{"id":1081,"date":"2017-10-07T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T15:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2017-10-07T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T15:34:24","slug":"northern-spain-mammals-birds-and-butterflies-of-asturias-and-cantabria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birding-and-wildlife-trips\/northern-spain-mammals-birds-and-butterflies-of-asturias-and-cantabria\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Spain: Mammals, birds and butterflies of Asturias and Cantabria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trip report by Kathie Claydon. To read just click on this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudbirders.com\/tripreport\/repository\/CLAYDON_N_Spain_09_2017.pdf\">Northern Spain: A trip report by Kathie Claydon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were very happy to draw up an itinerary and guide Kathie and Mick Claydon around Asturias and Cantabria in early September this year. We saw plenty of birds, 40 species of butterflies and at least 7 Brown Bears! We had great weather and all shared enthusiasm for the fauna and flora we managed to encounter. The company was enjoyable too, so that it just did not feel like work &#8211; what else could we ask for (apart from wolves)?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1085\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1085\" data-attachment-id=\"1085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birding-and-wildlife-trips\/northern-spain-mammals-birds-and-butterflies-of-asturias-and-cantabria\/attachment\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos.jpg?fit=400%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Happy bear watchers\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Watching Brown Bears in Asturias&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Watching Brown Bears in Asturias&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos.jpg?fit=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos.jpg?fit=400%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1085\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos-300x226.jpg?resize=300%2C226\" alt=\"Watching Brown Bears in Asturias\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bearwatchingasturiaspicos.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watching Brown Bears in Asturias<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1086\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1086\" data-attachment-id=\"1086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birding-and-wildlife-trips\/northern-spain-mammals-birds-and-butterflies-of-asturias-and-cantabria\/attachment\/kathasturiaspicos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kathasturiaspicos.jpg?fit=400%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Admiring the scenery in Asturias\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kath admiring the scenery in Asturias just before we spotted a Wallcreeper&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kath admiring the scenery in Asturias&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kathasturiaspicos.jpg?fit=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kathasturiaspicos.jpg?fit=400%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kathasturiaspicos-300x228.jpg?resize=300%2C228\" alt=\"Kath admiring the scenery in Asturias\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kathasturiaspicos.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kathasturiaspicos.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kath admiring the scenery in Asturias<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1087\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1087\" data-attachment-id=\"1087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birding-and-wildlife-trips\/northern-spain-mammals-birds-and-butterflies-of-asturias-and-cantabria\/attachment\/wolfwatchingpicos1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wolfwatchingpicos1.jpg?fit=400%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Searching for wolves in Cantabria\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;An early morning search for wolves in the mountains of Cantabria was unsuccessful&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Searching for wolves in Cantabria&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wolfwatchingpicos1.jpg?fit=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wolfwatchingpicos1.jpg?fit=400%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wolfwatchingpicos1-300x226.jpg?resize=300%2C226\" alt=\"Wolves in Cantabria\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wolfwatchingpicos1.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wolfwatchingpicos1.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Searching for wolves in Cantabria<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trip report by Kathie Claydon. To read just click on this link: Northern Spain: A trip report by Kathie Claydon We were very happy to draw up an itinerary and guide Kathie and Mick Claydon around Asturias and Cantabria in early September this year. We saw plenty of birds, 40 species of butterflies and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-and-wildlife-trips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7I752-hr","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}