May, guiding and demanding kids makes blogging difficult! Yesterday I guided Gene and Susan from Minnesota and we had a great day under a hot sun. Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Shoveler, Ruff, Wryneck, Osprey, Icterine, Reed and Sedge Warbler plus all three flycatchers was a pretty good showing. Today, as forecast, we had rain in […]
Nesting Nuthatch
A pair of Nuthatches are nesting in their usual tree in the local copse. I always just like to sit and watch them go about their lives.
Churrinche (Vermillion Flycatcher) Pyrocephalus rubinus
Durante las últimas veces que recorrí la Reserva del Arroyo Itá pude encontrarme con varios individuos de esta especie migratoria, coincidiendo con los registros anteriores para la misma época del año nuevamente pude registrar a individuos juveniles que se quedan por estas latitudes para pasar el invierno, o quizás esperan un poco mas de tiempo […]
The impact of plastic on our oceans
Around 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans, with these vast, wondrous bodies of water an essential part of our planet’s lifecycle. Plastic, however, is a serious threat to our oceans, and the wildlife that are so dependent on them. Ocean pollution is a huge issue, with plastic a particularly prominent pollutant. Researchers […]
Common Kingfisher (Alcedinidae) Having a good stretch
Watching nature you often see them doing mostly the “I know you’re there” act regardless of how well you camouflage yourself or make yourself look like a bush. It makes it a treat when you can make a species so comfortable with you that they “ignore you” and go about their daily lives such […]
Little Ringed Plover & Grey Plover
Davidstow airfield (Cornwall) usually turns up one or two waders passing through in the spring, on driving around the runways I was pleased to find this Little Ringed Plover feeding beside a pool, this is not a common bird in this part of the country and this was the best views I’ve had of one. […]
Catita enana (Blue-winged Parrotlet) Forpus xanthopterygius
Durante la mañana del pasdo 18 de Abril mientras hacía un rato de terapia en la Reserva del Arroyo Itá me llamó la atención la cantidad de Catitas enana que veía, me detuve unos instantes para intentar observar hacia donde se dirigían y pude ver que luego de cruzar volando el arroyo se posaban en […]
Rock Semaphore Gecko – Raydah Escarpment
Whilst birding the bottom valley of the Raydah Escarpment I saw a Rock Semaphore Gecko Pristurus rupestris also known as Blandford’s Semaphore Gecko. This is a tiny gecko which, like other members of the genus Pristurus, is notable for being active during the day rather that at night. Whereas most other geckos are nocturnal and […]