Travelling to the North Coast.
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A sun set with the Pico's in the distance. |
Jayne and I said our goodbyes to Santi and Howard and thanked them for a superb few days in Silos. We then started out for Burgos and onwards to the motorway North but it was not long before Santi and Howard passed up also heading for Burgos. On the minor roads we saw several
Iberian / Azure-winged Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cyanus) just north of Covarrubias along with
Rock Sparrow (Gorrión Chillón / Petronia petronia),
Green (Pito Real / Picus viridis) and
Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Cirl Bunting (Escribano Soteno / Emberiza cirlus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone),
Raven (Cuervo / Corvus corax),
Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Carduelis chloris),
Goldfinch (Jilguero / Carduelis carduelis),
Grey Heron (Garza Real / Ardea cinerea),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) and
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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Near Suances. |
Once we had checked in at our hotel in the village of Santillana called the Altamira before we went for a walk on the beach at Playa de Tagle where I saw
Shag (Cormorán Mondudo / Phalacrocorax aristotelis),
Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Northern Gannet (Alcatraz Atlántico / Morus bassanus),
Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus).
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Playa de Tagle. |
We moved a bit further along the coast looking for something for lunch and we dropped very lucky when we had a menu del dia at La Duna on the playa at Suances, one of the best I have ever had.
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Rocks on Playa de Tagle. |
Later we had a nice walk along the seafront where I saw
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor),
Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis),
Serin (Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros).
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