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	<description>Life and times in the Alpujarras</description>
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		<title>Scorpion! &#8211; Buthus occitanus or Buthus ibericus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there I was minding my own business weeding away in the veggie garden, when I felt a sharp pain in my finger. I took my glove off to investigate what the problem was but noticed movement to my right. . . . .  a scorpion making a run for it! I think I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up close and personal with a Griffon Vulture</title>
		<link>http://www.kierstenrowland.com/2009/12/up-close-and-personal-with-a-griffon-vulture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vultures, they are not the prettiest of birds, well some are, but their sheer size has me in awe of them. How can an animal have a wing span of up to 9ft and such a tiny head? When you see them flying on the thermals they make it look so effortless, just the odd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spider &#8211; Araneus diadematus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this spider hanging out at a friends house above Lanjaron, its been identified as :- English &#8211; Cross Spider Spanish - Araña de la Cruz Latin &#8211; Araneus diadematus This species of spider is &#8220;Spider of the year 2010&#8243; and is being studied by the Iberian Aracnologic Group who are collecting data and detailed pictures. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragon fly &#8211; Desert Darter (Sympetrum sinaiticum)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragonfly &#8211; Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)</title>
		<link>http://www.kierstenrowland.com/2009/09/dragonfly-southern-hawker-aeshna-cyanea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes we have had the new lens for the camera a couple of weeks now, the Bee Eaters have gone to Africa so we have taken many photos of Sparrows but the best picture by me so far has been this beautiful female Dragonfly she is a Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea). She was flying around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bee Eaters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew Bee Eaters were here in this part of Andalucia but I had never knowingly seen or heard them but since meeting Ian and joining forces with Birdwatch Alpujarras I see them everywhere. They are a very pretty bird with a very distinctive voice and all I want to do is get a decent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Kite video</title>
		<link>http://www.kierstenrowland.com/2009/07/red-kite-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst on a recent trip back to the UK, we saw many red kites flying around the Bramhope and Harewood areas of West Yorkshire and managed to get a little film of these fantastic birds.]]></description>
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		<title>Cerro de Caballo Valleys in full bloom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Ive never seen this before so it can only be the due to the fantastic winter that we have had. Normally this time of year the mountains are a dry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nosed grasshopper &#8211; Acrida Hungarica</title>
		<link>http://www.kierstenrowland.com/2009/05/nosed-grasshopper-acrida-hungarica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 12:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So again whilst out walking this little insect jumped in front of me, now when I looked at it I thought it was some sort of stick insect but it turns out its a Acrida hungarica, nosed grasshopper to you and me, identified by the knowledgeable people on the Iberian Nature Forum!! Cute and strange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opium Poppy (Papaver somnifera)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 12:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst out walking recently I came accross these pretty poppys. I took some pictures, got them identified yet again by the forum I use and it turns out that they are a type of opium poppy!!]]></description>
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