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BIRDLIST FOR SPANISH PYRENEES

29th JULY - 7th AUGUST 2002
Species Scientific Name No days out of  10 recorded Highest daily count
C = Common
H = Heard Only
N/C = No Count
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 3
N/C
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 2 11
Great Shearwater Puffinus Gravis 3 13
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 1 2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 3 30
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus 3 2
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 2 14
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 3 N/C
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo 4 N?C
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 12
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 4 LC
White Stork Ciconia ciconia 1 1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2 5
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra nigra 1 2
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 1 3
Red Kite Milvus milvus 7 C
Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans 6 C
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus 6 3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 7 C
Eurasian Griffon-vulture Gyps fulvus 7 500+
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus gallicus 5 2
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus 1 1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 1 1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 3 1
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentiles 1 1
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 8 C
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 4 2
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 5 C
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 2
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 1 10
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2 4
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos 2 14
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1 N/C
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1 1st Record for Aragon
Great Skua Catharacta skua 1 9
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 4 LC
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 2 LC
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 1 1
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 3 N/C
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 1 1
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 3 N/C
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 3 15
Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1 2
Common Guillemot Uria aalge 1 1
Puffin Fratercula arctica 1 1
Feral Pigeon Columbia livia (domest) 5 C
Rock Dove Columba livia 1 4
Stock Dove Columba oenas 1 2
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 6 N/C
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 5 C
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur 2 6
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 2 1
Tawny Owl Strix aluco 3H Heard Only
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo 1 1
Little Owl Athene noctua 2 1
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 1 1
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 3 6
Common Swift Apus apus 5 C
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 4 25+
European Roller Coracias garrulous 1 1
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 1
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 2 1
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 1 + 1H 1
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 2 + 1H 1
Crested Lark Galerida cristata 3 LC
Eurasian Crag-martin Hirundo rupestris 7 8
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 7 C
House Martin Delichon urbica 7 C
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 1 1
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 3 LC
White Wagtail  Motacilla alba 7 C
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla Flava 1 1
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 4 3
White-throated Dipper  Cinclus cinclus 3 2+
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 3 2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 1 1
Dunnock Prunella modularis 1 1
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 2 1
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 6 LC
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 1
Common Stonechat  Saxicola torquata 4 2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 1 3
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 5 LC
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 1 5
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius 1 1
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 6 C
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 2 2
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 4 5
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 3 2
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 3 L/C
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 1 2
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 1 4
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala 1 + 1H 2
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 2 5
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 2 1
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 2 1
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1 1
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli bonelli 1 1
Goldcrest Regulus regulus 3 2
Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus 1 1
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1 2
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 1
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 1 1
Coal Tit Parus ater 3 L/C
Crested Tit Parus cristatus 4 L/C
Great Tit Parus major major 3 L/C
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 3 C
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 1 1 Heard Only
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 1 1 Heard Only
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1 1
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio [cristatus] 7 6
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor meridionalis 1 1
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 4 3
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 5 C
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica 8 N/C
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 2 40+
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 4 80+
Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone 6 C
Common Raven Corvus corax 6 2
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 4 8
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7 C
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 1 N/C
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 2 2
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis 2 2
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 7 C
European Serin Serinus serinus 7 2
Citril Finch Serinus citrinella 4 2+
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 1 2
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis carduelis 6 C
Eurasian Linnet Carduelis cannabina 6 C
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 1 4
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 3 2
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 3 L/C
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 3 + 1H C
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 1 2
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 2 + 1H C

141 Species of Birds

BUTTERFLY LIST

Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper
Mallow Skipper
Small Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Large Skipper
Swallowtail
Southern Scarce Swallowtail
Large White
Small White
Bath White
Mountain Clouded Yellow
Clouded Yellow
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Wood White
Southern White Admiral
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Silver-washed Fritillary
Dark Green Fritillary
Provencal Fritillary
False Heath Fritillary
Marbled White
Striped Grayling
Great Banded Grayling
Tree Grayling
Mountain Ringlet
Spanish Brassy Ringlet
Lefebvre's Ringlet
Autumn Ringlet
Zapater's Ringlet
Piedmont Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Black Satyr
Gatekeeper
Spanish Gatekeeper
Pearly Heath
Wall Brown
Small Copper
Scarce Copper
Holly Blue
Mazarine Blue
Chalk-hill Blue
Spanish Chalk-hill Blue
Common Blue
Camberwell Beauty

47 Species of butterfly

PLANT LIST

Bladder Campion
Alpine Gyppophila
Fringed Pink
Short Pink
Maiden Pink
Starwort Mouse-ear
Green Hellebore
Pyrenean Columbine
White Stonecrop
English Stonecrop
Musky Saxifrage
Blue Saxifrage
Pyrenean Saxifrage
Hoppe's Lady's Mantle
False Vetch
Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea
Alpine Birdsfoot Trefoil        
Ashy Cranesbill
Pyrenean Cranesbill
Field Maple
Common Rockrose
Western St John's Wort
Trailing John's Wort
Field Bindweed
Field Gentian
Common Bugle
Water Mint
Wild Thyme
Larger Wild Thyme
Horsemint
Dragonmouth
Dark Mullein
Bittersweet
Round-headed Campion
Globe-headed Campion
Clustered Bell Flower
Alpine Scabeous
Alpine Fleabane
Alpine Aster
Alpine Moon Daisy
Stemless Cotton Thistle
Carbine-leaved Thistle
Pyrenean Thistle
Woolly Thistle
Pale Yellow Pyrenean Thistle
Mountain Cornflower
Mouse-eared Hawksweed
Merendera
English Iris
Heath-spotted Orchid
Eidelweiss
Pyrenean Saxifrage
White Campion
Snapdragon
Soft Snapdragon

Plant list courtesy   Francis and Barbara Williams.
55 Species of plants seen

 

OTHERS - 25 Species

Fin Whale  6
Minke Whale 1
Bottle-nosed Dolphin 30+
Common Dolphin 10
Striped Dolphin 10
Harbour Porpoise 42
Sun Fish 1
Marmot 2
Red Squirrel N/C
Roe Deer N/C
Fox 2
Chamois 6
Hare 1
Marsh Frog N/C
Iberian Wall Lizard  
Dung Beetle  
Scarlet Tiger Moth  
Common Footman  
Cicadas  
Egyptian Grasshopper  
Club-footed grasshopper  
Blue-eyed Hook-tailed Dragonfly  
Golden-ringed Dragonfly  
Pyrenean Brook Salamander 1
Red Darter  

 

 

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