News of the birdlife around the Picos de Europa. From sub-adult Lammergeier incursions from the Pyrenees and the possible reintroduction programme to Avocets and Little egrets on the Costa Verde. Also included here are personal observations of resident and summer-visiting birds.
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Throughout 2010.
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Following on from the birds' arrival in the Covadonga mountains last month, the two young Lammergeiers (now named Leoncia and Deva) were released last Friday morning, watched by members of the Asturian government, shepherds and conservationists.
Finally, two Lammergeier chicks made it to the Picos last Tuesday, the 15th of June. Transported from the Aragonese Pyrenees having been rescued from inviable nests, the two females are now
With the official sanction now given by the Picos de Europa National Park, the process is underway for the return of the Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus, to the Picos de Europa from the only remaining Spanish colony in the Pyrenees. The Bearded Vulture Foundation, FCQ based in Aragon, have taken two eggs from a nest under observation since 1988 and unsuccessful in those 22 years apart from producing one chick last year, the first Lammergeier to be born in captivity in Spain after the egg had been taken from the failing nest.
Over the past 20 years, Teresa Farino has compiled a 90-page report (A4) which includes lists of all the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies and vascular plants ever recorded in the Picos de Europa, plus summaries of each of these groups and an 8-page introduction to the wildlife of these mountains. If you would like to purchase a printed copy, the price is €17.50, excluding postage & packaging. An electronic copy is €11.
