A walk on the wild side: the Iberian Lynx
In front of us the ochre earth glowed dully as the sun crept higher. At dawn the bird activity had been constant; more than thirty species had touched down amid a small swirls of dust. The Red legged partridges ( Fr. Pedrix rouge ) walked in in family groups, hesitant, coming from afar in the scrubby bushes and burnt grass; the rabbits ( Fr. Lapin de garenne ) singly or in twos. All the larger species were wary, never staying for long to drink; a quick bath, a splatter of drops. The main preys of the Iberian Lynx; rabbit and Red-legged Partridge. By mid-morning it was mainly silent, save the quiet whir of the tiny fans we had to combat the heat, the mechanical click of our cameras; the occasional chatter of the magpie gangs, scruffy and down at heel, no longer ...