Praying Mantis or Mantid – Quite a common insect. Two forms are around – the green one like this female and the beige coloured form. We have lots of young ones in the shrubbery right now.
Praying Mantis or Mantid – Quite a common insect. Two form are around the green one like this female and the beige coloured from. We have lots of young ones in the shrubbery right now
Andalusian Wall Lizard – I took this shot on the coast
Not exactly in our garden but Common Dolphins are very close to us out on The Strait of Gibraltar. Last week wee took a family short boat trip out to watch some of the dolphins in the Bay of Gibraltar. It’s always lovely to watch these lovely mammals having fun following the boat
Egyptian Grasshopper detail. A common garden insect and fairly large into the bargain
Egyptian Grasshoppers can be quite variable in colour and seems to be able to blend in with it’s surroundings
Empusa fasciata is a type of mantid or mantis and is very small. This is one on an Apricot tree
Fly – detail. Most compound eyes of colourful insects are quite fascinating and using a hand-held macro lens on my Canon, I can get fairly good results
Passion Fruit flower – one of the summer blooms that’s not only pretty but attracts a lot of flying insects to our garden
Montpellier’s Snake – fortunately outside our garden! I took this photo a few weeks ago on the coast
Marsh Frog are frequent visitors in the swimming pool and mostly move around in winter
Ocellated Lizard – We have seen this huge reptile a few times in our garden, usually skulking around the compost
Mammoth Wasp on Wild Onion flower. Wasp is an intimidating – It looks quite an intimidating insect, but despite its black and yellow ‘warning’ colours, it is not at all dangerous to people. They are large impressive insects and females may grow to reach 4.5cmlong with males being a little smaller
Emperor Moth
Humming Bird Hawk Moth
Painted Lady
Scarce Swallowtail newly emerged in our garden
Scarce Swallowtail Wing detail
Clouded Yellow
Montpellier’s Snake – fortunately outside our garden! I took this photo a few weeks ago on the coast
Mediterranean Chameleon in our Loquat tree
Iberian or Sharp-ribbed Newt is an infrequent garden visitor here near the Barbate marismas. It uses a very odd type of defence when attacked whereby it forces its rib bones through it’s skin that come through like barbs… You can read more about this rare and threatened creature here
The newt or salamander as it’s sometimes called, has a rather flat head and the most amazing eye pattern and colours
The newt or salamander as it’s sometimes called, has a rather flat head and the most amazing eye pattern and colours
Visit my website to learn more about my activities as a guide in the Andalucia region of Spain.
Stephen Daly, has been birding since he was eight years old in his native Scotland. After living in Germany and France he established Andalucian Guides the successful birding and wildlife tour company on The Strait of Gibraltar in Spain and has been living here since 2001. Photographing birds in flight is one passion and his photos can be found in many books, magazines and journals. Studying bird behaviour and bird migration are two other positive aspects of being based on one of the busiest migration routes on Earth.
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Carol Duke
Wow! What an array of creatures in your garden Stephen! Fabulous photography!
Wow! What an array of creatures in your garden Stephen! Fabulous photography!