Cliffs, Woodlands (insearch of my boggy bird) and a return to the cliffs.
Deb and Ian, Day Forty Six.
Ebird List for Foz de Biniés.
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| Looking out to the cliffs where the Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria) is supposed to be. |
We started by driving North from Berdún heading for Anso passing through the fantastic gorges on the way where we made a quick stop at a point where there was an information board saying that there were
Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria) in the area and it did look good so we decided that we would call there on the way back once it had warmed up as it was Piggin cold there in the early morning breeze.
Whilst we were there we picked up Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Eurasian Jay (Arrendajo Euroasiático / Garrulus glandarius), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes) and European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).
We continued on but the drive was slow as a local farmer was moving some Cattle up the road, we had been seeing the wet pooooooo on the road for quite a long way and hoped they had turned off but we eventually caught them up and it soon became obvious that the ONE guy with them had lost control and they had missed the required gate.
As we tootled along in the queue behind them we saw a couple of clumps of Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum), Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum), Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalia), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).
The Guy eventually managed to turn the Cattle into a roadside paddock and we all got passed giving up the chance to push on up to the Refugio but we started to see more signs of cattle ahead of us but this time we caught up with them just after they had gone off into a field, a little further on we made a short stop near Refugio Forestal de Zuriza when we saw some finches in an empty roadside corral, we were hoping for Citril Finch (Verderón Serrano / Carduelis citrinella) but we only managed to find European Serin (Serin Verdecillo / Serinus serinus) and Yellowhammer (Escribano Cerillo / Emberiza citronella), before we pushed on again.
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| Marsh Tit (Carbonero Palustre / Poecile palustris). |
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| Marsh Tit (Carbonero Palustre / Poecile palustris). |
Once at the Refugio de Linza we did a walk out along a wooded trail where bird wise we were looking for a species which I have dipped on may trip and did again the
White-backed Woodpecker (Pico Dorsiblanco / Dendrocopos leucotos) and again we didn't manage to see today, however we saw
Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Long-tailed (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus),
European Crested (Herrerillo Capuchino / Lophophanes cristatus) and a family party of
Marsh Tit (Carbonero Palustre / Poecile palustris),
Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada),
Goldcrest (Reyezuelo Sencillo / Regulus regulus),
Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Short-toed Treecreeper (Agateador Europeo / Certhia brachydactyla),
Eurasian Wren,
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs). |
Birds-nest Orchid (Neottia nidus-avis). |
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| Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica). |
Out on the more open grassy areas we found several species of day flying Moth,
Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica). |
| Green-veined White (Pieris napi). |
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| Green-veined White (Pieris napi). |
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| Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages). |
As things warmed up a tad we also had some butterflies including
Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages), Green-veined (Pieris napi),
Small (
Pieris rapae) and
Wood White (
Leptidea sinapis),
Queen of Spain (Issoria lathonia),
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) and
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria).
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| White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba). |
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| Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris). |
Back at the car we saw White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba) and Eurasian Crag Martin (Avión Roquero / Ptyonoprogne rupestris),
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| Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys Scolopax). |
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| Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys Scolopax). |
On the way back we made a stop at a slope where I had seen a few
Orchids in the past and found several
Woodcock (Ophrys Scolopax),
Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and
Burnt Orchids (Neotinea Ustulata) but that was all.  |
| Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius). |
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| White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium). |
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| Large-flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora). |
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| Large-flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora). |
A little further down we did a walk along the Barranco de las Eras still try to find the
Woodpecker but no luck, we did get a drumming
Black Woodpecker (Picamaderos Negro / Dryocopus martius) and another
Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Marsh Tit,
Red-underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius),
White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) and Large-flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora) were seen.We drove slowly through the area until we reached the Refugio Forestal de Zuriza area seeing a Common Toad (Bufo bufo) on the way.
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| Common Toad (Bufo bufo). |
We continued on South again but made a couple of stops on the way in habitat that looked good for
Tree Pipit (Bisbita Arbóreo / Anthus trivialis) but we found none, however we did see
Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini),
Small White (
Pieris rapae),
Southern Heath (Melitaea celadussa) and
Twin-spot fritillary (Brenthis hecate),
Spanish (Coenonympha iphioides) and
Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania). |
| Spanish Heath (Coenonympha iphioides). |
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| Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania). |
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| Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini). |
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| Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini). |
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| Blue Spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini). |
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| Twin-spot fritillary (Brenthis hecate). |
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| Twin-spot fritillary (Brenthis hecate). |
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| Southern Heath Fritillary (Melitaea celadussa). |
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| Southern Heath Fritillary (Melitaea celadussa). |
Our final stop of the day was at the far end of the gorge where we were this morning and spent a while scanning the crags we saw
Griffon (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) and Egyptian Vulture (Alimoche Común / Neophron percnopterus),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Northern Raven (Cuervo grande / Corvus corax),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Blue-rock Thrush (Roquero Solitario / Monticola solitarius), Rock Bunting (Escribano Montesino / Emberiza cia) and then after a little while Deb called a
Wallcreeper which with some good direction we were all watching quickly.
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Wallcreeper (Treparriscos / Tichodroma muraria). |
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| Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe). |
In the same area we also found
Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus), Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe) and Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia) before we headed back to the accommodation.
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| The River Veral below the road. |
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