Urra Field Centre

29/05/2025

35 years on
The first and latest group from Imperial college London😃🥳🥳

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

18/05/2025

🤗 All of Europe is celebrating our 35th anniversary 🥳

12/05/2025

🥳ESTAMOS DE ANIVERSARIO EN URRÁ: Nuestro Centro de Estudios cumple 35 años

Estamos muy orgullosos de recibir hoy un nuevo grupo de estudiantes universitarios de Amsterdam que van a pasar más de una semana conociendo y estudiando la geología de Almería, Urrá será su base de operaciones... al igual que fuese hace 35 años para el primer grupo que vino desde Londres, corría nada menos que el año 1990.

Estos días hemos tenido a prestigiosos profesores enseñándonos por qué es tan importante la geología de nuestra provincia a nivel global, hemos visitado lugares de alto valor científico, hemos hecho turismo por Sorbas... Hemos recibido a los vecinos de Sorbas que han descubierto cómo un antiguo cortijo casi en ruinas se ha convertido en un lugar de relevancia mundial, con servicios modernos, bien equipado y con otros 35 años por delante 💪🏼.

Nos hemos divertido mucho, hemos disfrutado con la música en directo del grupo Desert Rose, hemos bailado con la Cuadrilla del Maestro Gálvez, y hemos trasnochado al ritmo de DJ South Coast Selectas... y lo volveríamos a hacer, seguramente antes de 35 años 😄

Gracias

Cortijos Urrá, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Geology Ecology

08/01/2025

🐥 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐎́𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐒 🐥

Un recorrido por Almería a través de los nombres populares de sus aves.

📆 Del 7 al 24 de Enero de 2025
🕒 De 9:00 a 14:00 (excepto domingos)
🏛️ Patio de Luces del Ayuntamiento de Sorbas

📣 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎́𝐍 📣

El próximo sábado 11 de Enero de 2025 a las 12:00 h. A cargo del coordinador de la exposicón 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒔

Rubitacos, zumayas o sigrillos suenan extraños hoy, pero antaño poblaban las mentes de los y las almerienses. Eran algunos de los cientos de nombres, normalmente transmitidos de forma oral, con los que las gentes popularmente llamaban a las aves que llenaban nuestro paisaje e imaginario.

Con la presente exposición de magnificas ilustraciones se pretende dar a conocer este enriquecedor vocabulario que, de siempre, ha formado parte de nuestro patrimonio inmaterial relativo al lenguaje. Sirva para que las aves de Almería no se olviden de la memoria colectiva y siga perviviendo el interés por su conservación.

06/03/2023

06/03/2023

Last evening meal here in and Paco is BBQing!

Thanks again to Paco and the team at Urra! You really make this trip something really special!

28/01/2023

Peculiar video of the Tabernas desert of our friend José Benavente, in memory of D. Luis Delgado Castilla

18/12/2022

Fantastic video visiting one cave in Sorbas and staying at Urra as a base camp😍

01/12/2022

😍Wildlife at our doors

07/10/2022

26/07/2022

23/06/2022

Yesterday night we have a fabulous sky. Today will be better if it is possible... Do you want to come with us? 😀

05/11/2021

Todo listo para empezar 💪

21/07/2021

Lovely nightly photo of our field centre 😍

Magnífica noche de luna en Urrá... 😊😍🌖

02/07/2021

1er Concuso Fotográfico: MIRA, OBSERVA Y SIENTE el Karst en Yeso de Sorbas. Abierto el plazo de presentación de trabajos hasta el 8 de agosto de 2021. Esperamos vuestras fotos. Toda la info y las bases en https://www.amigosdesorbas.com/concursofotografico/

05/06/2021

https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/

World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.

28/05/2021

"Quick" Quiz: How many eggs are there?

28/05/2021

Quick Quiz: How many stick insects are there?

24/05/2021

A rainy day in May come with an amazing color palette 😍

21/05/2021

During the last days we have had the visit at Urrá of Richard Banham who was found this three fantastics birds: one Otus Scops, the Hoopoe and one female of Golden Oriole. Good work 💪

12/05/2021

Now it's time for the moths... here is a specimen of Dyspessa ulula

08/05/2021

Today we found a couple of Clamator glandarius... and will come more ;)

13/04/2021

Bee-eater time... at Urrá

07/04/2021

Nice video of the visit at night of a wild boar family to our field study centre.

Mother and sons wild boar eating arround Urrá, near to the main building of the Urra Field Centre

22/02/2021

https://novaciencia.es/uno-de-los-instrumentos-del-rover-de-la-nasa-que-aterrizara-en-marte-se-probo-con-minerales-de-almeria/

Hoy jueves 18 de febrero de 2021, aproximadamente a las 21:48, hora española, el rover Perseverance de la NASA amartizará en el cráter Jezero de Marte y comenzará a buscar signos de vida anterior y a recolectar muestras que serán devueltas a la Tierra en una misión posterior. Además, actuará...

