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Griffon Vultures breeding in Sierra de Líjar

Mar 25, 20231 min read

After a birdwatching trip to Sierra de Líjar in December last year, I was curious to see if the Griffon Vultures had indeed started breeding. I remembered the exact place well and was delighted to see that there was a chick inside the nest. Compared to the parent bird, the chick was remarkably little.




Vulture guarding a chick in a rocky nest with green foliage.
Griffon Vulture nest with a chick

There were relatively few birds present today, but the sight of the Vultures' nest was unforgettable. I also managed to take a few great shots of Vultures soaring by.




A vulture soars against a blurred blue background.




A vulture soars above rolling green and beige fields.




Vulture soaring with wings wide in a blurred natural background.




Vulture soaring against a clear blue sky.



I was fortunate to spot another type of Vulture as well: a pair of endangered Egyptian Vulture were busy fetching nesting material.




Vulture flying in clear blue sky, holding nesting material in its beak.
Egyptian Vulture carrying nesting material


Bird soars above rocky cliffs with sparse foliage under a clear blue sky.
Egyptian Vulture near the rocks


Today was a short but interesting visit which resulted in the sighting of species I don't often encounter, among which: Red-billed Chough, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Rock Thrush and Black Wheatear.




Black bird with red beak soaring in clear blue sky.
Red-billed Chough


Bird with black head and white body perched on leafy branch, against a pale sky.
Sardinian Warbler


A robin with an orange breast sits on a branch against a blurred background.
Robin


Bird with black and white wings flying near lichen-covered rocky cliff. Dense green forest in background.
Pair of Black Wheatear


 
 

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