Chamois herds in the Pyrenees

Female group with her calfs, in an alpine meadow.

Like gregarious animals that they are, the chamois can form herds of more than 30 specimens. These groups are usually made up of females and their young or males. In the heat period, the groups of males join the groups of females. This separation of the groups by gender (except in the mating period), we can also see it in the Iberian ibex. Thanks to the absence of trees in the supra-forest meadows, it is easy and beautiful to observe the herds of chamois in them.

Females with calfs in a rocky zone.

Like other large herbivorous mammals, meeting in groups is very useful for their survival, since they can warn each other in case of danger and being a large group gives them some protection against predators.

Chamois herd in the Cadí mountains.

Reproduction of the chamois

Chamois in the Cadí rocks

Chamois in the Bonaigua

Chamois in Pyrenees

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Griffon vulture in the Pyrenees

Fog in La Noguera viewed from Montsec

Gray whelk in the pyrenees

View ofl Pallars Jussa

Winter in the Bonaiga pass