A few images, taken either during fieldwork or leisure, of those mountain forest of beech (Fagus sylvatica), oak (Quercus petraea) and birch (Betula pubescens) where Cantabrian capercaillie dwells.

beech1.jpg
Spring habitat
in beech forest 1
 beech4.jpg
Spring habitat
in beech forest 2
 oak1.jpg
Early spring
in oak forest
 oak2.jpg
Early autumn
in oak forest
oakwinter.jpg
Heavy snowfall in
oak forest lek
 birchoakwinter.jpg
Birch / oak forest
in winter
 oakproper1.jpg
One of the best places.
Oak forest, western range.
 landscape2.jpg
Good, continuous beach
forest. Eastern range.
subalpine.jpg
A view from the
subalpine (limestone)
 landscape3.jpg
Brooms, meadows and
beach on limestone
 broodingoak.jpg
Brooding area in
oak forest
 subbirchbeech.jpg
Subalpine and birch
topping beech forest
oakwinter.jpg
Nesting habitat
 birchoakwinter.jpg
Treeline
 oakproper1.jpg
Muniellos Integral Reserve
 landscape2.jpg
Muniellos Integral Reserve

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