Ernest Garcia
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A pair of Lammergeiers Gypaetus barbatus is currently incubating eggs at a nest in the Picos de Europa in the Cantabrian Range, N Spain. This is the first recorded instance of nesting in the Picos since the 1930s and the first in the Range since the 1960s. The pair, which was formed in 2014, is derived from a reintroduction programme using translocated Pyrenean birds. Two further pairs, this time derived from released captive-bred individuals, are nesting in Andalucía, in the Sierras de Cazorla and Segura - formerly also a traditional haunt.
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