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Category: Walking in the Pyrenees

Griffon Vulture Nesting Grounds in Itxusi

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 by Georgina Howard
Vultures coming to rest on the rocky crags of Itxusi
One of our most spectacular walks is to the protected area of Las Peñas de Itxusi where we walk along the clifftops of the most northern, ‘natural’, Griffon Vulture breeding grounds in Europe. Itxusi is the Basque word for ‘ugly’, a name given to the area by the shepherds who dreaded loosing a sheep to
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  • Published in Basque Country Walking, Walking in the Pyrenees, Wildlife of the Pyrenees
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