A Brand new series of children’s books will be released in the UK in the coming years to help inspire the next generation about British wildlife. The first book is a story about Kittiwakes in the North-East of England which havecolonisedthe city of Newcastle during the breeding season and have become the first inland colony […]
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Caracolero (Snail Kite)
Sobrevolando el sector aledaño a la toma de agua en la reserva Rincón Santa María este Caracolero se mantuvo a una buena distancia del lugar en el que estábamos apostados en la búsqueda de los esquivos Capuchinos para nosotros. En el suelo encontramos muchos restos de caracoles, pero el sujeto de la foto se resistía […]
Mostrando la panza
Hoy me desperté con un poco de frío mas temprano de lo habitual, mientras me preparaba un mate escuchaba mucha actividad de picaflores en el patio, cuando abro la puerta me encuentro con un día Domingo nublado, ventoso y con la temperatura bastante baja para esta altura del año lo que hizo que las abejas […]
Birding around Rabigh
I visiting my friend and long time birding colleague Brian James last weekend. He lives at Thuwal north of Jeddah. On Thursday morning we set out north with fellow birders Dan and Alice towards Yanbu. We birded the Yanbu area and over the weekend we saw over 115 species. This is even more than my […]
Pato capuchino (Silver teal)
Mientras revisaba los primeros Dvd´s que grabé para hacer el backup de las primeras fotos que saqué allá por el 2010 encontré la carpeta de las fotos de una de las mejores jornadas de avistaje de aves en el Jardín Botánico de Posadas, mentalmente regresé en el tiempo y volví a recordar los momentos vividos […]
Rain Sun Rain
Our newly arrived Red-Rumped Swallows start the task of nest building, feeding as the go. Black-eared Wheatears have been arriving with the lovely male photographed on the 15th. With a backdrop of the Grazalema mountain range Greater Flamingoes create a pink hue across the landscape as they move into feed at Venta La Palma on […]
New Workshops Announced
Finally all that snow is starting to clear up. Personally I quite like the cold and the snow, it keeps my joints tight and not inflamed and it keeps me alert. Things have really been taking off in the past two weeks with a lot of planning going into new workshops which are now live […]
European Roe Deer: spring moult!
Capreolus capreolus – Cervidae – Capreolinae – as all mammals deers moult twice a year, in spring and in autumn; from darkish brown the hair will turn a bright orangey colour in a few weeks from now: Comme beaucoup de mammifères, nos chien inclus, les chevreuils muent 2 fois par an, au printemps et à […]