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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 😂

A bee flying into almond tree blossom
Jan 21, 2023, 4:09:32 PM [original]
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Fun with the bees 🐝

Bee flying towards a yellow flower (false mustard)
A bee flying towards a yellow flower (false mustard)
A bee feeding on the nectar from a yellow flower (false mustard)
Feb 4, 2023, 4:40:06 PM [original]
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Watching out for pirates 🏴‍☠️

A Spanish Ibex laying down on a rock looking out over the Mediterranean sea
Feb 25, 2023, 2:09:17 PM [original]
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Out in the Sierra Arana today having a short hike and came across this cute little one. We took each other by surprise 🤗

Red squirrel climbing up the side of a tree
Mar 19, 2023, 5:15:38 PM [original]
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This Greater Bee-fly was taking a late breakfast of Biscutella auriculata when I snapped him yesterday while out on the dog walk.

A Bee-fly in flight feeding on the pollen of a yellow flower
Mar 27, 2023, 12:58:34 PM [original]
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The male Mallards are looking particularly handsome at the moment 😍

A close up photo of a male Mallard duck looking very handsome with his emerald green/blue head and his yellow beak
Apr 12, 2023, 8:02:09 AM [original]
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The Bluebells are flowering and Bumble Bees are feasting on the pollen 🐝

A close up shot of some British Bluebell flowers, blurred green grass background, with a black and yellow bumble bee hanging upside down from one of the flowers having fed on the nectar
Apr 27, 2023, 12:17:52 PM [original]
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There is something special about Bluebell woodland ❤️ I've enjoyed reconnecting with this one close to my parents home.

Apr 29, 2023, 8:09:31 AM [original]
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Introducing Mr and Mrs Woodchat Shrike ❤️ I have seen 4 on the dog walk today, that's the most I've seen on the dog walk for a number of years.

A pair of Woodchat Shrike sat on a couple of thin branches at the top of a tree. Mr is sat on the left facing forward but looking left. Mrs is sat on the right and she is facing to the right.
May 11, 2023, 1:59:07 PM [original]
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Came across an Alpine Swift colony while out on a walk recently. Boy these guys move fast. What a great sight it was to be around such impressive birds. Almost as impressive was the fact I actually photographed one in focus 😂

An Alpine Swift flying left to right showing it's white tummy and throat, a light coloured rockface behind.
May 14, 2023, 10:06:07 AM [original]
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You can always rely on the Stonechat when everything else is being shy. From this morning on the dog walk.

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Side view of a female Stonechat sat on the branch of an almond tree
A male Stonechat perched on the top of an olive tree with a blue sky behind.
Nov 8, 2023, 12:32:13 PM [original]
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My nemesis bird the Iberian Magpie
(Cyanopica cooki). These are the best shots I've gotten of them in 17 years 😂 One of these days I will nail a shot of them! Do you have a nemesis bird? I actually have a few!

An Iberian Magpie flying into a tree. The woodland is soft green light. The Magpie has azure blue wings and tail, buff coloured body, black top half of head and white throat
An Iberian Magpie sat on the branch of a tree. The Magpie has azure blue wings and tail, buff coloured body, black top half of head and white throat
An Iberian Magpie sat on the branch of a tree. The Magpie has azure blue wings and tail, buff coloured body, black top half of head and white throat
Nov 9, 2023, 5:23:32 PM [original]
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This impressive male Iberian Ibex walked on by while we were having lunch the other day.

A big male Iberian Ibex standing looking at the camera.
Nov 24, 2023, 10:20:46 AM [original]
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This was a particularly handsome Gallot's lizard (Gallotia galloti palmae). He hung out with many of his relatives at the hotel we were staying at while walking with friends for a week on the Canary island of La Palma.

A side on view of dark grey lizard. He has a blue part face and throat with white bits. On his body he has yellow and blue splodges and dots. He has a yellow eye with a black pupil. He is stood on lava rock the same grey colour as himself.
Nov 29, 2023, 7:53:29 PM [original]
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A Grey Heron off for a walk in the Embalse de Cubillas, Granada.

