Day of the Griffon Vulture in the Natural Park of Cazorla

I recently spent a short break in the Cazorla Natural Park in the Jaén province of Andalucia. The park is huge and we spent the time we had there exploring in reality a very small area by 4×4. The Natural Park is teaming with wildlife but the highlight for us were the Griffon Vutlures (Gyps [...]

 
Rock Buntings, Crested Larks and Wild Boar 11th March 2009

Wednesday morning, day off work! Decided to go for a longer walk higher up beyond the tree line. Headed off on my usual route intending to work my way up the mountain. Reached a large flat terrace where I often stop to see what’s about, around 8.30am. Watched a fox prowling the slope above me [...]