Kiersten Rowland

Found this little chap in the swimming pool on Monday, luckily for him a big plastic bag had blown in so he wasn’t completely submerged. I fished him out, put him in a rocky area in the sun so he could dry out, warm up and slither off, which he did. Turns out he is [...]

This little fella came to visit us last night, he was quite friendly and even posed for a couple of photos. Obviously we had no idea what sort of moth it was so I posted his picture on Iberian Nature Forum and the very helpful and knowlegeable people on their identified him for me. No [...]

I took this photo of the sun going down over Lanjaron.

Well we missed the lunar eclipse because for the first time in weeks it was cloudy that night!! Apparently an airline passanger shot some video footage as the plane passed by, so if you should find the video on you tube or elsewhere then let me know as id like to see it.

Im attaching a [...]

On Saturday 16th August you will have the chance to see a partial eclipse of the moon.

In a lunar eclipse, the sun, Earth and moon are directly aligned as the moon swings into the cone of shadow cast by our planet. You will see a moon that is partly light and partly dark, with hints [...]

We had a visit by this little chap the other day. He is a young Egyptian Grasshopper.  Apparently they do little damage which is a good job for our veggies and for the Grasshopper I guess. He was a little camera shy and kept turning away from the camera so we couldnt get his face.

Got some nice shots of the moon last night. The star in the picture is not actually a star but the planet Jupiter.

I had the fright of my life today, I was checking on the veg, arrived at the courgettes pondering ’should I pick any’ when with my next footfall a 2meter long as thick as your fist brown snake shot out and took off up and away from me (thank god). Unfortunately it moved so fast, and [...]

This little fellow lives in our bathroom and helps to keep the flys down. Aparently he is a Moorish Gecko. He lost part of his tail a few months ago but as you can see its grown back now.

Found this butterfly whilst out with clients of Spanish Highs walking in the Poqueira Gorge on Sunday, turns out its either a Silver Studded Blue or an Idas Blue!! Only one way to tell the difference and that is by a looking at its ankle with a magnifying glass, hmmmm. The Idas Blue has a limited [...]