On the road again after breakfast leaving Lecina and heading north west to Siresa.The first stop was atLos Mallos de Riglos.
-NOSTALGIA FOR SOME...…….
BURNET COMPANION?
SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS
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FEMALE CIRL BUNTING
SPECKLED WOOD
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DUKE OF BURGUNDY
THE VIEW FROM SAN JUAN DE LA PENA
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HONEY BUZZARD MOVING NORTH
THE NEW MONASTERY-17TH CENTURY
THE OLD MONASTERY CARVED INTO THE ROCK FACE
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HOTEL CASTILLO D`ARCHER- SIRESA.
Early next morning before breakfast we went to this rocky gorge in search of the Wallcreeper,it was freezing cold but when we saw the bird that was temporarily forgotten,It was still quite dark so had to use high ISO settings to get any shots at all,so please excuse the grainy images.
BOCA DELINFIERNO
WALLCREEPER
WALLCREEPER
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-WALLCREEPER .
After hot coffee and breakfast we set off once more for the Alpine meadows at GABARDITO.
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HONEY BUZZARD
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DUKE OF BURGUNDY
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GREEN LIZARD
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ALPINE GENTIANS
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SMALL PEARL BORDERED FRITILLARY -I think?
CHAMOIS
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ALPINE MARMOT
ALPINE MARMOT
CITRIL FINCH
CITRIL FINCH
CITRIL FINCH
The next day was the High Pyrenees at BELAGUA at about 5750ft we found our first Alpine Choughs feeding in the Alpine meadows
ALPINE CHOUGH -YELLOW BILLED CHOUGH
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IF YOU WANT YOU CAN COUNT THEM
ESTIMATED 120-150 IN THE FLOCK.
LOTS OF SMALL TORTOISHELLS WERE MIGRATING THROUGH THE PASS.
ALPINE ACCENTOR
A CLOSE RELATIVE OF OUR DUNNOCK
HE GRADUALLY CAME CLOSER
AND GAVE BRILLIANT VIEWS
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-THIS BIRD WAS ACTUALLY OVER THE BORDER IN FRANCE.
COCK O THE ROCK.
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Our picnic lunch interested the Alpine Choughs
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BLACK EARED WHEATEAR
PETER FEEDING THE CHOUGHS
On the descent into the Roncal Valley we managed to catch up with this Ring Ouzel.
RING OUZEL
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ALPINE GENTIAN.
LENTICULAR CLOUD TO FINISH WITH INSTEAD OF THE USUAL SUNSET.
A sincere thankyou to Peter, Ken and Ian for the organisation and the driving and to everyone else just for being such good company,especially after a few glasses of vino.
