dune

"We set up the tyre repair shop in the middle of the sand dunes, far from the town centre," says Mr Jiménez.

Among steps already taken are the introduction of ponies to graze and opening up some of the dunes to the elements.

At Monte Clérigo, researchers identified 5 trackways and 26 individual footprints created by adults and by children slightly over a year old on the slope of what was once a coastal dune.

The geese spent a few days hopping from island to island, munching on dune grass and resting their wings.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California's coastal sand dunes.