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An incredible encounter with Golden Eagles
I had the most amazing Golden Eagle encounters yesterday. I was driving up on the Ventura track to extract some clients who had been on a 4 day winter mountaineering trip in the Sierra Nevada
Bruno the Leonberger has bone cancer
Bruno started out showing signs of lameness, over a week or so the lameness got worse. He went to the vet who took a few x-rays and diagnosed osteoarthritis. He was put on the anti-inflammatory tablets Norocarp. But Brunos lameness got worse, he cried in pain and wouldnt use his front right leg.
Shows the devastation to the Sierra Nevada from the fire above Lanjaron in 2005
Tibet – Murder in the snow – Video
At the moment im reading a book called Murder in the High Himalaya by Jonathan Green. Its about a group of Tibetan refugees trying to cross the border into Nepal over the Nangpa la in 2006 and how the Chinese border guards shoot and kill.
White-throated Caracara in Patagonia
Thought you might like to see one of the characters I met whilst in Patagonia recently. Its a White-throated Caracara (phalcoboenus albogularis).
The Video of our 2010 Patagonia Expedition
Ok here we go, the long awaited video from our trip. Hope you dont get too bored! Patagonian Expedition 2010
Two taxis arrive to take us to the trailhead at Rio Electrico. From the trailhead we walk a few hours through a forest to our camp at Los Troncos.
Two contrasting videos from our trip to Patagonia!
Blizzards, snowdrifts, gales, frostbite, snowblindness, buried tents, floods, hardship, cold, sleepless nights. It must be summer then in deepest Patagonia.
Well the day has nearly arrived for us to leave to one of the windiest wildest places on earth, yes Patagonia. But it is one of the most beautiful places on this planet ive ever seen, it is worth the hardship you endure to be there.
A wildfire at the end of the season
Today we have had our first and only major wildfire this summer. We nearly made it to the end of summer without one.
Sierra Cazorla for my 40th Birthday
My 40th birthday approached and I did not want to go out to a bar and drink too much and wake up the next day feeling rough, so we decided to go away for a couple of days instead. We ended up in Cazorla
Had a weeks birding and walking holiday in Mallorca at the beginining of September
At the end of August we decided to go to Wembley to watch the rugby league Challenge Cup because Leeds Rhinos had got through to the final.
A Gota Fria is a Cold Drop which occurs when warm air saturated with water vapour rises and meets a much colder layer high up in the atmosphere.
Thread-waisted Wasp (Sceliphron spirifex)
Living here in the campo of Lanjaron in Andalucia you get used to seeing some strange insects. I photographed this one the other day. It is a Thread-waisted Wasp.
4 of what I think are my best recent photos
Bird photography. Not alot to say about these as they are self explanatory. Hope you like them.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 75th Birthday
Long live the Dalai Lama and lets hope one day the Chinese government hand back Tibet to the Tibetan people.
Harness the power of the sun, so we did, we brought a solar cooker! Its called a Sun Oven
Snow climbing in June in the Sierra Nevada
All the rain we had during the winter has given us plenty of snow this year. So last week we decided to go snow climbing above Lanjaron near Cerro de Caballo.