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See my latest blogposts below.
The Railway Edges
There is a stretch of railway not far from here where the grass grows differently. You notice it if you … Read more
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The Invisible Rivers Under Madrid
There are moments in Madrid when the ground feels like it’s remembering something. You notice it after rain. Not the … Read more
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The Streetlight Outside My Window (and the Night Life It Erases)
The light outside my bedroom window is bright enough that I can read my notebook without switching anything on. I … Read more
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The Spaces Between: Why Nature Needs Corridors, Not Islands
There is a stretch of land I cross often on the edge of Madrid where everything looks fine at first … Read more
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The Salt Flats at Dusk
You arrive thinking it will be empty, but it never is.The salt holds more life than most forests. By the … Read more
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Montgó to sea, Jávea
2 September 2025. Just after six. The ridge smells like warm stone and rosemary even before the sun shows. I’m … Read more
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Toad Night
The text came at 18:07. “They’re moving.” I put the soup in the fridge, found the head torch that eats … Read more
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Manzanares, After the Rains: What “Urban Rewilding” Really Looks Like in Madrid (2016–2025)
22 March 2025. Just after seven. I’d still be at home – coffee, toast, the neighbour’s cat on the balcony … Read more
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Compost and Community: Joining a Huerto Urbano in Lavapiés
I didn’t mean to join the garden. I meant to drop off orange peels. That was the deal, or so … Read more
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The Ghosts of Transhumance: Spain’s Forgotten Shepherd Paths
I found her way home at dusk. A faint ring of smoke hovered over a ruined corral on the edge … Read more
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Catalonia’s Green Belts: Can Rural Homes Coexist with Conservation?
I was hiking near Montseny again. The air was absurdly clean, all damp pine and silence, the kind of quiet … Read more
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The Vulture People: Spain’s Strangest Conservationists
There are bird people.And then there are vulture people.A distinction you don’t appreciate until you’ve had coffee with one. I … Read more
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The Forgotten Bison: Spain’s Unexpected Rewilding Project
When you hear bison, your mind likely drifts to Yellowstone—open plains, cowboy hats, Ken Burns documentaries. But not here. We’re … Read more
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The Iberian Lynx Conservation. A Success Story to be Proud Of
The first time I heard about the Iberian lynx, it was a just a mere footnote in a research paper. … Read more
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Spain’s Forgotten Landscapes: A Biologist’s First Impressions
There’s a moment, somewhere between leaving the highway and stepping onto a dirt track, when you realize just how empty … Read more
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What Chimpanzees Taught Me About Human Behaviour
I used to think I understood social hierarchies. Then I moved to Madrid. Fifteen years of tracking primates in the … Read more
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Madrid’s Urban Wildlife , More Than Just Pigeons and Stray Cats
The first time I saw a red fox in Madrid, I thought I was imagining things. It was late, past … Read more
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From Bossou to Madrid: A Primatologist’s Unexpected Migration
Fifteen years ago, before the sun even thought about showing up, I’d be out there—somewhere in the tangled, humid rainforest … Read more
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