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LIST FOR SPANISH PYRENEES

15th July - 24th July 2002
SPECIES Scientific Name No of days out of  10 recorded Highest daily count
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H or h.= Heard only
N/C.= No count
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 2 12
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 2 29
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 2 3
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 4 N/C
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo 3 N?C
European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 2 N/C
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 3
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 8
Purple Heron Ardea Purpurea 2 2
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 5 5
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 4
Black Stork Ciconia Nigra 1 1
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos 1 100+
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra nigra 1 41
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 5 3
Red Kite Milvus milvus 7 C
Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans 7 C
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus 5 5 SIGHTINGS
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 7 20+
Eurasian Griffon-vulture Gyps fulvus 7 C
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus gallicus 5 4
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus 3 2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 2 1
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 7 C
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 1 5
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 5 3
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 6 6
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2 1
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 1 N/C
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 1 3
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1 3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1 N/C
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos 1 N/C
Great Skua Catharacta skua 1 2
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2 LC
Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus 2 LC
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans [argentatus] 3 LC
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2 LC
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 4 LC
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2 N/C
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 2 N/C
Feral Pigeon Columbia livia (domest) 5 C
Rock Dove Columba livia 1 1
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 7 N/C
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 5 C
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur 1 1
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 3 1
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo 1 1
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 1 3
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 4 20
Common Swift Apus apus 8 C
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 4 7
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 1 + 2H 1
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 1 + 2H 2
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 4H 1
Crested Lark Galerida cristata 3 LC
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 1
Sand Martin Riparia riparia 3 1
Eurasian Crag-martin Hirundo rupestris 7 C
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 7 C
House Martin Delichon urbica 7 C
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 2 LC
White Wagtail  Motacilla alba 7 C
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 5 4
White-throated Dipper  Cinclus cinclus 3 5
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 5 C
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 1 3
Dunnock Prunella modularis 3 2
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 4 2
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 7 LC
Common Stonechat  Saxicola torquata 3 2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 1 2
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 5 LC
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 1 1
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis 2 1
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 1 2
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 1 1
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 6 C
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 4 2
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 4 2
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 4 + 2H 2
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1 + 2H 1
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala 1 2
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 2 1
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 1 1
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1H Heard Only
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli bonelli 3 + 1H 2
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 3 1
Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus 2 + 2H 2
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1 1
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 1 1
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 4 7
Marsh Tit Parus palustris palustris 1 2
Coal Tit Parus ater 3 N/C
Crested Tit Parus cristatus 5 4
Great Tit Parus major major 6 5
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 4 C
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 3H 1
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria 2 1
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 3 L/C
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1H 1 Heard Only
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio [cristatus] 7 C
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 2 5
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 4 C
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica 7 N/C
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 4 40+
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 3 + 1H 20+
Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone 7 C
Common Raven Corvus corax 7 2
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 4 L/C
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7 C
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 1 3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis 1 5
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 7 C
European Serin Serinus serinus 6 2
Citril Finch Serinus citrinella 2 12+
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 3 + 1H L/C
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis carduelis 7 2
Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 6 C
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 1 + 1H 2
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 3 + 1H 2
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 3 L/C
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 3 + 1H C
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 4 2
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 4 + 1H C

128 Species

Scenery at top of Candanchu

BUTTERFLY LIST

Large Grizzled Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Marbled Skipper
Essex Skipper
Small Skipper
Large Skipper
Swallowtail
Southern Scarce Swallowtail
Apollo
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Black-veined White     
Bath White
Mountain Clouded Yellow
Clouded Yellow
Pale Clouded Yellow
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Cleopatra
Brimstone        
Wood White
Southern White Admiral
Purple Emporer
Small Tortoiseshell
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Peacock Butterfly
Silver-washed Fritillary
Dark Green Fritillary
Violet Fritillary
Spotted Fritillary
False Heath Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Marbled White
Western Marbled White
Rock Grayling
Striped Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Woodland Grayling
Mountain Ringlet
Common Brassy Ringlet
Lefebvre's Ringlet
Piedmont Ringlet
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Black Satyr
Gatekeeper
Southern Gatekeeper
Spanish Gatekeeper
Small Heath
Pearly heath
Wall Brown
Sloe Hairstreak
Blue-spot Hairstreak
White-letter Hairstreak
Small Copper
Large Copper
Long-tailed Blue
Little Blue
Holly Blue
Silver-studded Blue
Brown Argus
Escher's Blue
Turquoise Blue
Common Blue
Damon Blue
Camberwell Beauty
Cardinal

