Iberian Wildlife Series
92 episodes · Oct 10, 1975
Documentary on Iberian's fauna
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S2E1The Lords of the Forest I
Oct 10, 197530mThe life of the red deer, from birth to maturity.
S2E2The Lords of the Forest II
Oct 17, 197525mIn the forests and thickets of central, southern, and western Spain, in the ecosystem known as the Mediterranean forest, the second part of the deer saga takes place.
S2E3The Little Killers I
Oct 24, 197525mIn the animal community of the Mediterranean forest, small herbivores, plant-eating animals such as mice, garden dormice, rats, squirrels, and rabbits, are abundant. Their populations are kept in check by small and medium-sized predators, extremely useful ones, such as weasels, polecats, genets, and foxes: the little killers.
S2E4The Little Killers II
Oct 31, 197526mIn the Mediterranean forest, small herbivores such as mice, garden dormice, rats, squirrels, and rabbits are abundant. Their populations are kept in check by medium-sized predators such as the weasel, polecats, genets, foxes, lynxes, common buzzards, and booted eagles.
S2E5The Black Vulture I
Nov 7, 197525mThe great winged scavenger of the Mediterranean forest is the black vulture. In prehistoric times, black vultures must have fed on the remains of wolf feasts.
S2E6The Black Vulture II
Nov 14, 197528mThe great winged scavenger of the Mediterranean forest is the black vulture. In prehistoric times, black vultures must have fed on the remains of wolf feasts.
S2E7The Storks I
Nov 28, 197529mFamilies of white storks arrived on the Iberian Peninsula in the middle of winter. They return to their old nests and care for their young during spring. In midsummer, they migrate to their African wintering grounds. The European population of white storks has declined significantly.
S2E8The Storks II
Dec 5, 197529mStorks have a wide and highly varied dietary range; they eat anything that is not plant matter. Their favorite prey includes frogs, toads, large insects, reptiles, and even chicks of ground-nesting birds.
S2E9Bonelli's Eagle I
Dec 12, 197531mThe fastest and most acrobatic of European eagles, known to Anglo-Saxon naturalists as the hawk-eagle, nests on the cliff faces and gorges of Mediterranean countries.
S2E10Bonelli's Eagle II
Dec 19, 197529mThe fastest and most acrobatic of European eagles, known to Anglo-Saxon naturalists as the hawk-eagle, nests on the cliff faces and gorges of Mediterranean countries.
S2E11The Iberian Wild Goat I
Dec 26, 197526mDefeated, before dying, the old wild goat remembers his life: the golden eagle attack in his youth, the harsh winters, the mating display, and the fight that cost him leadership of the herd.
S2E12The Iberian Wild Goat II
Jan 2, 197634mDefeated, before dying, the old wild goat remembers his life: the golden eagle attack in his youth, the harsh winters, the mating display, and the fight that cost him leadership of the herd.
S2E13The Pirate of the Thicket
Jan 9, 197630mThe most representative bird of prey of European forests is the goshawk. With swift and acrobatic flight, armed with powerful talons, and dressed in splendid, beautiful plumage, the goshawk hunts both birds and mammals. On the Iberian Peninsula, its common prey are rabbits and corvids.
S2E14Las Tablas de Daimiel I
Jan 16, 197628mShallow, vast steppe lagoons are of extraordinary importance for migratory waterfowl in Mediterranean countries. Drainage projects have destroyed very important lagoons.
S2E15Las Tablas de Daimiel II
Jan 23, 197629mShallow, vast steppe lagoons are of extraordinary importance for migratory waterfowl in Mediterranean countries. Drainage projects have destroyed very important lagoons.
S2E16The Living Projectile
Jan 30, 197629mThe fastest of all living animals is the peregrine falcon. In vertical or diagonal dives, it reaches speeds of over 350 km/h.
S2E17The Valley of the Eagles
Feb 5, 197629mFour species of eagles live in Spain: the golden eagle, the imperial eagle, Bonelli's eagle, and the booted eagle. The imperial eagle is on the brink of extinction; the other three have greatly declined in number.
S2E18Taiga, the Goshawk
Feb 6, 197628mThrough the medieval rules of falconry, the bird is tamed and trained until its will is won over.
S2E19The Fawn I
Feb 13, 197627mStarting from a close-up of the magnificent trophy, the life of the deer is reconstructed.
