Site Report: Salto de Roldan

Salto de Roldan by Barbara Carr

Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Mountains and cliffs

2025-01-24: We spent some time around the area of the national park, but there was not anything of note. For lunch, we stopped in a gas station that surprisingly had some very high quality bread, cheese, and coffee. After our lunch break, we drove up to the Salto del Riodan. The Salto del Riodan was a giant rock face, and we spent quite some time scanning the rock face where we saw a bunch of Eurasian Griffon, but no wallcreeper. It is said that some knight jumped over the Salto, but to be honest, this did not look possible. We found a trail around to the other side of a rock face, and there we saw two small gray birds flitting around on the rocks. They were the Black Redstart, however, so no Wallcreepers this trip.

Kingdom: Animals (6 records)

Phylum: Chordates (6 records)

Class: Birds (6 records)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)

No trip reports available.