point near the cost. I focused my telescope and could see eight differents dolphins !!!! Was incredible. I was very excited. These exemplars were the specie Tursiops truncatus.
Next day, I left from Mallorca about ship with my friend, to Barcelona. The trip lasted seven hours but was very exciting. When the ship was left to Palma port we could see Phalacrocorax carbo and Calonectris diomedea a rares birds in Catalonia. I was searching dolphins. Suddenly one dolphin was jumping far to ship but disapeared.

I thought that would not see more dolphins but, one hour later while i was boring in the seat, from the windows could see a group to delphins next to ship. I was running with my friend at left ship and were watching very well.
We waited a moment and another group of dolphins, suddenly, appeared very close and babies! was incredible!!
When arrived in Barcelona I had seen more than forty dolphins of two species: Tursiops truncatus and Stenella coeruleoalba.

Landscapes to Manlleu: ''La Devesa''(200 words)

''La Devesa'' it's a forest situated in left-river. In the past, many people of Manlleu went to take wood for burn in their homes. Also did parties where the people sang and danced.
Now this place is private and a man doesn't let pass.
I'm a fanatic birdwatching and ''La Devesa'' is very important as a refuge birds. In winter, Montse Vilaregut and I have spent many hours reading rings to Phalacrocorax carbo. We have reading twelve diferents exemplars in two years and we've control these exemplars many times. Sometimes one exemplar has been saw during all winter.
Also this place it's important because has a very important ''joca''. In English, ''joca'' it's a group of trees that birds use in winter for sleeping. In Manlleu four species do use. The most important it's Casmerodius albus, a white bird that was detect in Osona since 2007 and i think that in Manlleu there are one of the most importants population in winter, in center Catalonia.
It's possible that in the future a road affected this area and destroyed this very important natural heritage.
While, yesterday I went in ''La Devesa'' and I could see one hundred Phalacrocorax carbo, fifty Bubulcus ibis and seven Casmerodius albus(maxim is thirteen). Also two pelegrin falcon and many normal ducks.
The nature there is very wild and is ten minutes from home. It's perfect!

dimarts, 31 de maig del 2011

Birds in Manlleu(2X REDACCIÓ)

In Manlleu have seen more than two hundred species of birds. This is the area where have seen more birds of Osona. In Manlleu there are five ornithologist and they have seen rare species as, Elanus Caeruleus in 2008( seen for Guillem jeje), Lanius minor in 2002 (seen for Andrés), Mergus merganser( seen for Albert), Numenius phaopus in 2007, etc.

In winter, birds are Northern Europe as Phalacrocorax carbo, various ducks as Anas crecca or Anas strepera, etc. Also Casmerodius albus, one withe bird that I have count thirteen in one morning!!! The Fringilla coelebs thousands came to for feed in the fields.

In Spring and Autumn a lot of differents tips of birds stoping in Manlleu durnig their travels for feed or rest.

In Summer only remain the birds that raising as Merops apiaster, Oriolus oriolus, Saxicola torquata, Passer domesticus, Coturnix coturnix,etc.
My research will go on this subject. I will make a map grid Manlleu and each grid i will count all the birds if I will see.

It also will study the migrations of the big raptors.

Will be an interesting work.

diumenge, 29 de maig del 2011

Today

Today has been one of the worst days of my life. Yesterday Barça won the Champions and i went to celebrate. During all the night i couldn't be slep, and at 7:30 morning i went to sportcenter to arbitrate. I don't have breakfast until 11:00.Then I studied chemistry until 14:00. At 15:00 I went to study with Aida and at 17:00 i went to sportscener again to play a basquetball match. We lost and after i went at home and stayed study and made english blog until 2:00.
Yesterday will be a new day.