S2E20The Fawn II
Feb 20, 197628mThe life of the magnificent deer is like a river: from when he was nothing more than a cub chased by a lynx, protected by his mother from wolf attacks, to his final days brought down in a hunt.
S2E21El Hosquillo, Bears
Feb 27, 197629mDeep in the Cuenca mountain range, occupying a great tectonic trench of pine forests crossed by a crystalline river, lies an experimental hunting reserve of ICONA. Among the park's research and study programs, the conservation and reintroduction plan for the brown bear in its native regions stands out.
S2E22Falconry I
Mar 26, 197626mPeregrine falcons and other raptors have been domesticated by humans since ancient times to hunt various species of birds and mammals.
S2E23Falconry II
Apr 2, 197626mIn the Middle Ages, the taming and use of high-flying falcons was known as "altanería."
S2E24The Shrike
Apr 9, 197629mOne of the most fearsome pirates of the Mediterranean forest is a small bird barely larger than a sparrow. Capable of capturing mice, birds, and other small vertebrates with its hooked beak, it swoops like a cyclone even against scorpions, and does not hesitate to attack snakes.
S2E25The Last Vultures of Europe
Nov 5, 197649mIn this episode, besides vultures, different species appear, among which the eagle (imperial and short-toed), storks, wolves, azure-winged magpies, and mouflon are worth highlighting. "The Last Vultures of Europe" is one of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente's most acclaimed productions. This documentary about vultures received recognition at the Monte Carlo International Television Festival in 1975.
S2E26The Golden Eagle I
Nov 26, 197627mAn in-depth look at the Spanish golden eagle, from the courtship display to the moment the eaglets leave the nest.
S2E27The Golden Eagle II
Dec 3, 197623mAn in-depth look at the Spanish golden eagle, from the courtship display to the moment the eaglets leave the nest.
S2E28The Garden Dormouse I
Dec 10, 197627mIn this first part, all the processes of reproductive biology and rearing of the young of the species also known as the hill rat are described.
S2E29The Garden Dormouse II
Dec 17, 197626mSecond part on the life of the garden dormouse, or hill rat. The garden dormouse is one of the most beautiful rodents in our fauna. Perhaps that is why it is one of the most coveted prey for many predators, though its "slowness" compared to raptors, snakes, and other predators such as the polecat also plays a role.
S2E30The Griffon Vulture I
Jan 7, 197732mA carrion bird of steppe and mountain, the griffon vulture saw its ecological opportunities increase on the Iberian Peninsula as historical deforestation created bare spaces suitable for the prospecting flight of this winged scavenger.
S2E31The Griffon Vulture II
Jan 14, 197730mSecond part on the existence of the griffon vulture as a carrion bird.
S2E32The Bee-eater I
Jan 28, 197728mBirds of African origin, bee-eaters spend part of the spring and summer in Spain. Sporting a beautiful multicolored plumage, these birds feed primarily on insects captured in mid-flight.
S2E33The Bee-eater II
Feb 4, 197728mThe secrets of the bee-eater's life, from the courtship display to the ritualized fights the chicks engage in to maintain the hierarchical order within their nests, including the threat of their great enemy: the hobby.
S2E34The Wolf
Feb 18, 197733mAn episode explaining the wolf's relationship with humans from its origins.
S2E35Zoological Olympics I
Mar 4, 197722mIberian wildlife boasts several champions in different sporting disciplines; in this episode, Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente measures the speed of the fox, the Iberian wolf, and the peregrine falcon, among others.
S2E36Zoological Olympics II
Mar 11, 197722mNature has its own ranking of athletes, and in this episode Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente studies the abilities of each one.
S2E37Migratory Birds
Jul 21, 197727mSpain is a stopover and nesting site for several migratory species. In autumn, shortly after the storks and herons leave us, geese, cranes, and wild ducks arrive on our lands.
S2E38The Woodpeckers I
Jan 3, 197826mThese birds, belonging to the order Piciformes, build their nests by drilling into wood. Among woodpeckers, some are practically omnivorous, such as the great spotted woodpecker. Others, like the green woodpecker, feed on wood-boring larvae and ants, using their extremely long protractile tongue.
S2E39The Woodpeckers II
Jan 10, 197828mIn this episode, we observe that woodpecker chicks develop quickly.
