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Lucy Brzoska
Spider stories
Barcelona is teeming with eight-legged creatures
Mar 30, 2012 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
New Neighbours
Barcelona’s wild boar population is getting bolder
Feb 1, 2012 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING (1 Comments)
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Cingles de Bertí
Discover spectacular views of Catalunya just one hour away from the city
Nov 30, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Broszka
Wild Barcelona: Wild Balconies
Lucy Brzoska brings her Wild Barcelona series to an end with a look at the wildlife fluttering around her balcony and suggestions how to attract creatures to your own outdoor space
Nov 30, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Fruits of decay
Mushrooms are emerging, thrusting aside the leaf mulch, though some of the most colourful fruits of decay are at eye-level
Oct 28, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Close encounter on Montjuïc: a cone-head mantis
Lucy Brzoska gets up close and personal with the strange-looking cone-head mantis
Sep 28, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Crossing paths in Collserola
Lucy Brzoska goes off-piste in Collserola and comes across all sorts of wild encounters
Aug 29, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Montjuïc frogs
Lucy Brzoska has to shout to be heard this month above a an amphibian chorus
Jul 28, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Jewels of summer
Venture to the streams of Montseny to spot these beautiful beetles and damselflies
Jun 30, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: A new generation of damselflies
Pedrables park is the home to a new generation of damselflies
May 30, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
A citadel of herons
Thirty years ago, a family of herons set up home at Barcelona Zoo; today more than 125 pairs nest there
Apr 29, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in Things to do
Photo by Tara Stevens
Wild Barcelona: Orchids in May
Montjuïc is alive with exotic blooms in the Barcelona spring sunshine
Apr 29, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Spring senses
Montjuïc castle is showing signs of spring with flowers peaking through the cracks in the walls
Feb 28, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Llorenç Sáez
Almost gone forever
Catalunya is home to some unique flora that is at serious risk of extinction
Feb 28, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Gulls at work and play
Seafaring gulls are now well adapted to city living
Jan 31, 2011 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Wild Barcelona: Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed
Sometimes the red squirrels of the Palau de Pedralbes park come to ground, especially in the afternoon when the army of gardeners has gone home
Dec 21, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska | Nick Lloyd in LIVING
Wild Barcelona: Bugging out
Autumn is the best time of year to observe the praying mantis in and around Barcelona
Dec 21, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska | Nick Lloyd in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Seeds worth their weight in gold
The fruit of the eccentric-looking carob tree has been cultivated for thousands of years
Dec 21, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska | Nick Lloyd in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Summer Sounds
Barcelona's skies quieten down in August but you can still hear the unmistakable bubbling call of the bee-eaters
Dec 21, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska | Nick Lloyd in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: City Raptors
Montjuic's Camí del Mar is a prime spot to observe Barcelona's peregrine falcons indulging in a spot of aerial acrobatics
Dec 21, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska | Nick Lloyd in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild in Barcelona : Wild weather
Lucy Brzoska remembers a storm that hit Collserola
Dec 20, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Christmas Colours
Watch the leaves change colour and rustle through them as they fall in Collserola during December
Dec 13, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska | Nick Lloyd in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Treetop feast
Look up this month and you might see some Mitred parakeets
Nov 30, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Forest floor finds
November in Collserola welcomes in mushroom season
Oct 28, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska in Things to do
Photo by Lucy Brzoska
Wild Barcelona: Butterfly brawlers
It's October in Collserola and the butterflies are getting drunk on the strawberry trees
Sep 30, 2010 by Lucy Brzoska in LIVING