Iberian Tree Frog (Hyla arborea molleri) Yesterday my friend, Javi, and I went to Piedrabuena with our bikes for a cycle up into the woods to see what we could see. The bird life was a bit slow at that time of the afternoon, but we managed to see Cuckoos […]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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Wildlflowers near Porzuna I haven’t been able to get out much this past 10 days due to back pain so I am digging through some old shots of those most colourful wildflowers, or weeds as some people call them, poppies. Found in wasteland, amongst crops, roadsides all around they add […]
Butterfly Orchid (Anacamptis papilionacea), a photo by HibernoManchego on Flickr. Some of the recent rain we have had is starting to bring out some of the orchids. So far I have only seen 2 species but after the bit of rain again this past weekend I look forward to seeing […]
A bit of a long entry today, but I thought that I would write about the various species of wagtails we have in Western Europe. Within this group of birds made up of Pipits and Wagtails they provide a huge diversity of regional subspecies each with their own characteristics. We […]
Bateleur female (Terathopius ecaudatus) I can’t believe it. I have just seen the news yesterday that a juvenile Bateleur Eagle has been sighted in Algeciras, Spain. This is the first ever sighting of one here and even in Europe! I remember my first and only time seeing one, in Botswana, […]