With migrants returning every day now, people are starting to see and hear new things. Had a great text today from our friend Martin of LifeofRiley, with a great first of the year report. While out walking with friends above the village of Lanjaron at around 1300m, he heard an unmistakable sound…the first Cuckoo of [...]
Mar 292010
It’s the start of a new week, and I’m gardening for the day for a friend above the village. It ‘s a nice sunny spring morning, and Chaffinches, Spotless Starlings, Great Tits and Blackbirds all added to the House Sparrow chatter to provide a familiar background buzz. No surprises there… This time, no mistake. I [...]
Well, it was bound to happen. I’m sure I heard them. Two of our A-list summer visitors, birds that bring a tropical splash of colour to our warmer months in Lanjaron. The Bee Eater and the Golden Oriole are birds everyone loves to see…but today was a frustrating affair. I was sure I heard those [...]
It’s a clear, bright Tuesday morning and with the new month upon us I’m off to Orgiva with a mate chasing supplies for a spot of building work. As always I’m keeping an eye out as we follow the twists and turns in the road along the valley, and I can’t help reflecting on the [...]
Oct 162009
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 [...]
With the marauding Sparrowhawk having failed to reappear for a day or so and after a distinct improvement in the weather it would appear to be “business as usual” down here in the valley below Lanjaron. A walk back down the hill this morning brought the now familiar trills of Alpine Swifts over the cliff-face [...]
Thursday morning, and as usual I’m “doing the rounds” and checking out what’s going on before I start work. It was the beautiful, bright song of a Blackcap that got me out of the flat today, I tracked its calls from tree to tree around to the back of the house as it stayed in [...]
After the relentless sunshine of summer the weather has finally broken…we’re in the second day of thunder and lightening and pounding rain, got caught in it earlier and it was freezing. Not before I’d managed to get out on patrol again however, as I continue to check out the valley below Lanjaron for departures and [...]
Sunday morning, and it’s all change down in the valley below Lanjaron. The weather reports are promising storms and with the month already well under way I made the decision to “get back to basics” and have a good look at exactly what’s moved on and what’s arrived on the doorstep as the autumn migration [...]
