A leisurley stroll into the hills?????
Granada Wildlife Pyrenees Tour Day Three.








We dropped down again and met Judy and John down by the first Farm building, we were all pleased to hear that they had seen nearly all the species we had seen except for the Snowfinch but they had seen a Marsh Tit (Carbonero Palustre /Parus palustris) a species I had not seen up till now in Spain. Now that all the group were back together we started the decent to the car adding Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Common (Vencejo Común / Apus apus) and Alpine Swifts (Vencejo Real / Apus melba), Green Woodpecker (Pito Real / Picus viridis), Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris), Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes) and Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus).
We got back to the van and had a few minutes resting our feet and soaking them in the river, once we were sorted we started back towards the hotel. As we drove down the track we saw a small group of Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) just across the river, after we watched these smart looking animls for a while and
took some photographs we continued on and stopped at a view point on the southern side of Sierra de Alano and scanned the cliffs. We only added Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus),
Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Parus cristatus) and Great Tits (Carbonera Común / Parus major) along with Comma ("C" blanca / Polygomum c-album), Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) and Cleopatra (Cleopatra / Gonepteryx cleopatra).
Again we carried on and stopped again when we saw several plants of the delecate and beautiful Digitalis lutea and whilst we were stopped in the is area we had a very smart Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta), Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), Wood White (Leptidea sinapis), Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna), Pyrenean Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium ssp. pyrenaica), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and Pyramidal Orchid (Orquidea Pyramidal / Anacamptis pyramidalia).
Photographs from the top: Sierra de Alano's, 2x Black Vanilla Orchids (Nigritella angustifolia), Piedmont Ringlets (Erebia meolans), Lammergeier / Bearded Vulture (Quebrantahuesos / Gypaetus barbatus), Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris), Saponaria species, Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea), Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella modularis), Viola biflora, Lizard species, Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), View from Anchar de Alano, Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea), Gymnadenia pyrenaeensis, View of Sierra de Alano, Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) and Digitalis lutea.
We got back to the van and had a few minutes resting our feet and soaking them in the river, once we were sorted we started back towards the hotel. As we drove down the track we saw a small group of Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) just across the river, after we watched these smart looking animls for a while and


Again we carried on and stopped again when we saw several plants of the delecate and beautiful Digitalis lutea and whilst we were stopped in the is area we had a very smart Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta), Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), Wood White (Leptidea sinapis), Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna), Pyrenean Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium ssp. pyrenaica), Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and Pyramidal Orchid (Orquidea Pyramidal / Anacamptis pyramidalia).
Photographs from the top: Sierra de Alano's, 2x Black Vanilla Orchids (Nigritella angustifolia), Piedmont Ringlets (Erebia meolans), Lammergeier / Bearded Vulture (Quebrantahuesos / Gypaetus barbatus), Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris), Saponaria species, Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea), Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella modularis), Viola biflora, Lizard species, Greater Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera chlorantha), View from Anchar de Alano, Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea), Gymnadenia pyrenaeensis, View of Sierra de Alano, Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) and Digitalis lutea.
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