A Grey Heron walking in between dead trees in a lake of green/brownish coloured water.
Dec 2, 2023, 1:25:08 PM [original]
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In Patagonia the birdlife seems to have little fear of humans. Here a White-throated Caracara came to visit me and clearly wanted it's photo taken 🙂

A White-throated Caracara sitting on rock with a blue sky and mountains streaked with snow in the back ground. The bird is a bird of prey. It is standing side on to the camera with it's head turned looking behind it. The under body is white, it's head, wings and top of the body is black. It has yellow legs with long claws. It has an orange coloured featherless part of face and the beak is clear blue colour.
Dec 3, 2023, 10:59:39 AM [original]
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Another Patagonian beauty and the original Woody Woodpecker, introducing Mr and Mrs Magellanic Woodpecker. It is the largest South American Woodpecker and one of the largest in the world.

A picture of a male and female Woodpecker on opposite sides of a tree. The female is on the left, mostly a black bird with a quiff. She has a golden eye and red feathers around the top of her beak. The male is on the right side of the tree, mostly black but with a red head, golden eye and a red quiff.
Dec 6, 2023, 9:58:40 AM [original]
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Spot the odd one out!

A grasshopper sat onto of yellow buds from a curry plant.
Dec 9, 2023, 11:17:37 AM [original]
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The advance party is on it's way. This almond tree often flowers before Christmas. The main almond flower season is February where our mountainsides are glowing with the flowers.

White almond tree flower with pink tinges and a blue sky background.
Dec 16, 2023, 3:26:53 PM [original]
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When I visit Patagonia, one of the many joys about being there is getting to see these birds up close. The Andean Condor, wow what a bird it is. Weighing in at 15kg and a wingspan up to over 3m it is one of the largest flying birds in the world.

An Andean Condor perched on a rock face with a grey river below and behind. The rock face is on the right half of the picture. The bird is black and white. Mostly a black body, with white on it's wings and a white ruff around its bold black/grey head. It has a read eye.
Dec 21, 2023, 9:48:24 AM [original]
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This is such a striking little bird. Not one I see very often as it's mainly down at the coast and well we don't go there very often. However we were at the coast yesterday and came across a small group of Common Waxbill, I managed to get lots of out of focus shots of the group 😂 but managed get this one on it's own in focus.

A small finch bird perched on a piece of cane. The bird has a red bill, long tail, and a red eye stripe. It has fine bars running through it's plumage with a white throat. This one has a pinkish flush to it underpart. The cane behind the bird is mostly blurred out.
Jan 5, 2024, 9:21:38 AM [original]
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Two Cormorants perched on the end of wall with the dull sea behind them. One bird is looking over it's shoulder to the other behind it. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. There is yellow skin at the base of the bill and some white. The plumage is mostly dark. The closed wings have a scaled pattern.
Jan 7, 2024, 11:41:17 AM [original]
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While out and about the other day we bumped into this beautiful female Kestrel. She was sat on top of a tree watching for potential food, which she spotted and flew off to try to catch, I lost sight of her.

A common Kestrel just about to take off from a tree. She is on the top of the tree with a blue sky behind. She has her wings out and legs are springing her forward.
Jan 10, 2024, 9:38:49 AM [original]
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At 2500m in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain yesterday I came across these hooligans (Coal Tits) rolling around on the floor. It was like scene from a film 😂 They were trying to kill eachother, I had to split them up in the end, remind them they had to eat plenty, rather than fight, to make it through the night! No idea what the argument could be about, do you?

A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor.
A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor. A blurred shot.
A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor.
A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor.
Jan 13, 2024, 9:46:46 AM [original]
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Bumble Bee doing what they do best 🐝

A picture of a yellow and black bumblebee with a white bottom pollinating a flower. The bee is in the top right of the picture. The plant I believe to be Teucrium fruticans or similar!
Mar 2, 2024, 9:16:39 AM [original]
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The friendly and charismatic Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus). I found out recently that they pair for life ❤️

Picture of an Alpine Chough pair. The plumage is glossy black with a yellow bill and red legs. The front bird is looking directly at the camera with the bird behind looking away. They are both on grey rock with snow behind them.
Mar 11, 2024, 10:41:10 AM [original]
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The Hardenbergia violacea is in flower and the Carpenter bees LOVE it.

A black Carpenter bee showing the blue of his wings while feeding on the flowers of Hardenbergia violacea. The background is blurred out but adds a green colour.
Mar 18, 2024, 2:39:53 PM [original]
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Our beautiful ball of fire setting on our camp a few days ago.

