As summer visitors leave, so autumn visitors arrive. Blackcap have a year long presence over most of Spain but for me they are most definitely a bird of the cooler months down here in the Alpujarras. The orchards and olive groves fill with an influx of birds from northern breeding grounds at this time of [...]
As the month rolls on, much of our attention is inevitably focused on new arrivals, as our summer visitors continue to return. There are departures too however, and two winter favourites have largely disappeared from the orchards and olive groves down here in the valley. Our Blackcap and Black Redstart are heading north, and the [...]
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 [...]
Finally! On the very last day of what’s been a rather bleak January I find myself with a bit of time on my hands and it’s a leisurely stroll back to Lanjaron for me, a welcome chance to enjoy a bit of sunshine and catch up with what’s out and about as I follow the [...]
With heavy rain bringing everything to a standstill down here in Lanjaron, we thought we’d take the time to have a closer look at one of our familiar seasonal favourites, the Blackcap. One of the more common members of the Sylvia genus, the Blackcap is only slightly smaller than a House Sparrow and is one [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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