Wildcats
Iberian Wolf
Pyrenean Chamois
Spanish Ibex
Stoat
Hybrid Wildcat x Domestic Cat
A great trip to Northern Spain.
Mammals (15 species)
6+ Wildcat, 2 Iberian Wolf, Spanish Ibex, Pyrenean Chamois, Red Deer, Wild Boar, Stoat, Weasel, Red Fox, Wood Mouse, Otter and Brown Bear tracks, Vole sp x 2 and a Bat sp.
Birds (90 species)
Highlights included European Honey Buzzard, Egptian Vulture, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Booted Eagle, Wryneck, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Crag Martin, White-throated Dipper, Alpine Accentor, lots of Spotted and Pied Flycatcher, Black Redstarts, Firecrest, Iberian Chiffchaff, Wallcreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper, Golden Oriole, Red and Yellow-billed Chough and Spotless Starling
Herps (4 species)
Common Wall Lizard, Alpine Newt, Soane's Viper and Common Toad
Butterflies ( 14 species)
Highlights included Great Banded Grayling, Silver-spotted Skipper and a couple of Fritillaries
As usual went with Jaffa's company Wise Birding with a few of the regulars
2 comments:
Great roundup of a brilliant Trip. Love the photos of the different cats and trying to work out which is "wild" and which hybrid.
Jaff's going to do a summary of all the different cats- looking forward to that
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