By admin on October 31, 2009
Ive just returned from a weeks holiday in Mallorca, what a great little island it is.
We landed in torrential rain, gale force winds, thunder and lightning! Woo hoo round of applause for the pilot of Air Berlin! Now that’s an airline that deserves a plug, cheap, hassle free, 20kg of free hold luggage, free drinks [...]
Posted in Trip reports | Tagged air berlin, albufera, black vulture, cavell bernat ridge, eleonoras falcon, mallorca, marsh harrier, massanella, osprey, puerto pollensa, tomir
By admin on October 16, 2009
Out with the camera again and I had another encounter with a dragon fly, different one this time, this one is a Desert Darter and is comparatively scarce in Spain, but in recent years it has started to become more frequently encountered, it is classed as a good find. It is a species of arid regions and [...]
Posted in Nature | Tagged Desert Darter, Dragon flydragon fly, Sympetrum sinaiticum
By admin on October 12, 2009
Yesterday I started to collect some of our squash in from the campo. We grew 3 different types this year, Spaghetti Squash, Butternut Squash and ive no idea of the name of the other but I call it Orange Squash. Some of the plants are still alive and producing squash so I shall leave them until the [...]
Posted in Garden | Tagged butternut squash, spaghetti squash, squash
By admin on October 8, 2009
So we have had the camera nearly a month and here are some of my attempts at using it, some good, some ok and some really bad. You can click on the slideshow at anytime and view the full size pictures.
Posted in Photos | Tagged Acontia lucida, Aeshna cyanea, audouins gull, bruno, cabo de gata, Dragonfly, european bee eater, kestrel, khumbu, Lanjaron, las negras, moth, Pale Shoulder, Pseudotergumia fidia, Southern Hawker, sparrow, sparrow hawk, Striped Grayling, Tapa, turkish gecko
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