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 [...]
Mar 292010
It’s a bright Wednesday morning, and the Spanishhighs crew are off to explore the hillsides and walking trails of the Lecrin valley. I’m coming along for the birdwatching of course…with migrant summer visitors arriving every day it was a nice chance to check out a new patch. We headed out into the hills and valleys [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We’re in the third week of June already and it’s getting hotter every day. Working on the mountain above the village continues to bring great birdwatching as residents and summer migrants alike busy themselves with the hard work of nesting and rearing their young. The olive groves are alive with the calls of finches…large numbers [...]
Another Wednesday morning arrives, and it’s birdwatching on the local patch as usual. First trip of a new month and I’m hitching a lift up the mountainside to take a walk back down through one of my favourite stretches just outside the village. On the drive up the slope we passed through pasture and old [...]
With a major excursion cancelled today through illness on the team, all we’ve got time for is a quick afternoon run out to a favourite local mountain. An impressive rocky gorge before the climb uphill rarely disappoints and before long we had really good views of a Lesser Kestrel, patrolling the skies overhead. The craggy [...]
Finished work 2pm, with a Booted Eagle soaring over the hillside overhead. Like many I see locally this was the pale form…distinctive black and white plumage under the wing makes identification a bit easier. Decided to take a walk up the mountainside with Great Tits, Chaffinches and Sardinian Warblers providing the usual soundtrack. Quickly found [...]