Aiguamolls de L'Empordà(val per 2 )

I went to Montse, Jordi and Ruben in Aiguamolls de l'Empordà. We left at 9:30 to Manlleu and arrived to Cortalet Lake at 10:45. Droved Jordi and in the trip we saw Pernis apivorus, Milvus migrans and Buteo buteo. Our challenge was to see Falco vespertinus, one beatiful falcon who live at Romania but in winter travel to Shael, a region of Africa and pass to Spain in the spring.
When we arrived, we entered at Quim Franch hide, situate in Cortalet lake. We could saw Plegadis falcinellus, Platalea leucorodia, Ciconia ciconia, Pernis apivorus, a lot of ducks,Riparia riparia etc. Then we went on the way to arrive at Mata wetlands. Along the way we saw diferents birds as Merops apiaster, Cygnus olor, Chlidonias hybrida, Saxicola torquata, etc.. When we were watching in one hide , I saw one little Grey falcon but i can't be sure that was Falco vespertinus. When we arrives to Mata wetlands saw one Ardeloa ralloides and a lot of Himantopus himantopus that stayed making the ¿nest?. When we back to car Ruben said to went at animal refuge Aiguamolls, one place when the people carry the injured animals but the men don't stayed there .
At 17:00 i stayed to Manlleu

The White Wagtail(Motacilla alba)

The Withe Wagtail is a beautiful bird that lives in cities of Europe. It is white with a black spot on his chest. The male has more darker than the female. In Manlleu I have controlled seven pairs but are probably more. Often it can be seen near the Ter but also inside the city and gardens. In winter the birds that live in northern Europe come to Spain to eat and hope the sun shines, it's the moment that there are more and different subspecies. It's one of the most abundant birds in cities.

Sierra de la Culebra i Llacunes de Villafàfila(2X REDACCIÓ 200 PARAULES)

In 2009 I gonne to Castella i Lleó with two friends to Figueres. Castella i Lleó is the most extensive region to Europe. There are a lot of birding areas: wetlands, deciduous forests, fields, alpine forests, etc.. This means that there are much variety of birds as the Tetrax tetrax, Grus Grus, Otis tarda, Drendocopus minor and a lot of mammals as the bear, the Iberian wolf which are the most emblematic.As I said I went to Castella, specifically the village of Villardeciervos in Zamora, which is near the Sierra de la Culebra where is one of the last places where wolves live there. We stayed two days in the village and made two trips to saw wolves but we had bad luck and we found only traces and feces(caques) .After we went to try to saw Otis tarda in Villafáfila reserve and we saw 12 together, also we could saw one male to Circus pygargus, one beautiful male to Oenanthe hispanica and some ducks. The next day we back to Catalonia and on the way we cauld saw Aquila crysaetos, Gyps fulvus, Circus aeroginosus and a lot of Ciconia ciconia. Was a good trip

diumenge, 27 de febrer del 2011

Holland( val per 3 redaccions, te + de 300 paraules..)

The last month I had a good birding tour in Holland with 9 people more of Girona and Figueres. We leave to Girona Airport and go to Eindhoven. We arrived there about 9:00. The first objective was the Lesser White-fronted Goose. This bird is very difficlut to see in Europe. We search near the Oudeland van Strijen situated in the Rhin and Maas Delta. In the second day we seen a group of 14 birds. The second objective was a Bufflehead, a duck who life in North-America but this year one male has been wintering in Barendrecht-Gaatkenplas. We find the duck, was a very beautiful bird!!! The next objective was the Greater Yellowlegs, we moved to Collijnsplaat. The next was Common Waxwing, but we don't find in all the time.
We then headed to Den Helder Harbour, this city is in front to Texel and next to the big dike. In Den Helder we seen Eider and some Common Eider or Purple Sandpiper. We started the dike crossing. We stopped here and there, and we could see interesting birds such as Smew, Red-breasted Merganser or Greater Scaup. In north-Holand we decided to search Red-breasted Goose. This was the most difficlut bird because in area with we stayed, Friesland, there were thousands of Bernacle Gosse and one Red-breasted Goose. We stay three hours searching the Gosse and when the sun was disapeearing Aleix finded the Gosse. This was the most incredible moment in the travel!! The Gosse was very beautiful!! We could relax and go to Sneek, where we slept.
The next and last day, the first and the more important objectif was the White-tailed Eagles. We seen a pair in Oostvaardersplassen National Park.
Then we needed to find some Bewick's Swan for the youngest of the group. We had a good spot on the GPS, so there we went! We found not only Bewick's Swans, but also Whooper Swans and Tundra Bean Goose.
After we went to the airport.