S2E40The Woodpeckers III
Jan 17, 197833mWoodpeckers are insectivores and contribute to the health of the forests where they nest.
S2E41The Wild Boar I
Jan 24, 197828mAmong the large mammals of our wildlife, wild boars are without a doubt the most abundant and thriving. The high number of offspring that sows successfully raise, along with their omnivorous diet, help maintain such high population levels.
S2E42The Wild Boar II
Feb 3, 197829mThe natural predators of wild boars are lynxes, eagles, and wolves, although a large number of animals are also killed during driven hunts.
S2E43The Wise Vulture
Feb 10, 197839mIn this episode, we will learn firsthand how the Egyptian vulture is capable of using tools to perform tasks essential to its survival, specifically stone pebbles that it picks up from the ground with its beak and uses as instruments to break ostrich eggs.
S2E44The Beautiful Killer
Feb 17, 197830mThe genet is a predatory mammal of nocturnal habits that lives throughout Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and southwestern France.
S2E45The Hunting Game I
Feb 24, 197828mAmong the most aggressive carnivores are undoubtedly the mustelids. In a small burrow, a polecat fights to the death with an enormous rat.
S2E46The Hunting Game II
Mar 3, 197833mAs soon as the young polecats finish nursing, their parents carry the animals they capture into the burrow to feed their offspring.
S2E47The Family Clan
Mar 31, 197830mToday's episode shows us how a wolf pack lives from the birth of the pups until they leave the den. The wolf cubs grow rapidly and change color, from completely black to more brownish tones. Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente shows us how these tender pups prepare for their lives as great hunters. There is great tension between two of the greatest hunters of our wildlife, the golden eagle and the wolf, and this forms the plot of this episode dedicated to the family clan of the Iberian wolf.
S2E48Innocent Killers
Apr 7, 197833mIn this episode we can see that the Mediterranean forest is home to abundant small herbivores, such as mice, garden dormice, squirrels, and rabbits. Their populations are kept in check by small and medium-sized predators, extremely useful ones, such as weasels, ferrets, genets, and foxes.
S2E49The Cormorant
Apr 14, 197828mWhile the crew sails through the waters of the Cabrera sub-archipelago, they discover a small cormorant chick that has fallen into the sea and seems doomed to die.
S2E50Nocturnal Raptors I
Apr 28, 197825mIn this episode we can see Félix and his crew, including biologist Carlos Sanz, capturing different owls and nocturnal raptors to implant a technological tracking system hidden in their plumage in order to observe their habits and behaviors.
S2E51Nocturnal Raptors II
May 5, 197827mIn this episode we can see Félix and his crew, including biologist Carlos Sanz, capturing different owls and nocturnal raptors to implant a technological tracking system hidden in their plumage in order to observe their habits and behaviors. We can also see these raptors in full action, and the footage shows us the attributes that make them efficient hunters of the dark: mimetic plumage, silent flight, razor-sharp talons, and prodigious eyes.
S2E52The Corvids I
May 12, 197831mCorvids, like all omnivores, are extraordinarily intelligent. Their courtship behavior, nest building, social conduct, and hunting techniques are highly elaborate.
S2E53The Corvids II
May 26, 197833mCorvids, like all omnivores, are extraordinarily intelligent. Their courtship behavior, nest building, social conduct, and hunting techniques are extraordinarily elaborate.
S2E54Operation Fox I
Jun 2, 197830mAnother animal in danger of extinction, the Iberian fox. In this episode we can observe its life and habits.
S2E55Operation Fox II
Jun 9, 197837mThe foxes captured unharmed by eagles are released equipped with electronic transmitters that allow their movements to be tracked from up to eight kilometers away. Thanks to this tracking system, we reconstruct the life of the Iberian fox.
S2E56Cabrera, Island Paradise I
Jun 16, 197828mThe Cabrera sub-archipelago, located in the Balearic archipelago, is made up of a group of islands and islets that are home to a multitude of bird species of extraordinary scientific importance.
S2E57Cabrera, Island Paradise II
Jun 23, 197834mThe Cabrera sub-archipelago, in the Balearic Islands, is made up of a group of islands and islets that are home to a multitude of ornithological species of extraordinary importance.