The setting sun just above some mountain ridges in the distance with the light clouds and mountains turned orange
Apr 15, 2024, 1:41:17 PM [original]
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I encountered this super cool insect on our land yesterday. Introducing the Acrida hungarica or commonly known as the Nosed Grasshopper. Also known as Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper!

A green long thin grasshopper (looks more like a stick insect) It's mainly green in colour. It is resting on stone.
Apr 16, 2024, 6:41:15 AM [original]
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Before coming to the UK I got to spend a few hours birdwatching with friends. The most numerous raptor during that time were the returning Short-toed Eagles.

An adult Short-toed eagle flying from the right of the picture to the left. The sky is pale blue. The bird has dark markings and a dark hood, showing it's older age.
A young Short-toed eagle. The bird is flying from the left to the right of the picture. The sky is a pale blue. The bird has very pale markings showing it's young age.
May 3, 2024, 1:49:44 PM [original]
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Perhaps the most exciting bird we saw that day was the Little Bustard. We saw 3 different male birds. This bird is quite difficult to see, besides it's camoflauge, it's habitat is being destroyed so there are not many of them left in our province. Sadly the thing that is destroying the habitat the most are solar farms, thousands and thousands. It's horrific to see.

A ploughed field with a Little Bustard male bird just off centre left. The bird blends in really well to the brown ploughed field.
A male Little Bustard flying (there were two) in a pale blue sky. The bird is very duck like while flying and quite comical.
May 3, 2024, 3:05:27 PM [original]
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Attagenus trifasciatus hanging out on Thapsia garganica 🤓

A tiny beetle side on to the camera sitting on the plant commonly known as deadly carrots. The beetle has black and creamish zig zag stripes. The back ground is yellow, the same colour as the plant.
May 8, 2024, 6:14:35 AM [original]
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I took a sneaky photo of our new neighbours yesterday. I certainly prefer them to human neighbours 😅 These two male Spanish Ibex have taken up residence on a big rock opposite our house. I think I found out who ate my bulbs!

Two male Spanish Ibex laying down, both have noticed the photographer. They are laying on a big rock that has plenty of soil and stones on it. The background of green trees is blurred out.
May 25, 2024, 6:53:52 AM [original]
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While back in the UK in May I watched a pair of Blue tits who had nested in a bird house in my Dad's garden going backwards and forwards with food. I didn't get to see the babies fledge, but my Dad reports that they did. Does anyone know if they will have two broods in a season or just the one?

A small Blue Tit bird perched on a metal bracket with a yellow background behind. The bird has a tiny yellow/green caterpillar in it's beak.
Jun 2, 2024, 11:51:54 AM [original]
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I love seeing these little insects. Thread-winged Lacewing (Nemoptera bipennis) are like fairies. I saw quite a few of these flying around on our recent overnight trip into the Sierra Nevada.

A beautiful Iberian Spoonwing insect. The background is blurred and the insect is holding onto a dead blade of grass.
Jun 21, 2024, 2:59:58 PM [original]
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I always get a thrill when I am able to spend time with these wonderful birds, natures clean up crew. This bird was seen at first light after we had climbed a peak. Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), also known as the Eurasian Griffon, is a large short tailed vulture with excellent eyesight and in flight can spot an animal carcass from a distance in excess of five km (info from Bird Fact).

A Griffon vulture lit up by first light gliding below the photographer. The rocky background is blurred out.
Jun 22, 2024, 10:47:29 AM [original]
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The endemic Parnassius apollo subsp nevadensis butterfly is now on the wing in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Such a graceful big butterfly and one that is suffering effects of the warming mountains, they need the cooler temperature and are moving higher up in search of that! It lives above 1800m. We encountered this one yesterday at 2400m which was having a good feast on the wild Thyme.

A large white butterfly with black circles with orange around the edge of the circles feeding on small pink Thyme flowers. The butterfly has it's wings closed and is looking directly at the camera with it's proboscis inserted into a flower.
Jun 26, 2024, 10:54:56 AM [original]
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This giant Bumble bee was feeding on the endemic Gentiana sierrae moments before it headed straight for the camera 😂

Black and yellow giant Bumble Bee flying towards the camera. Short green grass is blurred out around and long with a small patch of blue Spring Gentian flowers in the bottom right of the picture.
Jun 29, 2024, 10:08:38 AM [original]
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Around here Golden Oriole are shy birds making them really difficult to photograph well. Another season has passed without a good opportunity. The closest I had was with this family group just before they left for Africa. They were still out of range of the camera and were messing around before the sun came up so light was poor. Anyway regardless of that, how many can you spot in this picture?