10/02/2021

Our Shady Grove 😄

20/11/2020

Today we received the greeting from the hoopoe (Upupa epops) wishing us a good weekend 😄

14/11/2020

https://vimeo.com/478504402

Filmed in southern Denmark by Søren Solkær.

07/10/2020

Para celebrar el Día Mundial del Hábitat hemos preparado, para el póximo lunes 12 de octubre, una visita guiada gratuita a la eco-aldea de Los Molinos del Río Aguas, un ejemplo de sostenibilidad y de conservación de este importante ecosistema del Karst en Yesos de Sorbas.

Inscripciones y +Info: 677116877 / 950364563 o por email en [email protected], las plazas son limitadas.

Sunseed Desert Technology Pita Escuela Los Molinos Del Río Aguas, Aldea Ecologica

17/03/2020

Due to the ongoing situation with the Coronavirus, we regret to announce the indefinite postponement of the forthcoming Urra Field Meeting 2020 (24th - 27th May)

03/03/2020

Urra Field Meeting 2020 - Four days of local fieldtrips with lectures by experts in geology, landscape geomorphology, water/energy/sustainability and contemporary processes. The outline program is on the web. 💪💪http://www.urrafieldcentre.com/urra-field-meeting-2020-24th-27th-may.html /

There will be four days of local fieldtrips with lectures by experts in geology, landscape geomorphology, water/energy/sustainability and contemporary processes. The programme will also include presentation of new work by researchers in the region (abstract submission details to be announced).

08/10/2019

Urra Field Meeting 2020
24th - 27th May


Celebrating the 30th anniversary of teaching and research in the SSSIs of Almería SE Spain.

There will be four days of local fieldtrips and supporting lectures by experts in geology, geography, geomorphology, paleontology and enviromental studies. The programme will also include presentation of new work by researchers in the region (abstract submission details to be announced).

We hope to see many old friends who have stayed in Urra over the years. They will see many improvements to the buildings but Shady Grove is unchanged. People new to the area will have a wonderful opportunity to learn from the people who wrote their text books.

A field meeting to showcase the spectacular geology, landscape and environmental issues of the Almeria region, SE Spain. This area is one of the most widely visited regions for field teaching and research in Europe. We invite Graduate students/lecturers/professors to meet and discuss the experience that the region has to offer.

Excursions led by University professors, e.g. Roy Alexander, Juan Carlos Braga, Jose María Calaforra, Adolfo Calvo, Anne Mather, Ernie Rutter and Dr Martin Stokes, who is also the person to contact by anyone wanting to offer to lead a day or half-day.

Geology ---> Basin fills, Miocene turbidites + Messinian carbonates/gypsum.

--->Structural and Metamorphic geology, geophysics, faulting and the evolution of the sedimentary basins,

relationships to upper Miocene magmatism and regional geodynamics.

Geomorphology ---> badlands + gypsum karst + river capture + landslides.

Environmental issues ---> water + plastic + energy + agriculture.

The details of the programme are yet to be finalized. If you wish to contribute please contact Martin at Plymouth asap and we will be delighted to include you.

Registration (We do not need a deposit yet. Simply: are you coming? Reply asap. please)
Cost: Early bird - Before end of November ---> 150€ / After ---> 200€
Registration for students etc... includes free shared accomodation (with bedding) and shared bathroom facilities in youth hostel style accommodation, free meals -breakfast+lunch+dinner, evening social programme, free excursions within the Sorbas-Tabernas-Carboneras-Almeria region). Other contributors in double rooms with ensuite.

Registration details

Title, Name and Surname, Affiliation, Email address.
Main areas of interest during conference:
( ) Geology
( ) Geomorphology
( ) Environmental

Send us one emait to [email protected]

You may know someone who would like to come but we have omitted from our invitations. Please tell them they will be welcome to join us.

05/04/2017

Was a nice week with Hull group at

30/03/2017

Last night Fiesta karaoke at

18/03/2017

Geology group from who they expect to have nice weather, with 22 degrees and was really 11, but some of they still can work 😷

13/03/2017

Today's rain is probably the last of this strange wet winter. We expect a beautiful spring at .

05/12/2016

Motion or frozen? from the camera at the Shady Grove at , nice, is it?

25/10/2016

We are getting the first rains, all the plants are really grateful... and us too.

19/10/2016

We are happy to have the University of Chester here with us again. Thanks to all for your confidence and we'll be waiting for your visit next year.

06/07/2016

Another nice days with the UEA Geography people, thanks