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.
Jul 072009
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 [...]
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 [...]
May 302009
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!!
May 302009
We had a particulary dark night a few evenings ago and there were lots of moths fluttering about, even the gecko was getting a feast. I took some pictures and got them identified by the helpful forum that I go on Iberian Nature Forum. They are not the moths that im used to that are [...]
May 122009
Found this chap in the swimming pool after I had cleaned it out. Luckily there was no water in the pool so after a lot of chasing around the pool with a net I managed to catch him and free him.
Apr 182009
This is one of the creepy crawlies that we live with here in Andalucia. In English it is known as a Scolopendra, in Spanish its an Escolopendra. I think this one is a Megarian Banded Centipede. I walked past the swimming pool and saw this chap floating so took advantage of the fact it was [...]
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 Verdes in stunning scenery and started my walk up to meet them from the Cortijuela. I was on my own without the dogs for a change, which enabled me to [...]
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 [...]
Sep 292008
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 [...]
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