Travelling North to Santi's in Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos Province, Spain.

Day one of Paqui and my trip to the North to see Santi and the Eclipse.

 

Paqui and I were off just after 08:00 and headed to Granada and then up through Madrid to Santi's house in Santo Domingo de Silos, before we stopped for breakfast we saw Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Feral Pigeon (Paloma Bravía / Columba livia), Eurasian Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and European Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur),  Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans), Booted Eagle (Aguila Calzada / Aquila penntuas), Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Cecropis daurica), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica) and Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor).

After breakfast we continued North through Madrid and then stopped for some lunch, during this section of the drive we had Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus), Red Kite (Milano Real / Milvus milvus), Western Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Europeo / Merops apiaster) and Woodchat Shrike (Alcaudón Común / Lanius senator).

We continued on, after making a quick stop at a Supermarket in Aranda de Duero we arrived at Santi's house where he met us outside, Santi's friends Enzo and Francesco soon joined us and helped us unload the car.

Lerma Parador.

After settling in we had a run up to Lerma where we had planned to have an ice-cream at the Parador hotel, unfortunately it was shut for a private function so we sat and had a drink in a nice bar before heading back to Santi's for food and a much-needed good night's sleep.

During the drive there and back, we saw Small White (Pieris rapae), Griffon Vulture, Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Common Swift (Vencejo Común / Apus apus), Red-legged Partridge (Perdiz Roja / Alectoris rufa), European Bee-eater and Roe Deer (Corzo / Capreolus capreolus).