tábano : horse fly
See Bites and stings in Spain + Land invertebrates in Spain
tabayones (Ast.) : cascades
tabla : watertable and where this reaches ground level, as in the surfacing of waters in Las Tablas de Damiel
tabora (Cant) : bog; marsh
tajo : cleft; steep cliff.
talud : slope; bank; talus
tarabilla canaria : Canary islands stonechat : Saxicola dacotiae
tarabilla común : common stonechat : Saxicola torquata
tarabilla norteña : whinchat : Saxicola rubetra
tarro blanco : common shelduck : Tadorna tadorna
tarro canelo : ruddy shelduck : Tadorna ferruginea
tartera (Cat.) : scree
tasugo (Cant): badger
tejo : yew
tejón : badger : Meles meles. Click for article on Badger in Spain
tejonera : badger's set
tela de araña : cobweb
tempestad : storm
temporal : storm
terremoto : earthquake :
terrera común : short-toed lark : Calandrella brachydactyla
terrera marismeña : lesser short-toed lark : Calandrella rufescens
teso : low flat-topped hill
tijereta : earwig
tocón : tree stump
tolla : bog
tolmo : large rock; crag
topillo agreste : field vole : Microtus agrestis
topillo campesino : common vole : Microtus arvalis
topillo de Cabrera : Cabrera's vole : Microtus cabrerae
topillo lusitano : Lusitanian pine vole : Microtus lusitanicus
topillo mediterráneo : Mediterranean pine vole : Microtus duodecimcostatus
topillo pirenaico : Pyrenean pine vole : Microtus gerbei
topillo rojo : bank vole : Clethrionomys glareolus
topo europeo : common mole : Talpa europaea
topo ibérico : Iberian mole : Talpa occidentalis
torca : Circular depression with steep sides due to collapse of land, as in Las Torcas de Cuenca
torcal : Limestone area with torcas .
torcecuello : wryneck : Jynx torquilla
torillo andaluz : small button-quail : Turnix sylvatica
torrent (Cat.) : torrente
torrente : fast-flowing stream, usually temporary
torrentera : gully :
tórtola europea : european turtle dove : Streptopelia turtur
tórtola turca : eurasian collared dove : Streptopelia decaocto
totovía : wood lark : Lullula arborea
tozal : summit of a hill from which there is a view of the surrounding area.
trampal : peat bog
tramuntana (Cat.) : northerly wind blowing from the Pyrnees down the Catalan coast
transhumancia : transhumance
tremedal : peat bog
trepador azul : european nuthatch : Sitta europaea
trepador(a) : creeper (plant); climber (animal)
treparriscos : wallcreeper : Tichodroma muraria
trigal : wheat field
trigo : wheat
triguero : corn bunting : Miliaria calandra
tritón: newt
troj : place used for storing cereals
troje : troj
tromba de agua : downpour
tronco : trunk (tree)
truébanu (Ast) : beehive
trujal : winepress; oil press; oil mill
tuc (Cat): jagged peak
tudanca (Cant):
Breed of black, long-horned cattle from Cantabria. Its short front legs are an adaptation to the steep slopes of the Cabuérniga and Nansa Valleys in the Cantabrian mountains . Also characterised by white patching over eyes known as the Sanguijuela. Nowadays is bred exclusively for its frankly superb meat. Picture here . The bull is almost jet black like a typical Spanish one. Moved up to the high pastures to graze on 15th-16th June until where they are left until October. There are reckoned to be some 15,000 left, many of which are probably mixed with Frisian or other cows. Considered to be "endangered" Brief but excellent Tudanca lover site here , where we learn the terms:
duenda: a cow which pulls a cart
bello : 0-1 year-old cow
rechao: 1-2 year-old cow
castraorio: 2-3 year-old cow
