We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Bob Shepardson wins First Prize for his brilliant capture “Mothers Love”. Antonis Tsaknakis is awarded Second Prize for his outstanding image “Bee-eater on Flight”. Third Prize goes to Sherry Shepardson with “Brotherly Love”. See detailed results below: (click on thumbnails for full […]
Mongolia – 11th May (Day 4) – Travel from Ullanbataar to Dalanzadgad
Today was mainly a driving day 570km south from Ulaanbaatar to Dalanzadgad passing through the Gobi Desert with a few stops, mainly at lakes, en-route. The landscape was vast, stark and barren, mainly flat with a few rocky outcrops and dominated by gravel plains with sparse grass. The common birds here were Horned Lark, Asian […]
Lavandera (White-headed marsh-Tyrant) Arundinicola leucocephala
De mi última visita al Portal Cambyretá elegí esta serie de fotografias de dos hembras de Lavandera que pude fotografiar junto a Willy y Lucho en el pasado mes de Enero; solo comparto fotos de la hembra porque del macho no quedé conforme con ninguna de las tomas que pude sacar. […]
Breeding Black Redstarts
My posts all refer to the previous day at the moment – a good sign as I am obviously being kept busy. I am really knackered by long trips and survey work so had no big ambitions for yesterday (and left early for Hedmark this morning). I ended up cycling into town to see if […]
Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota)
On my 3 day hiking adventure in the national park of Switzerland and it’s surroundings, I was lucky enough to video capture some marmots (Marmota marmota). My journey includes the beautiful Val Mora. A pristine valley sitting between two high rising mountain ranges in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is […]
Corncrake – crex crex
When I awoke to rain and low cloud this morning the only thing I thought about was how silly I had been to hang washing out to dry overnight. I have clearly moved on from migration modus and into breeding bird modus. If I had still my migration antenna up I may have chosen to […]
Gavilán planeador (Long-winged Harrier) Circus buffoni
3 fueron los registros de Gavilán planeador que tuvimos durante la mañana del 13 de Enero pasado en el camino de ingreso al nuevo Parque Nacional Iberá en el Portal Cambyretá, en esta entrada comparto las dos mejores fotografías que pude obtener de dos individuos que mas cerca nuestro estuvieron. Pueden ver a dos fases […]
Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
On my 3 day hiking adventure in the national park of Switzerland and it’s surroundings, I was lucky enough to video capture two wild chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra). My journey includes the beautiful Val Mora. A pristine valley sitting between two high rising mountain ranges in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is […]