August 16, 2015

Yet another lazy Sunday afternoon sitting by the river under my favourite tree, today we were joined by Sophie (Dawn's daughter) and her boy -friend John. Most of the usual suspects were there but Little-Ringed Plover and the Turtle Doves have now left the area.........

August 14, 2015

Remember Weasel on Woodpecker ? Now check this out it is just as good - (This article was re-blogged - taken from Focusing on Wildlife)

August 13, 2015

Peak migration time in Southern Spain is nearly upon us, very soon thousands upon thousands of kites, eagles, buzzards, harriers, storks and vultures will be making their way to Africa. Come and join us to see this fantastic avian spectacle................................

August 8, 2015

A morning trip along the Rio Guadiaro produced a nice crop of early migrants and a nice surprise...............................

July 21, 2015

Another hot and sultry day, we recorded 46C in the car this afternoon as we set off for the river.........

July 20, 2015

The very hot weather continued, we recorded 49C in the car this afternoon!! So our birding was restricted to early morning with an early finish........nevertheless we saw over 50 species............

July 9, 2015

Whilst sitting at my wooden table in my courtyard I noticed this rather impressive but tiny spider...........

July 5, 2015

A late afternoon visit to the local river proved to be a good decision as there was a lovely breeze and shelter under our favourite tree, the bird life was good too............................

July 3, 2015

An unexpected break in the hot spell made this day out much more enjoyable than anticipated, plenty of birds were on show.......

July 1, 2015

We spent a late afternoon at our favourite spot down by the river with John and Mary, plenty of birdies were around............