After leaving home at 4am this morning we found ourselves walking down the lane to the old mill in the village of Llan-mill in Pembrokeshire by 7.30am. As we approached the MP Simon Harts home we were greeted by another birder who directed us into the back garden which overlooks the large flooded pond where […]
Category: Wildlife
A Canary Islands Pelagic November 2017
I only included two species here, Cory’s Shearwater and Leach’s Storm Petrel photos from a pelagic trip SW of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain. November 2017. (Map below.) All of the Cory’s photos are of 1st year birds as the adults move south westwards to winter around Brazil. We were in a small boat […]
White-spotted Pansy – Raydah Escarpment
Whilst birdwatching the bottom valley of the Raydah Escarpment in the Asir Mountains of southwest Saudi Arabia, I came across and photographed a White-spotted Pansy or White-spotted Commodore Precis limnoria. This is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of savanna […]
Cigüita de Río – Northern Waterthrush / Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Acá estoy…disfrutando por tercera vez de mi viaje a República Dominicana; porqué la tercera????…. la primera fue cuando lo planificamos en familia, la segunda fue cuando estuvimos allí viviendo unas vacaciones soñadas, y ahora la tercera, cómodamente sentado frente a la computadora editando fotografías y gracias a los recuerdos vuelvo a revivir las experiencias vividas […]
Return to Bowland
At long last the weather had warmed up and Spring was well and truly on the way in fact for a few days it was more like Summer with temperatures soaring into the seventies!! Nature responded and migrants started arriving and spring flowers were blooming. I decided therefore to visit Bowland where I hadn’t been […]
Nightingales in the valley
After a very difficult week at work I needed a little birding therapy this morning without the driving so an early run over to Fishers Green gave me just the wind down I needed. The dawn chorus was in full swing as I arrived with at least three Nightingales singing and waiting for the girls […]
Arañero cara negra (Masked yellowthroat) Geothlypis aequinoctialis
De la mini salida que hicimos con Nico al Arroyo Mártires de la Ciudad de Posadas el pasado 10 de MArzo comparto en esta entrada estas fotografías de una hembra de Arañero cara negra bastante confiada, que se acercó bastante a las cámaras permitiéndonos obtener interesantes resultados fotográficos.
Results of the Best Photo of the Month April 2018
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Jose Garcia Allievi wins First Prize for his brilliant image “Vanished – Megascops Choliba”. Noushka Wildlife wins Second Prize for her brilliant image “Giraffe Knot!”. Third Prize goes to Kevin Bartlett for his inspiring photo “Yellow-fronted Woodpeckers”. See detailed results below: (click on […]