My favourite book...

I’d recommend ‘’ The shadow of the wind’’. It’s literary mystery set in Barcelona in the first half of the twentieth century and it was written by Spanish writer , Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

It has intrigue, history and comedy of manners but it’s, above all, on historic tragedy of love. The author mixes adventures and mysteries and he keep these until the last line. It’s also a book for all ages and it’s very amusing and beautiful.

I like it because it is an addictive story about the charm of books.

Contribute to preserving the environment

Nowadays , the environment is in danger and we have to protect it. Everybody should take in part in this cause; we can contribute by spending less water and enery, using public transport, and using things carefully. We know that it is impossible to have a perfect environment if people don’t want to contribute to their world.

There are many engineers, so i don’t understand why they can pass laws to protect and solve the problem. Now a normal person, can't wait for a solution, and nobody can collaborate a lot, only do whatever he can, but the most important solution in this area, is in governments.

A job that you love or hate?

I thing that is preferable get a job that you love, but sometimes you have to think of your needs.
If you need money urgently you can do the job that you earn money in less time.
And when you have earned enough money ,to do want start  the job that you love.
Maybe you don’t need too much money and you can do the job that you love. You will earn less money but you will be more confortable and feel better doing what you like.
In conclusion, depend or the person and the situation when it is better to do the job that you hate or the job that you love.

Internet

Internet is a word wide communications and information system which has become very popular and important in people lives.

I usually use it when I study to get more information about things in my class notes. It help me to understand the contents for my exams.Sometimes I use it in the evening to chat with my friend and to have video calls with my family, who are in Mallorca. I use it in my free time when I want to find out the timetable and the price of a film or exposition, for example.

Internet has become the principal tool in my daily life.

My grandmother

My grandmother was born in Sora a 13 June 1935. His father died when she was 10 years old.

She wanted to study but when his father died he had to go to work on other farms in the area.

She met my grandfather and married.

She had  five sons but the older died at four years old.

She has suffered all the life because in the past women was considerate  lower than men.

If she could have studied might have had a better life.

I know that in my life won’t know a person as kind as her.

My grandfather

My grandfather was born one day in March 1927 in Llucmajor (Mallorca). His parents were farmers who worked in the dry lands of  almond trees, the most important cultivation in island. How many people during that time, my grandfather migrate to city . He moved to Es Molinar, a fishing district near Palma de Mallorca.

He lived the tragic postwar. In Balearic islands the postwar was worse than the peninsula because it came very little food to peninsula. He remembered this time as  es temps de sa fam .

He worked at many jobs as bus driver or mechanic.

Now, he has 82 years and continues living in es Molinar, as always.

Objectives of the trip end of year. X 2 ( +200 WORDS)

My main objectives of the end of year trip that will made during the last week of March are, as is natural in me, observed the only two species of birds that there aren’t in Spain.  Are italian sparrow (Passer italiae) and Hooded crow (Corvus cornix)

When we were told to choose where to travel, I thought that the Canarias islands  were a place with more species that had not seen, but I finally voted to go to Italy, thinking that  would traveled an another time. I deleted Malta, because there are many killers  because each year hundreds of birds protected by the European Union died in that place of third world.

I thought to bring the telescope to watch birds and use for the boat trip from Italy to Barcelona. The objective is to see the bird of the storm (Hydrobates pelagicus), I have not seen. Also dolphins and if are lucky, saw the second largest animal in the world, Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).

But not all the time I'll be watching birds and whales, also I enjoy of Italian culture and maybe ‘ll found a girlfreind, but is more difficult.

JOAN VINE DE VIATGE AMB NOSALTRES!!!

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!

Birds in Manlleu(2X REDACCIÓ)

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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.

Volíeu dir: A l'hivern els ocells són del Nord d'Europa

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.

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It also will study the migrations of the big raptors.

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Will be an interesting work.

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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.