Butterflies.
69 Species

FLOWERS & PLANTS

Agrimony
Asparagus
Alpine Aster
Mountain Avens
Wild Basil
Pyrenean Bastard Toadflax
Hedge Bedstraw
Lady's Bedstraw
Marsh bedstraw
Clustered Bellflower
Flax-leaved Bellflower
French Bellflower
Giant Bellflower
Spanish Bellflower
Spreading Bellflower
Betony
Alpine Birdsfoot Trefoil
Yellow Broomrape
Viper's Bugloss
Burdock
Salad Burnet
Creeping Buttercup
Butterbur
Butterwort
Alpine Calamint
Wood Calamint
Rock Campion
Wild Carrot
Nottingham Catchfly
Alpine Catsear
Centuary
Cephalaria
Chicory
Marsh Cinqufoil
Rock Cinqufoil
Coltsfoot
Pyrenean Columbine
Dward Convolvulus
Cowslip
Cupidone
Daisy
Dodder
Northern Dragonhead
Northern Dragonmouth
Eidelweiss
Dward Elder (Danewort)
Pyrenean Eryngo
Eyebright
Fennel
Purging Flax
Alpine Forget-me-not
Fairy Foxglove
Foxglove
Yellow Gagea
Great Yellow Gentian
Wall Germander
Goatsbeard
Alpine Gypsophila
Harebell
Common Heather
Stinking Helebore
Broad-leaved Heleborine
Marsh Heleborine
Honeysuckle
Mountain Houseleek
Pyrenean Iris
Mountain Kidney Vetch
Hoppe's Lady's Mantle
Lavender
Large Flowered Leopardsbane
Purple Loosestrife
Pyrenean Lousewort
Cut-leaved Mallow
Marsh Mallow
Mantisalca
Wild Marjoram
White Melilot
Yellow Melilot
Northern Milk-vetch
Nice Milkwort
Corn Mint
Horse Mint
Hoary Mullein
Stinging Nettle
Frog Orchid
Greater Butterfly Orchid
Heath Spotted Orchid
Southern Marsh Orchid
Silvery Paronychia
Broad-leaved Pea
Tangier Pea
Wall Pennywort
Fringed Pink
Broad-leaved Plantain
Long-headed Poppy
Pyrenean Poppy
Round-headed Rampion
Spiny Restharrow
Hairy Rock Jasmine
Common Rockrose
Pyrenean Rockrose
White Rockrose
Rosemary
Pyrenean Sandwort
Saw-wort
Eastern Saxifrage
Livelong Saxifrage
Pyrenean Saxifrage
Starry Saxifrage
Alpine Scabious
Pyrenean Scabious
Wood Scabious
Large Self-heal
Sideritis
Common Snapdragon
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Water Speedwell
Perforate St.John's Wort
Biting Stonecrop
Reflexed Stonecrop
Rock Stonecrop
White Stonecrop         
Wild Strawberry
Teasel
Creeping Thistle
Marsh Thistle
Pyrenean Thistle
Spear Thistle
Mountain Thrift
Basil Thyme
Vervain
False vetch
Alpine Willowherb
Greater Willowherb
Yarrow
Southern Yellow Rattle
Yellow-wort

137 Species - Plant & flower list courtesy of Mr Keith Powrie.

OTHERS

Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Basking Shark
Marmot
Red Squirrel
Roe Deer
Fox
Chamois
Midwife Toad
Marsh Frog
Iberian Wall Lizard
Pyrenean Wall Lizard
Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Scarlet Tiger Moth
Chimney Sweeper
Forrester
Five Spot Burnet
Six Spot Burnet
Long Horned Timber Beetle
Cicadas
Egyptian Grasshopper
Wartbiter
White-legged Damselfly
Beautiful Demosielle
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Pond Skater
Pyrenean Brook Salamander
Common Darter
Red-veined Darter
Conehead
Preying Mantis

Various insects
30 Species

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