Kiersten Rowland

Adventures, wildlife, and life in the Alpujarras

Tag: nature

Cerro de Caballo Valleys in full bloom

Cerro de Caballo Valleys in full bloom

Whilst driving to the Ventura trailhead above Lanjaron at 2200m in the Sierra Nevada, we rounded the corner and were met by beautiful these sights.

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Moths - striped hawkmoth, small blood vein, purple marbled & leopard moth

Moths - striped hawkmoth, small blood vein, purple marbled & leopard moth

We had a particulary dark night a few evenings ago and there were lots of moths fluttering about

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Nosed grasshopper - Acrida Hungarica

Nosed grasshopper - Acrida Hungarica

Whilst out walking this little insect jumped in front of me

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Opium Poppy - Papaver somnifera

Opium Poppy - Papaver somnifera

Whilst out walking recently I came accross these pretty poppys.

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Lizard - Large Psammodromus

Lizard - Large Psammodromus

Found this chap in the swimming pool after I had cleaned it out.

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Scolopendra - Escolopendra

Scolopendra - Escolopendra

This is one of the creepy crawlies that we live with here in Andalucia.

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The trouble with Pine Processionary Caterpillars

The trouble with Pine Processionary Caterpillars

Whilst the others were skiing down to the Loma de Dilar from the Sierra Nevada ski centre I had a fantastic drive through the Cumbres Verde in stunning scenery and started my walk up to meet them from the Cortijuela

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Look what I found in the swimming pool!

Look what I found in the swimming pool!

Found this little chap in the swimming pool on Monday

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Tiger moth

Tiger moth

This little fella came to visit us last night, he was quite friendly and even posed for a couple of photos.

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Egyptian Grasshopper

Egyptian Grasshopper

We had a visit by this little chap the other day. He is a young Egyptian Grasshopper.

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Moorish Gecko

Moorish Gecko

This little fellow lives in our bathroom and helps to keep the flys down.

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Butterfly

Butterfly

Found this butterfly whilst out with clients walking in the Poqueira Gorge on Sunday

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Parnassius Apollo - To you and me a butterfly

Parnassius Apollo - To you and me a butterfly

Whilst going up Mulhacen the other day I saw this little fellow crawling by, so took a picture of him

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Snakes in the garden!

Snakes in the garden!

Just found the husky Khumbu playing dare with this little creature in the back garden!

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