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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GXMegson" data-source="post: 2928081" data-attributes="member: 63608">Successful February trip to see Iberian lynxMark Askew and I stayed in the Sierra de Andujar Natural Park from Mon 3 to Sat 8 Feb 2014.  We were well looked after by Mercedes and her husband Roland at the Villa Matilde [mailto:villamatilde@villamatilde.org]We were told that there were virtually no sightings of Iberian lynx in Dec 2013, but some in Jan.There are two recommended viewpoints.We spent the whole of 4 Feb viewing from La Lancha but saw no lynx, being told later that one or two had been seen that day at the Jandula dam along the Encinarejo Trail.The morning of 5 Feb was heavy rain, but we stuck it out at the Jandula dam and saw a collared Iberian lynx from 4-6pm.  It gave us good views on the opposite side of the river.On 6 Feb we had a day out on the Extremadura plains at Embalse de la Serena, seeing great and little bustards, black-bellied and pin-tailed sandgrouse, calandra larks and many other good birds.  We also saw an Iberian hare.On 7 Feb we saw a second lynx about 1km before the La Lancha viewpoint and this one we watched and photographed for about 20 minutes as it traversed a slope and then crossed the road some 30m ahead of us.Other mammals seen on the trip included mouflon, Spanish ibex, red and fallow deer.  We also saw stripeless tree frog, natterjack, common (females get to 6”), spadefoot and green toads.  Watch out for fire salamander which we missed – a Spanish group photographed one but we could not re-locate it.  The Sierra is also excellent for golden and Spanish imperial eagles.Graham Megson & Mark Askew</blockquote>

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