On our last full day in Iberia (19 May) we spent the morning birding in a few sites around Arrocampo reservoir, north of Trujillo. It’s a large reservoir with some birding infrastructure in the northern arms. I haven’t heard about this site until a few days before, and it was surprisingly good there. There is […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 27 May 2017
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. John Anderson wins First Prize for his brilliant capture “Arctic Tern Feeding Juvenile”. Marcia Young is awarded Second Prize for her outstanding image “Mt. Kilimanjaro Na Tembo”. Third Prize goes to Bob Shepardson with “Nap Time”. See detailed results below: (click on […]
Pelícano pardo (Brown Pelican) Pelecanus occidentalis
Durante mi viaje a Cuba tuve la suerte de poder observar y fotografiar durante todos los días que estuve en Varadero al Pelícano pardo, una de las aves que tenía ganas de conocer y no me defraudó para nada. Lo podía ver todos los días sobrevolando el mar y en ocasiones zonas aledañas demostrando toda […]
Steppe Eagles – Tanoumah to Abha road
Whilst in the southwest of the Kingdom in April, Phil Roberts and I came across a group of eight mainly second calendar year Steppe Eagles. The birds appeared to be migrating along the escarpment edge. It is diffuclt to know if these birds were wintering birds from the region moving north or birds from Africa […]
Night Heron Dingle Park
On the way up north on Wednesday for a work thing I stopped off in Shrewsbury to look for the Night Heron that’s spent a couple of weeks there. I Parked up at the entrance to Dingle Park paid the £3 for 2 hours parking and followed the signs for the Quarry and within seconds […]
Blaze-winged Parakeet, Chiripepé de ala anaranjada (Pyrrhura devillei)
Mucho tiempo llevo tratando de identificar estas fotografías que voy a mostrar en esta entrada, resulta ser que por la zona que estuvo Luis en el Pantanal frecuentan las 3 especies de Psittacidos (loros) del género Pyrrhura, el Chiripepé cabeza parda, el Chiripepé cabeza verde, y este Chiripepé o Cotorra de Deville. No dispongo de […]
Blandford’s Lark in the Talea’a Valley – Abha
The Talea’a Valley near Abha is in the Asir mountains in southwest Saudi Arabia and is a large upland wadi with stony ground and acacia trees growing in the bottom. The valley is hot and dry and any area of water attracts a steady stream of birds in the summer coming down to drink so […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 27 May 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. […]