On my recent 2 day hiking trip to the breathtaking Plateau of Fuorcla da Rims (Google Maps) near Scuol in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, I was very lucky in coming across a chamois and being able to focus my video camera on it in time. To my pleasant surprise, a second chamois, to me […]
Bee Eaters at East Leake Nottinghamshire
A day off work gave me the opportunity to travel up the M1 where a party of Bee-eaters have set up home and look like trying to produce some little Bee-eaters with a little luck. The RSPB has set up safe viewing with the help of a local farmer and the quarry owners. We paid […]
Anderson’s Rock Agama – Tanoumah
Whilst birdwatching in the Tanoumah area, in the mountains of southwest Saudi Arabia, I came across a very well camouflaged Anderson’s Rock Agama. This species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula, where it is found in west and south Arabia, from Taif (Saudi Arabia) in the north to Dhofar (Oman) in the east. It is […]
Praying Mantises Released for Pest Control Are Hunting Hummingbirds
New research documents that mantises worldwide are eating small birds; in the US, invasive mantis species are devouring hummingbirds. If the headline weren’t startling enough, the photos are even worse. There is an order to predators and prey that feels normal – like, birds eat insects. And when the script it flipped it can feel […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 08 Jul 2017
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
Mongolia – 17th May (Day 10) – Kholboolj Lakes and Barig Mountain
We had a very peaceful nights sleep in our tents beside Kholboolj Lake (45°20’12” N 100°49’36” E) and awoke to the sounds of Pallas’s Sandgrouse commuting to the lake for their morning watering. After breakfast beside the lake watching Pallas’s Sandgrouse come and go plus two Pallas’s Gull fly-by we packed the Land Cruiser’s and […]
Cream Coloured Coursers – Jubail
Whilst birding Jubail with Phil we came across two juvenile Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor a locally common breeding resident of all scrub desert areas, but a species not often seen due to its habitat preferences. This was the first time I had seen the species in Jubail although Phil had seen them there once before. […]
Bobito Chico (Cuban Pewee) Contopus caribaeus (d´Orbigny, 1839)
El 29 de Enero de este año me dispuse a madrugar para recorrer caminando por la playa desde el hotel Memories hacia el extremo de Varadero, salí antes del amanecer porque había que recorrer 4,5 kilómetros y aprovechando que ví el cielo estrellado no dudé, preparé mi equipo, cargué una botella de 1 litro con […]