Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. It was rather quite special to see an Osprey in Peralvillo yesterday. Even more special to see it flying with a fish, which I missed it catching. Not so the gulls though, they saw what was going on and […]
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As promised here are some shots of the latest arrivals. Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) 02, a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr.
Yesterday in Peralvillo I was delighted to see two Purple Herons and a Squacco Heron. One Purple Heron down towards the farm, across the bridge and North was huge. The other was rather slight and near the Squacco Heron at the turn off from the village to the bridge. I […]
Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. …Or beer and birds, which was it? My wife and I just spent the weekend in Osuna, Sevilla at a reunion of the Spanish Homebrewers Association, of which she is a member. The place chosen was a Casa […]
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. This time of year is all very exciting. The Egyptians are coming, the Ruffs are breezing through, the shrikes are arriving…let them all come and enjoy the beautiful spring we´re having right now.
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) 02 a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. It´s spring, the weather has been crap for two weeks and finally I get out and they´ve been two good days. Two Glossy Ibis are still in Peralvillo, a Ruff in the Navas de Malagon as well […]
Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)Originally uploaded by Mike at Sea This weekend my wife and I went to Monfrague to the Feria Internacional de Turismo Ornitológico, or FIO, in Villareal de San Carlos. We stayed at with Martin and Claudia Kelsey in their house El Recuerdo near Trujillo. They have a […]
2011_02_24 TD – Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) 02Originally uploaded by Mike at Sea The Tablas of Daimiel is a remarkable part of La Mancha. Covering 1,928 hectares, 4,764 acres, it is a large wetland on the Guadiana river which has been threatened by drought, over-irrigation by agriculture and the subsequent […]
2011_02_09 VV – Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) 10Originally uploaded by Mike at Sea The poor Dartford Warbler is on the back foot. Declining at a “moderately rapid rate”, the Spanish population, the largest in Europe at 1.7 to 3 million pairs, is thought to have been reduced by 5.9% between […]
As I mentioned in a previous entry, imperialism is still alive in Spain. Today let´s discuss the nobility beneath that upper echelon. In my mind one of the most noble birds of the steppe has to be the Great Bustard. It´s always dressed like it´s going to an Indian dinner […]