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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pandachris" data-source="post: 1555855" data-attributes="member: 29914">The raptor point might be a lot of effort, John. It's probably a taxi ride from Tibidabo (Crested Tit and Red Squirrel there last September) or a long walk, to the "Mirador del Arrabassada" (I take no responsibility for the correctness of that particular spelling) and then a further walk past the dog rescue place which is across the road and right from the Mirador. I won't really know until we give this a try next month - Stephen might be able to fill in the (yawning) gaps. It's probably likely to be 'just birds' although I understand that a Boar was seen in the city, not far from this area recently. If he's there during the festival (23rd-27th) then he might be better advised to spend his time spotting the mythical beasts, dragons, and so on that abound at this time of year ... and of course there are all those Monk Parakeets. I'm sure there must be dolphins not too far away but we haven't had a sniff despite several "sea watches" in the last couple of years. If he's lucky, he might see one of these ...<a href="http://avengerpenguins.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=15965" target="_blank">http://avengerpenguins.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=15965</a> We saw Long-tailed Blue butterflies near the mouth of Riu Besos (see above) but the area is a bit rough. We're considerig trying to get to the El Prat de Llobregat reserve, which is reachable by public transport and is probably worth a look just for the name. There might be terrapins there.</blockquote>

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