With work commitments filling my time for a few days, it’s been down to Kiersten to keep Birdwatchalpujarras out on patrol, making sure we’re up to date with what’s going on on our local patch. With the summer season drawing to a close, it’s nice to see some familiar residents still showing well. Some nice [...]
So I had another dragon fly encounter by the swimming/wildlife pool recently. I fished a dead dragon fly out of the pool, started to take some photos when a live one came along and sat for me to take some photos. The desert darter is comparatively scarce in Spain, but in recent years it has [...]
With the month rolling on it’s time to catch up with all the comings and goings “on the doorstep” as I take another look at birdwatching down in the valley below the village. All those House Martins that hung on through the tail-end of summmer have finally really thinned out now…with just the last one [...]
I never knew that spotting moths is so popular, I had no idea, I take a picture of a moth and someone can identify it for me, amazing. So this one flew into the house and landed on the floor next to the Leonberger’s paw, so I took a quick photo, then urged him away [...]
Spotted this baby Turkish Gecko in our bathroom, how cute is that. There are 2 types of Gecko in Andalucia, Turkish and Moorish and we have both living in the house. They are good to have in the house as they help keep flys down.
I spotted this butterfly whilst out in a forest above Albunuels, it was very friendly but did not want to open its wings for me.
With our migrant eagles heading south for the winter the skies above Lanjaron have a slightly emptier feel to them, but that’s not to say there isn’t still plenty to look out for. While I have been working up on the hillside Kiersten has been equally busy watching for passage raptors and other new arrivals…and [...]
It´s the first week of October, and I´m helping the Spanish Highs Mountain Guides crew with some work on their house above Lanjaron. As always, I´ve got one eye on the sky and I´m listening to the birdsong on the hillside around me. As ever, the Sardinian Warblers are clicking and churring in the olive [...]
With the end of the month upon us the offer of a couple of days work has taken me up the mountain above the village, and I’m back on my favourite patch on the hillside once again. I learnt to keep one eye skywards early on during my time up here…with beautiful views down towards [...]
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