Picos de Europa

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Tuesday

11.6.10

We drove down the road opposite the hotel to look for bears. Three bears had been seen in the area, but we had no luck spotting them or signs of their presence. We also kept a look out for wild cats, but did not see them either.

This is the nearest I got to taking a photograph of the Griffon Vultures. Yesterday we saw a possible nest with trails of lime down the cliff and on many days we have seen them circling around, but never near enough for my lenses.
http://www.shutterstock.com/ has many wonderful pictures of the vultures

Silybum marianum

This looks like a bear's cave

Picture taken from the back seat of the mini bus - note the cowherds' umbrellas. The cows are casinas

We went on to an environmental museum and saw an excellent film on the wildlife of the region.

See through floor at the museum

Golden-striped Salamander

Desman

Black Woodpecker


Traditional interiors and exteriors

Corridor in the museum

Next we visited a Power Station gorge; the water was pounding down over the rocks and streams were coming out of the stone walls. Water, water everywhere...the plants were dripping.

There was a party of school children giving their teacher a lot to worry about; obviously not so hidebound by health and safety regs.