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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

Volíeu dir: jO vaig anar a with Montse, Jordi and Ruben. Vam marxar a les 9:30 de Manlleu i vam arribar al Cortalet a les 10:45. Droved Jordi i pel viatge

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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.

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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

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.

Menorca island

Is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Menorca is rich in wild flowers typical of the Mediterranean with a number of endemic species and many orchids. Most are in flower early in the year in late March, April and May.
The birdlife of Menorca is very well known, it is on the migration route of many species and good number of passage migrants can be seen in spring. Residents include Audouin's Gull, Blue Rock Thrush, Thekla Lark. Booted eagle and Red Kite are easy to see as is Egyptian Vulture in the right habitat. In summer you get Bee-eaters and Menorca has major colonies of Cory's Shearwater and Balearic Shearwater.


Menorca is known for its collection of megalithic  monuments: navetes, taules and talaiots.

Deserts in Spain II( Haviam si acabu les redaccions yaaa)

 3-Tabernas Desert

It is located in the province of Almeria. The desert receives about 14 cm of rain a year. This desert its similar of Far west American and since 50 years Hollywood have done films. In this area live the only Europe population of  Trumpeter Finch, a bird who live in north Africa.

4-Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park

Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park is a natural park in southeastern Spain, near the city of Almeria. It is the largest terrestrial-maritime reserve in the European Western. The area is semi-arid .There are over 1,000 plants recorded in the reserve, some of which are endemism to the park, including the pink snapdragon.

Deserts in Spain

Yes, in Spain there ara 4 deserts. One is a naturaly deserts and the rest are artificial.

1-Monegros

This desert was met about the romans. They were cut the tress and this area was became a desert.
But this bad lands no aren't died. This place have the highest biodiversity in Europe. A lot of strange plants, rare birds, mammals, etc.

The situation in  the villages Bujaraloz, Fraga, Oriñena, etc. next to Zaragoza. Now the problems in this area are the irrigation and Gran Scala( Las Vegas 2).

2-Bardenas Reales

This place is situation in Navarra comunity. Is a area for graze sheeps. Is a Natural Park and Biosfera reserve. Before this place was military area but the people and the ecologists were protection.

Exotic species

Exotic species are a very problem in all the countries in the world. Every year the rich countries spending a lot of milon money for combat this species. The motive normaly is abandon in the nature animals who have began too big. Examples: In 2004 one man looking a crocodrile in the Besos river. Other species was arrived about the boat, examples rats, cockroaches and argentins ants. Other was  liberated for fischers, and others become wild examples: a lot of ornamentation plants.


In Catalonia is a very problem in Delta de L'Ebre because the apple snail and american crab destroyed the rice plantations.


The List of the most dangerous exotic species in the world is:

1-Aedes albopictus
2-Wasmannia auropunctata
 3-Boiga irregularis
4-Dreissena polymorpha
5-Lates niloticus
6-Eleutherodactylus coqu
7-Rattus rattus
8-Rubus ellipticus
 

Albufera National Parc

S'Albufera is a wetland area in the north of Mallorca between Alcúdia and Can Picafort. S'Albufera was given National Park status on 28th February 1988. It has 1700 hectares. You can see up to 200 species of birds, a huge variety of plants and wildflowers, insects and fish,  some unusual amphibians, reptiles and mammals. No motor vehicles are permitted to enter the park.

This place is my favourite site in the world. I go in S'Albufera since i was six years because a part of my familiy living in Mallorca. In S'Albufera i wached a very beautiful and strange birds. Examples are osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Purple Swamphe(Porphyrio porphyrio), Marbled teal(Marmaronetta angustirostris),Stone Curlew(Burhinus oedicnemus), a very class of ducks, etc.

Now, S'Albufera has a very problem because the Mallorca corrupte politicians can building a golf next to Albufera and destroyed a very important area of  Eleonora' s Falcon and one endemism plant.

My photos of Albufera.