It's the simple things in life.
#macro #macrophotography #lanjaron #alpujarras #andalucia

You are clear for landing 🐝

#nature #funphoto #dogwalk #lanjaron

Here they come. The advance party at the top of the trees started to flower on January 1st! #almondblossom #lanjaron #alpujarras #andalucia #flora

It was a wild and beautiful dog walk this morning 😎
#dogsofmastodon #dogs #dogwalk #rainbow #lanjaron #alpujarras #andalucia

Here come the Giants. Well actually it's the only one and it's a young Giant so it's quite small and the rest of his friends only have their leaves showing 😁
Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) taken with a mobile this morning.
#giantorchid #orchid #wildorchid #orchidsofmastodon #himantoglossumrobertianum #flora #lanjaron #andalucia #spain #alpujarras

Soon our hillsides will be covered by almond blossom, it's a remarkable sight and one we look forward to every year. These particular trees are always early and the bees love them. I do fear for these ones though because we are due a big drop in temperature from Wednesday across Spain, including the Alpujarras 🥶
#almondblossom #flora #sonya1 #alpujarras #andalucia #lanjaron #spain #flowers

Polar air has marched it's way to southern Spain, even dropping some precipitation along the way. We went to take some photo's #Lanjaron showing the snowy Sierra Nevada #mountains above. Our usual place for this shot took us into an area that was devastated by wildfire in September last year. It was horrifying to watch then, It was horrifying to wander through today. The loss of wildlife, nature & livelihoods is beyond words.
#photography #wildfire #alpujarras #andalucia #sierranevada

This bee was happy that the almond blossom survived the recent polar blast.
Almond blossom and the Bee, sort of sounds like it could be the name of a band 😂
#photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #almondblossom #bee #alpujarras #andalucia #spain #Lanjaron #flora

We have Trolls living in our mountains 😱
#photography #funny #trolls #mountain #landscape #alpujarras #lanjaron #andalucia #spain

I was distracted by almond blossom, again, on the dog walk, so the dogs took themselves to the acequia for a drink and mess around. I didn't have chance to get onto the correct settings before they decided to jump across and come say hello 😁
#dogs #dogwalk #dogsofmastodon #rescuedogs #husky #lanjaron #campolife #andalucia #alpujarras #photograhy

I love these tiny #Narcissus that grow in my neighbours campo.
#flora #photography #nature #flowers #spring #lanjaron #alpujarras #andalucia #Spain

Story of my life, wrong lens 🤣 This Kestrel put on a great show for us yesterday but alas I needed my longer lens, so these are heavily cropped and look better in b/w then they do in colour 🙄
#photography #Photomonday #birds #kestrel #birdphotography #wildlife #birding #andalucia #granada #lanjaron #alpujarras #blackandwhitephotography

The Golden eagle is an almost daily sight for me here in Lanjaron in the Granada province. Our work predominantly in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain and Alpujarra (the foothills of the Sierra Nevada) bring me into regular contact with the flora and fauna of our area.
#goldeneagle #birds #birdphotography #andalucia #Spain #aguilareal #sierranevada #photography #eagles #alpujarras #lanjaron

This Common Kestrel was rather pleased with itself having caught a grasshopper for lunch 🍽️
#photography #birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #birdsofmastodon #lanjaron #andalucia #Spain #wildlife

We had a great looking sky yesterday evening. We are hoping for rain, but so far today there is no sign of it.
#weather #clouds #photography #pleaserain #andalucia #lanjaron

Last walk with the dogs for a few weeks. I'm headed back to the UK to help care for my Mum.
#photography #dogs #dogsofmastodon #cancersucks #lanjaron #andalucia #spain #myfamily

The sky was on fire 🔥 tonight above #Lanjaron. A nice end to a fun day. #sunset #alpujarra #andalucia #spain #photo

Another windy day in Lanjaron. It started to build while I was out with Arko this morning. Yesterday was crazy with a couple of gusts over 75 km/hr, hoping today won't be so bad even if the alerts are still being activated. I don't think the greenhouse will survive another onslaught like yesterday.
#windy #lanjaron #alpujarras #andalucia #spain #video #dogs #dogsofmastodon