It’s a bright but chilly January morning, and we’re off with local walking guide Martin Riley to explore the coniferous woodland habitat of Sierra de Huetor, a natural park to the north-east of Granada. Large expanses of the park’s forests were devastated by a huge fire in 1993, but there has been a programme of [...]
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 [...]
September has arrived, bringing a welcome break in the weather and the daunting prospect of migration for many of our summer visitors. With the new month upon us a trip out with my binoculars was well overdue, so I jumped at the chance to go walking with a friend in the mountains around Trevelez, a [...]
Wednesday morning, and car trouble on the hillside above the village means we’ve got an hour to kill while the engine cools down. With the Lanjaron river below us a slow walk up the side of the valley was the perfect distraction. A pale-form Booted Eagle drifted lazily overhead as we set off, giving us [...]
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