Osprey and Bearded Vulture: Flying Again in the Cantabrian Mountains

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Osprey and Bearded Vulture: Flying Again in the Cantabrian Mountains

An experience dedicated to these two great birds of prey: the osprey and the bearded vulture, which are once again flying in the Bay of Santander (Cantabria) and the Picos de Europa (Asturias), respectively.

Description

Travel and accommodation are at the client's expense, for greater convenience and flexibility in visitor scheduling. We will arrange the two guided birdwatching activities focused on these two spectacular birds. The first day is a guided boat tour along the Miera River estuary in the Bay of Santander, and the second day focuses on a visit to the Asturian side of the Picos de Europa National Park.

The experience in detail

Activities

The activity will take place in the Covadonga Lakes area, where the adaptation cages for vultures from the Pyrenees and, since 2024, also from Cazorla, are located. They will spend a period of time in these cages before being released.

At Mirador de la Reina is the food distribution point used to teach young bearded vultures a social habit. Fridays are the best days to carry out this activity, as it is the food distribution day and therefore the busiest.

Program

Day 1

The first day is a guided boat tour that runs along the estuary of the Miera River in the Bay of Santander, and goes about 5 nautical miles upriver with interpretation of 2 Natura 2000 areas, and focusing on bird watching, with the Osprey as the flagship species (since to go up the Miera River basin a period of high tide is necessary, we annually schedule the days and times when this service can be carried out).

Day 2

The second day focuses on a visit to the Asturian part of the Picos de Europa National Park, a Natura 2000 network and Biosphere Reserve. The bearded vulture reintroduction project is being carried out here.

Included services

Travel Guide

Ecotourism Commitment

Fishing eagle:

10% of the fee goes to the Osprey conservation project that we, through the Osprey Centre Collective, lead in the Bay of Santander.

Osprey Recovery Project

Osprey:

5% is allocated to the bearded vulture reintroduction project through the Bearded Vulture Conservation Foundation.
Collaboration with the FCQ in cage adaptation work.

Sustainable tourism

Fishing eagle:
Since 2019, we have been measuring carbon dioxide emissions and offsetting emissions that we have not been able to reduce through the United Nations Clean Mechanism.