The Picos de Europa is one of the most interesting scenerys to enjoy wildlife in Spain. The diversity of ecosistems between the north and the south side offers a great variety of fauna and flora with easy access trough paths easy walking and in a very good condition. In one of our last walks, we [...]
Last week, in our walk in the Picos de Europa National Park looking for raptors, we were specially lucky. Behind a small hill we heard a strange noise. In fact it was a group of Griffon Vultures eating the carrion of a very young goat. We were enjoying the scene [...]
In the Picos de Europa, both sedentary and migratory raptors are already here. Some of them like Golden Eagles and Griffon Vultures are incubating. The ones that are just arriving from África like Egyptian Vultures, Short-Toed Eagles and Black Kites are beginning with their sexual displays and the arrangements of their nests. [...]
2018 was not a good year for raptors in the Picos de Europa National Park. July extremely wet and cold made fail most of the breeding attempts. This situation was specially hard with Golden Eagles. None of the pairs that I usually follow in the Picos de Europa National Park, could finish the nesting season successfully. [...]
The cold and the snow have reached to the Picos de Europa National Park. It is time to enjoy the winter and the silence of the mountains where birds that came from the north, mix with the locals and together try to survive. It is also time to think about next year and [...]
Lammergeier was extinct in Picos de Europa National Park early last century due to the indiscriminate use of poisons in the fight against vermin and the "sport" of hunting. Now that those causes have desapeard and specially due to the reintroduction project developed by the Lammergeier Foundation (F.C.Q) it is not difficult to enjoy these fantastic birds [...]
Now, in Picos de Europa National Park, due to the project of reintroduction of Lammergeier leaded by the Lammergeier Foundation (FCQ), is not difficult to enjoy these amazing birds in our mountains. Lammergeiers of different ages can be found everywhere in Picos de Europa. In this case, we could enjoy three different birds belonged to the project, concretely [...]
Last week we could enjoy a fantastic birdwatching activity with David Tomlison (Gourmet Birds) and other five birdwatchers. It was six routes in Picos de Europa National Park in wich our target was extensive an varied: Raptors, passerines, alpine birds...etc. There was fantastic moments like the sightings of the black vulture and the lammergeiers [...]
In the last two years the feeding site for scavenger birds near of Covadonga Lakes in Picos de Europa National Park, is becoming to one of te most amazing places to enjoy big raptors in this mountains. In a normal day, in addition to a big group of Grifon Vultures, it is not difficult to find Lammergeiers of [...]
