eider común : common eider : Somateria mollissima
elanio común : black-shouldered kite : Elanus caeruleus
embalse : reservoir
embassament (Cat.) : reservoir
encainada ( Ast . esp. Picos de Europa ) : fog :
encañada : drover's road as it passes through a gorge
encinar : holm oak wood
ensenada : inlet; creek
ería ( Ast .) : cultivated land
erial : uncultivated land
erizo europeo : western hedgehog : Erinaceus europaeus
erizo moruno : Algerian hedgehog : Atelerix algirus
ermita : hermitage
erraj : small pieces of charcoal made from ground olive stones
erreka ( Eus .) : stream
escama : scale (reptile) :
escanda : emmer wheat :
escañeto (Cant.) : bear cub
escarabajo : beetle
escarabajo pelotero : dung beetle
escarcha : frost
escarpa : escarpment; scarp; slope.
escobio ( Ast .) gorge : :
escolancio/esculibiertu ( Ast ) : slowworm :
escolopendra : megarian banded centipede ( Scolopendra cingulata )
Photo of Megarian Banded Centipede kindly sent to me by Clive of Natural Images. Clive runs guided walking tours in the Sierra de Grazalema
See megarian banded centipede
escorpión amarillo (or alacrán ) : Mediterranean scorpion ( Buthus occitanus )
See Scorpions in Spain
escorrentía : run-off
escribano cerillo : yellowhammer : Emberiza citrinella
escribano hortelano : ortolan bunting : Emberiza hortulana
escribano montesino : rock bunting : Emberiza cia
escribano nival : snow bunting : Plectrophenax nivalis
escribano palustre : reed bunting : Emberiza schoeniclus
escribano pigmeo : little bunting : Emberiza pusilla
escribano soteño : cirl bunting : Emberiza cirlus
escuerzo (col.) toad
esmerejón : merlin : Falco columbarius
espátula común : eurasian spoonbill : Platalea leucorodia
espeleología : caving
espolón : spur (physical)
espluga (Cat.) : cave, as in Esplugues de Llobregat
esquileo : sheering
esquisto : schist
establo : stable
estanque : pond
estany (Cat.) : lake; pond
estepa : steppe
estero : estuary; temporary pool
estiércol : dung
estornino negro : spotless starling : Sturnus unicolor
estornino pinto : common starling : Sturnus vulgaris
estrella de mar : starfish
Starfish from the Costa da Morte in Galicia. which at first sight seems to have almost recovered from the Prestige disaster, seabirds aside..I don't know how mush the biodiversity has been affected but the biomass is back (crabs, carpets of mussels and percebes -pedunculate barnacle???- all along, great snorkling, and more starfish than I've seen. I know squat about the sea but Jim Greenfield over at wild-spain identified them for me:
The two on the left are Marthasterias glacialis commonly called the Spiny Starfish. Like many things marine, there can be significant colour variation within the specie. The two colours here are typical of Marthasterias. I think the one on the right is Asterias rubens otherwise called the Common Starfish. Usually it is a lighter colour - brown/yellow with a touch of red is typical but it is also found in violet as here. It really is a very common beast and can occur in colossal numbers at times. Here's what Jim's got to say about the Islas Medas:
estrecho : strait
estribaciones : foothills; spurs
estribo : spur
eucalipto : eucalyptus
see role of eucalyptus in Fires in Spain
embalse English translation
reservoirs in Spain
reservoir in Spanish
encañada in English
encinar in English
holm oak woods in Spain
Spanish translation holm oak wood
ensenada English translation
inlet in Spanish
creek in Spanish
erial in English
ermita in English
Spanish translation hermitage
escama en English
scale in Spanish
escanda in English
emmer wheat in Spanish
escarabajo English translation
beetles in Spain
beetle in Spanish
escarabajo pelotero in English
Spanish translation dung beetle
escarcha in English
frost in Spain
frost in Spanish
escarpa in English
escarpment in Spanish
scarp in Spanish
escolopendra in English
megarian banded centipede in Spanish
escorpión amarillo en English
Mediterranean scorpion in Spanish
espeleología English translation
caving in Spanish
esquileo in English
sheering in Spain
sheering in Spanish
esquisto in English
schist in Spanish
establo English translation
Spanish translation stable
estanque in English
pond in Spanish
estepa in English
steppes in Spain
steppe in Spanish
estero in English
estuaries in Spain
estuary in Spanish
estiércol English translation
dung in Spanish
estrella de mar in English
starfish in Spain
Spanish translation starfish
estrecho in English
straits in Spain
strait in Spanish
estribaciones in English
foothills in Spanish
spurs in Spanish
estribo in English
spur in Spanish
eucalipto in English
eucalyptus in Spain
eucalyptus in Spanish