S2E58The Imperial Eagle I
Jun 30, 197830mCourtship displays, nest building, incubation; the early life of the eaglets and departure from the nest in the three most important strongholds of the species, located in the Central Range, Extremadura, and Coto de Doñana.
S2E59The Imperial Eagle II
Jul 7, 197830mOne of the most beautiful and scarce raptors in the world is the imperial eagle, which has its last refuge on the Iberian Peninsula. According to the latest census conducted by the Ministry of the Environment, there are an estimated 250 pairs of these raptors on the Iberian Peninsula, mostly inhabiting its southwestern quadrant.
S2E60The Social Hunter
Nov 23, 197825mThe wolf is a predator that lives and operates within perfectly hierarchical groups. Four years of studying and filming a wolf pack allow us to observe the most delicate patterns of social behavior.
S2E61The Conquest of Water I
Feb 16, 197928mIn mountain rivers, crystal-clear and pure rapids, larvae of certain insects such as dragonflies, caddisflies, diving beetles, mayflies, and other species that spend a phase of their life in the water abound, to hunt and feed at the expense of these invertebrates.
S2E62The Conquest of Water II
Feb 23, 197926mThe white-throated dipper is capable of diving in churning, fast-flowing waters to capture the larvae and adult insects on which it feeds. The Pyrenean desman, an insectivore related to moles, can remain underwater for over a minute.
S2E63Doñana National Park I
Mar 2, 197930mAfter the dry season, the Guadalquivir marshland restarts its biological cycle with the first autumn rains. Two natural events take place: the bellowing of the deer and the arrival of the greylag geese.
S2E64Doñana National Park II
Mar 9, 197931mWe can see how the Guadalquivir marshlands begin their biological cycle with the first autumn rains. Throughout the year, European and African migratory species find refuge here: ducks, geese, herons, little egrets, spoonbills, avocets, gull-billed terns... they nest and breed in these marshlands. Here too the imperial eagle breeds in April, and in summer the fallow deer's mating displays take place.
S2E65Doñana National Park III
Mar 16, 197929mThe Guadalquivir marshland, like all estuaries and wetlands in warm climates, reaches very high levels of nutrient production for the millions of African birds that choose Doñana to nest.
S2E66Doñana National Park IV
Mar 23, 197929mDuring the second half of July, the dried-out beds of the marshland begin to crack. The most striking event in the Doñana reserve is the rutting of the fallow deer, which in a way heralds the arrival of the autumn rains.
S2E67The Little Winged Hunters I (The Hobby)
Mar 30, 197927mThe hobby is a small migratory falcon that nests in Europe and winters in Africa and Madagascar. It is so fast and resilient in flight that it can catch swifts and swallows.
S2E68The Little Winged Hunters II (The Kestrel)
Apr 6, 197925mA study of the kestrel's behavior, its nesting process, rearing and emancipation of the chicks, and its prodigious hunting techniques.
S2E69The Little Winged Hunters III (The Sparrowhawk)
Apr 20, 197926mThe sparrowhawk is one of the most common little winged hunters in forested areas: its nesting process, rearing of the chicks, hunting, and emancipation of the young make up this episode.
S2E70The Steppe Birds I
Apr 27, 197933mThe Castilian steppe was created by man, just like the vast bare plains of Extremadura, Aragon, and lower Andalusia. Originally, these wide plains were covered by holm oak, cork oak, and oak forests.
S2E71The Steppe Birds II
May 4, 197926mIn April, the mating display of the great bustards takes place. The bearded old males, weighing up to 17 kilograms, acquire striking tones in their plumage and display large, bristly beards.
S2E72The Steppe Birds III
May 11, 197930mThe rearing of great bustard chicks from hatching to emancipation had never been filmed in the wild. These enormous birds are tiny and helpless at the start of life. Feeding mainly on insects, they grow rapidly.
S2E73The Last Lynx
May 18, 197924mA huge, old lynx roams a Spanish mountain range, trying to capture some prey, but his attacks on rabbits, partridges, and carrion crows all fail. The old lynx recalls the different hunting techniques that brought him success in his youth, as evening falls.
S2E74The Rodents I
Oct 5, 197930mThe most adaptable of mammals, after man, are the rodents: rats, mice, voles, dormice... they proliferate in fields and cities, and can be useful or extraordinarily harmful. Rodents are small mammals endowed with great intelligence and adaptability. This episode is dedicated to squirrels.
