Kiersten has been busy with her camera while I’ve been busy with work, and I think these two shots particularly are worth a closer look. Two images of the same falcon, hunting over Kiersten’s house earlier today. The grey head and the black detail at the end of the long, straight tail in the second [...]
Finally! a few dry days have brought a welcome break from the rain, and a chance to catch up on some rather urgent gardening…but my binoculars are always close to hand, and I’ve been watching our very own “soap opera” unfold around the cliff-face across the river below the house. Our local pair of Kestrels [...]
It’s a bright, sunny Wednesday morning down here in the valley below the village of Lanjaron…and with some time on my hands before I start work later in the day it’s a great oppurtunity to catch up on what’s out and about in the “backyard”. In no time at all all the usual suspects had [...]
After a little over three weeks back in the UK for Christmas I’m relieved to say I’m back in the Alpujarras, with the ice and the snow of Manchester already a fading memory…and it’s time to check the “backyard” and see what’s out and about in the new year. Most of the familiar species appear [...]
It’s half way through the month…a good time perhaps to take stock and bring you all up to date with the bird of prey news from around our base of Lanjaron. With no break in the wonderful weather we’ve been having it seems a little odd to talking about “winter” but the end of the [...]
After working up on the mountain yesterday I’m free to go birdwatching again, and I’ve got unfinished business to catch up on. I’ve been really keen to complete a circuit around the ridge below the village, and I’m off to finish the walk I started two days ago. I had a nice day-list on Monday, so [...]
After a great day’s birdwatching yesterday it’s back to work for me today, and I’m off up the mountain above the village to wrestle with a cement mixer for a few hours. It’s good to be back on my old patch for the day, and as always I’m keeping an eye on what’s passing through. [...]
It’s a cooler, breezy November morning, and it’s time once again to take a walk down into the river valley below the house and check what’s going on in “the backyard”. A quick check around the olive grove and orchards before I head off brings all the familiar regulars…House Sparrows chattering loudly as usual, with [...]
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