Destinations
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Spanish Pyrenees 5 – 12 May 2010
Birds
Those mentioned above plus golden eagle, bee-eater, hoopoe, crested lark, golden oriole, black-bellied dipper, Cetti’s, subalpine and Sardinian warblers, rock sparrow, spotless starling, chough, blue rock thrush, citril finch and many more.
Flowers
Lady and elder-flowered orchids, hepatica, amelanchier, trumpet and spring gentians, beautiful flax, wild daffodil, rush-leaved narcissus, tassel hyacinth, Pyrenean saxifrage, petrocoptis to name just a few.
Other wildlife
Mammals could include alpine marmot and isard – Pyrenean chamois – at the high tops, and red squirrel. Butterflies include cleopatra, scarce swallowtail, Moroccan orange-tip and Spanish festoon. Spanish moon and giant peacock moths are often seen.
Isards (Ivan Nethercoat)
Egyptian vultures with booted eagle
Pyrenean saxifrages (Ivan Nethercoat)
We know they are there, but our experience is that wallcreepers can be tricky to find in the Spanish Pyrenees. Read more about wallcreepers here.