S2E75Rescued from Extermination
Oct 19, 197935mAccording to data provided by paleontologists, the fallow deer and the mouflon disappeared from the European continent with the last ice age. The mouflon found refuge on the island of Corsica, the fallow deer in Asia Minor. It was climatic conditions that were the enemies of both species.
S2E76The Rodents II
Oct 26, 197929mFor the study of rodents, they have been divided into two parts: common or urban rodents such as the rat, and wild ones such as the garden dormouse, voles, field mice, fat dormice, etc.
S2E77The Red-Legged Partridge
Oct 26, 197931mThe common or red-legged partridge, the favorite quarry of millions of hunters, is a bird of singular beauty, strength, and bravery.
S2E78Iberian Nocturnal Raptors
Nov 2, 197931mFilmed in full action thanks to electronic equipment, the nocturnal raptors show us their attributes as efficient hunters of the darkness. The long-eared owl, the barn owl, the tawny owl, and the little owl are several of the nocturnal raptor species that soar through our skies.
S2E79The Sierras of Cazorla and Segura I
Nov 9, 197925mIn the middle of March, snow covers the sierras of Cazorla and Segura. The golden eagle performs its mating displays in the pristine sky. The otter seeks a den for her own litter; fallow deer, mouflon, and red deer bring their young into the world.
S2E80The Sierras of Cazorla and Segura II
Nov 16, 197928mIn early June, the great herd of wild goats ascends through the black pine forest in search of fresh pastures. The pair of bearded vultures feeds the single chick in their nest. The cascade of griffon vultures descends upon a fallow deer carcass.
S2E81On the Brink of Extinction I
Nov 23, 197932mIn some of our mountains, animals on the brink of extinction survive, specifically the bearded vulture, the brown bear, and the capercaillie, which find their refuges on the peaks of the Pyrenees and in the Pyrenean mountain forests.
S2E82On the Brink of Extinction II
Nov 30, 197926mIn some of our mountains, animals on the brink of extinction survive, specifically the bearded vulture, the brown bear, and the capercaillie, which find their refuges on the peaks of the Pyrenees and in the Pyrenean mountain forests.
S2E83On the Brink of Extinction III
Dec 7, 197932mIn some of our mountains, animals on the brink of extinction survive, specifically the bearded vulture, the brown bear, and the capercaillie, which find their refuges on the peaks of the Pyrenees and in the Pyrenean mountain forests.
S2E84Prisoners of the Forest I
May 27, 198032mThe immense forest that covered the Iberian Peninsula in still-historical times has been destroyed to the point of turning Spain into a steppe nation. In the last remaining woodlands, disconnected from one another, animals that cannot abandon these forest refuges survive. Capercaillies, bears, goshawks, deer, dormice, and many other forest species are meticulously described in harmony with their habitat.
S2E85Prisoners of the Forest II
Jun 1, 198032mA new chapter begins in the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula: the bellowing season.
S2E86Man and the Wolf
May 2, 198126mThis episode summarizes the daily life at the filming camps of the Man and the Earth crew, always immersed in the heart of nature, and the coexistence between man and wolf.
S2E87Iberian Diurnal Raptors
May 9, 198130mSpain is the richest nation in Europe for birds of prey: black vultures, griffon vultures, Egyptian vultures, bearded vultures, several species of eagles, common buzzards, harriers, falcons, goshawks and sparrowhawks, hobbies and kestrels, distributed across the different natural regions of Iberia.
S2E88The Kingfisher
May 16, 198123mThe sub-archipelago of Cabrera, located in the Balearic archipelago, is made up of a group of islands and islets that are home to a multitude of bird species of extraordinary scientific importance.
S2E89The Flamingos
May 23, 198125mThe shallow, saline waters of the Fuente de Piedra lagoon welcome a large number of flamingos year after year, the last refuge on the Iberian Peninsula for this rare bird, which is currently protected by law.
S2E90The Living River I
May 30, 198124mOver the course of two episodes, we follow the course of a mountain river. On its uninterrupted journey, the waterways become a mirror in which animals linked to the currents appear.
S2E91The Living River II
Jun 6, 198125mSecond part dedicated to following the course of a mountain river, where a number of animals linked to the currents appear.