A successful day up in the High Mountains.
Deb and Ian, Day Forty Nine.
Ebird List for Los Llanos.
Ebird List for Estación Inferior, Fuente Dé.
Ebird List for Estación Superior y alrededores.
I woke at about 05:00 and could hear a Tawny Owl (Cárabo Común / Strix aluco) calling from my room which was a very nice start to the day and a year tick.
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| Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada). |
We sat out on the terrace and had breakfast, whilst we did this we saw
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica),
Western House Martin (Avión Común Occidental / Delichon urbicum),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros) and Common Redstart (Colirroja Real / Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris).
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| Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria). |
We Started to make our way up towards Fuente De to get the Cable Car up to the tops but as we were early we called in at Los Llanos and checked an area of old Walnut Trees hoping to find
Middle-spotted Woodpecker (Pico Mediano / Dendrocopos medius) but we didn't see or even hear on unfortunately, however we did find Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Great Tit (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
Eurasian Blackcap,
Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Common Redstart, Grey (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) and White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba),
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
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| Looking up to the tops. |
We pushed on up to the Estación Inferior at Fuente Dé and as we were there well before the ticket office opened so we went for a coffee and chatted with 3 very pleasant ladies from Belgium, we then sat on a bench on the car park where we saw a family of
Song Thrushes.
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| Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos). |
We queued and found that we couldn't get up high until 12:30 so we went for a walk up into the woods, as we walked we saw and heard
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major),
Eurasian Jay (Arrendajo Euroasiático / Garrulus glandarius),
Great, Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater),
Marsh (Carbonero Palustre / Poecile palustris) and
Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus),
Common Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapilla),
Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Wren,
Common Chaffinch and European Serin.
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| Common Firecrest (Reyezuelo Listado / Regulus ignicapilla). |
We returned to the Queue and the guy on the gate let us through a little earlier than the ticket time and we were up on the tops before 12:00 and started to headed out, just outside the buildings there were large numbers of noisy school children but just a short way into the walk we had the first of around 14
Alpine Accentors (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris), this one was right in amongst the children.
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| Looking back down to the lower station. |
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| Alpine Chough (Chova Piquigualda / Pyrrhocorax graculus). |
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| Alpine Chough (Chova Piquigualda / Pyrrhocorax graculus). |
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| Alpine Chough (Chova Piquigualda / Pyrrhocorax graculus). |
On the walk out we picked up Water Pipit (Bisbita Alpino / Anthus spinoletta), Griffon (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and Egyptian Vulture (Alimoche Común / Neophron percnopterus),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax) and
Eurasian Crag Martins (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris).
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| Pyrenean Trumpet Gentian (Gentiana occidentalis). |
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| Pink Sandwort (Arenaria purpurascens). |
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| Rock Candytuft (Iberis saxatilis). |
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| Alpine Lady's-Mantle (Alchemilla alpina). |
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| Fairy Foxglove (Erinus alpinus). |
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| Rock Jasmine (Androsace villosa). |
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| Matted Globularia (Globularia repens). |
We also had many plants in flower which included
Creeping Gromwell (Glandora prostrata),
Pyrenean Trumpet Gentian (Gentiana occidentalis),
Rock Candytuft (Iberis saxatilis),
Fairy Foxglove (Erinus alpinus),
Rock Jasmine (Androsace villosa), Iberian Greenweed (Genista legionensis),
Matted Globularia (Globularia repens),
Alpine Lady's-Mantle (Alchemilla alpina)
and Pink Sandwort (Arenaria purpurascens). |
| At the next junction. |
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| The crags. |
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| White-winged Snowfinch (Gorrión Alpino / Montifringilla nivalis). |
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| Alpine Accentor (Acentor Alpino / Prunella collaris). |
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| Alpine Toadflax (Linaria alpina ssp. filicaulis). |
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| Alpine Toadflax (Linaria alpina ssp. filicaulis). |
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| Euphorbia pyrenaica. |
We reached the junction in the track and turned left, along the scree slopes we saw our first
White-winged Snowfinches (Gorrión Alpino / Montifringilla nivalis), more
Alpine Accentor,
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Alpine Toadflax (Linaria alpina ssp. filicaulis),
Euphorbia pyrenaica and others before we reached the next junction where we stopped and spent at least three hours in this area watching the crags and boulders.
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria) singing. |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
As we sat there we also saw a
Northern Raven which came in quite close, several
White-winged Snowfinches and more
Alpine Accentors.
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| The view on the way back. |
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| Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros). |
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| White-winged Snowfinch (Gorrión Alpino / Montifringilla nivalis). |
On our walk back towards the Cable Car we spent some time photographing the plants and Deb hung back trying to get the
Snowfinch, when we got to the Cable Car buildings there was quite a queue but whilst we waited we found
Catalonian Wall Lizard (Podarcis liolepis),
Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula) and Anemone pavoniana, it didn't take too long to get down and the we headed back to the accommodation.
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| Catalonian Wall Lizard (Podarcis liolepis). |
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| Catalonian Wall Lizard (Podarcis liolepis). |
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| Anemone pavoniana. |
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