Trip Report: Svalbard, Canary Islands, and Spain (2015-03-16 - 2015-04-04)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Solar Eclipse, Svalbard, March 20, 2015
Van Mijenfjorden
Aurora Borealis
The Scream Eclipse
Ice Chunk
Oslo Harbor
The Eclipse Chasers
Barentsburg Lenin
Barentsburg
Arctic Coast
Arctic Sunset
El Cotillo Fingers of God
La Laguna
Valle Gran Rey
Los Gigantes
Los Molinos
Las Penitas
Teide Rocks
Teide Forest
Villa Monroy
Trujillo Square
Trujillo Art
Glacier
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
European Serin (Serinus serinus)
European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Iberian Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Canary Islands Chaffinch (Fringilla canariensis)
Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia gallotia)
African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) - Fuerteventura
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) - Breeding Plumage
Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) - Late Winter
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 4th year
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Solar Eclipse, Svalbard, March 20, 2015
Van Mijenfjorden
Aurora Borealis
The Scream Eclipse
Ice Chunk
Oslo Harbor
The Eclipse Chasers
Barentsburg Lenin
Barentsburg
Arctic Coast
Arctic Sunset
El Cotillo Fingers of God
La Laguna
Valle Gran Rey
Los Gigantes
Los Molinos
Las Penitas
Teide Rocks
Teide Forest
Villa Monroy
Trujillo Square
Trujillo Art
Glacier
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
European Serin (Serinus serinus)
European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Iberian Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Canary Islands Chaffinch (Fringilla canariensis)
Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia gallotia)
African Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata)
Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) - Fuerteventura
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) - Breeding Plumage
Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) - Late Winter
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 4th year
Three week early spring trip spanning Arctic to Subtropical Europe includes a solar eclipse in Svalbard, hiking in the Oslo suburbs, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, Tenerife, Extremadura, and Madrid.
Sites Visited
Country: Norway
(3 sites)
Country: Spain
(29 sites)
- Casar de Caceres
- Castilo Caleta de Fuste
- Costa Calma
- El Cotillo Plain
- Embalse de Arrocampo
- Juego de Bolas
- La Laguna
- Las Penitas
- Los Molinos
- Madrid
- Monte El Cedro
- Pajara
- Parque del Retiro
- Parque National Garonjay
- Pino Gordo
- PN de Monfrague
- Real Jardin Botanico
- Rio Almonte
- San Sebastian
- Santa Marta Steppe
- Santa Marta Steppe - Yet Another Dirt Road
- Santa Marta Steppe - Yet Another Questionable Road
- Teide
- Teno
- Trujillo
- Valle Gran Rey
- Vilaflor
- Vilaflor--Las Lajas
- Villa Monroy
Country: Svalbard
(3 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (160 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(160 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Frogs
- Iberian Green Frog (Pelophylax perezi)
Class: Birds
(147 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(12 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (7 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(12 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
- Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
- Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- Spanish Eagle (Aquila adalberti)
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Order: Pelicans
(17 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Coursers
- Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(62 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Canary Islands Chaffinch (Fringilla canariensis)
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Island Canary (Serinus canaria)
- Tenerife Blue Chaffinch (Fringilla teydea)
- Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki)
- Family: Larks
- Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens)
- Thekla's Lark (Galerida theklae)
- Wood Lark (Lullula arborea)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Canary Islands Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)
- Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Fuerteventura Stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Western Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Spectacled Warbler (Curruca conspicillata)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
- European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)
- Western House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(11 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(4 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
- Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei)
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
Class: Mammals
(8 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandica)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)
- Family: Cervidae
- Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
- Order: Hedgehogs
(1 record)
- Family: Hedgehog
- North-African Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
Class: Reptiles
(4 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (3 records)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Tortoise
- Mediterranean Turtle (Mauremys leprosa)