Humans have an enormous impact upon the planet, dramatically affecting natural ecosystems and wildlife habitats, with our industry, energy generation, and urbanisation changing how many species live. While there is now greater emphasis being placed on sustainability, such as wildlife conservation and a focus on renewable energy sources, there are still problems we must address. […]
Category: Wildlife
Piojito común (White-crested tyrannulet) Serpophaga subcristata
En esta entrada comparto esta serie de fotografías de otro de los modelitos que se portó muy bien durante la breve visita realizada en horas de la mañana del día miércoles a la Reserva del Arroyo Itá. En el lugar que elegí para montar guardia a los pocos minutos una bandada de piojitos que alcancé […]
Arabian Wheatear – Tanoumah & An Namas
Whilst birding the Tanoumah and An Namas area of the Asir Mountains I saw plenty of Arabian Wheatears at many different sites. The Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides is a rather uncommon resident of the south-west highlands, but is also found in Oman, Palestine and Yemen, mainly in rocky, bushy sites. It is widespread on the […]
The Desert Locust – Abha area
The Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria situation was calm during early 2018 due to poor rainfall and ecological conditions throughout most of the spring breeding areas in northwest Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The desert locust can form plagues and threaten agricultural production in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, something it has done for centuries. […]
European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) – Video
On my recent 3 day hiking trip from the Swiss to the Italian National Park in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland and Lombardy in Italy, I was very fortunate in getting a shot of two Roe Deer. To my amazement one deer ran straight up to me, stood there in awe for a second and […]
Mosqueta pico pala (Common tody-Tyrant) Todirostrum cinereum
Hoy a la mañana durante una breve escapadita a la Reserva del Arroyo Itá poniendo en práctica la técnica que vengo usando desde hace ya un tiempo atrás (y pienso seguir en la misma, disfruté durante casi media hora de 6 de estas mosquetas que por primera vez las veo cerca del puente peatonal de […]
Thunbergi Yellow Wagtails – Jubail
Whilst birding the Jubail area in early May I came across a small group of thunbergi Yellow Wagtails. They are also known as Grey-headed Wagtail and occur from Scandinavia eastwards to northwest Siberia and they winter mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and across South & southeast Asia. Yellow Wagtails are common in Jubail throughout the spring […]
White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) in Germany
I’ve always been fond of dippers ever since I went on my first Cub Scout camp with my older brother to the River Tweed at Drumelzier, Biggar, Scotland. We had seen dippers before but these seemed really tame but we later found out they were nesting under the bridge right beside our camp as was […]