A family of Golden Oriole birds in an almond tree. One adult flying at the bottom of the picture.
Aug 30, 2024, 8:28:13 AM [original]
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On the morning after our night out in the mountains recently the first light was just hitting a herd of Spanish Ibex. This male was lit up in all his glory.

A male Spanish Ibex making his way through the picture from right to left. Behind him are rocks. In front of him is blurred. The Ibex, the rocks, the thistles, grass, everything is versions of the same colours, they blend into their terrain perfectly.
Sep 6, 2024, 12:22:31 PM [original]
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The first Saturday of September every year marks International Vulture Awareness Day , uniting thousands globally to raise awareness about vultures' importance and the urgent need for their conservation.
This is a picture of Griffon Vulture that I took close to home. Vultures: vital guardians of the natural world, not just mere scavengers. Find out more about vultures vultureday.org/vultures/

Picture of a Griffon Vulture flying in front of a rock wall. The bird is eye level with the photographer.
Sep 7, 2024, 1:12:15 PM [original]
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This sweat Northern Wheatear won't be around in the mountains much longer as the seasons start to change and it heads off somewhere warmer for the winter.

A small bird with it's back to us looking over it's shoulder stood on a dark rock with a blurred out background. The bird is a Northern Wheatear.
Sep 12, 2024, 10:09:23 AM [original]
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Bumped into this little lady while watering the apple trees this morning.

A praying mantis perched on dead grass stems. She is the same colour as the grass. There are a few green leaves behind with some red berries. It's a side view, she has her front far leg raised and is looking towards the camera
Sep 20, 2024, 11:29:02 AM [original]
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The land of the dragons. Who'd have thought the Canary island of La Palma would be home to dragons. This very handsome one is known as Gallotia galloti ssp. palmae, also known by the nickname "barba azul" bluebeard, I think we can see why!

In front of a blurred background is a side on view of the front half of a brownish/greyish/blackish lizard. The lizard has a golden eye with a big black pupil, a blue throat and blue and yellow dots going down the side.
Oct 8, 2024, 9:29:18 AM [original]
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Spotted near the Alhambra palace in Granada. The colours of these birds never fail to amaze me in their vividness.

A beautiful male Peacock stood in an open space with trees in the back ground. The bird does not have his tail raised.
Nov 6, 2024, 8:15:49 AM [original]
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These youngsters are practicing for when they become big boys!

A photo of two young male Ibex fighting. The one of the right is rearing up ready to class heads with the one on the left who is still on the ground.
Nov 11, 2024, 1:17:02 PM [original]
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We had an amazing encounter with a Bearded vulture (Lammergeier) yesterday in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Of course I had the small point & press camera rather than my usual birding lens and camera. The sky was awful for bird photography. But what mattered was the encounter. It's always so special when an unexpected wildlife encounter happens.

A Bearded vulture flying in the sky. Photographer looking up at the bird. The sky is a light grey colour. The birds is mostly brown with a wedge tail.
Nov 20, 2024, 12:43:34 PM [original]
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The wonderful and very vocal Southern Lapwing, possibly the Patagonian subspeices (chilensis/fretensis)? I need someone who knows more than I do to confirm or disagree with that. I like how this shot shows the spur on the wing just pointing through the back chest feathers. These can be used defending it's young or territory. Quite the feisty bird 💪

A wader bird, Southern Lapwing. Red eye, pink bill, black front of face and chest, grey head, bronze oil spill looking patch on the shoulders, white belly. Legs are pinkish grey. Standing among grassy dandelion patch.
Nov 21, 2024, 4:22:11 PM [original]
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A large green frog (Perez's Frog) sat on a black plastic tube above a pond. The frog has golden eyes with a black pupil. The whole shot is reflected in the water.
Nov 24, 2024, 3:20:23 PM [original]
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A bee doing bee things 🐝

A bee flying towards a yellow flower from a mustard plant. The background is blurred with yellow and green from the same plants.
Nov 28, 2024, 8:49:31 AM [original]