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Natur-al-Andalus: The Spotted Hyaena
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Friday, June 21, 2013. The Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta. Was the commonest carnivore outside Gorham's and Vanguard Caves between 60 and 20 kyr. Some of the specimens were huge, much larger than any cousin that you could fine today in Africa. Some palaeontologists define these as cave hyaenas C.c.spelaea. Posted by Clive Finlayson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing Nature and History together. Red Deer and Magpie. The site of a mass of White S...
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Natur-al-Andalus: April 2011
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Sunday, April 24, 2011. In a colony of egrets. Among the spectacular sights of southern Iberia in the spring is a colony of nesting egrets. Stewart went on a mission to capture the beauty and elegance of the Cattle Egret. In full breeding plumage. He caught up with them in a colony on white poplars. The photographs speak for themselves. Blog followers may want to add our new facebook page by visiting our new site and clicking "Like" at:. Links to this post.
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Natur-al-Andalus: Red Deer and Magpie
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Friday, June 28, 2013. Red Deer and Magpie. Red Deer Cervus elaphus. And Magpie Pica pica. Posted by Clive Finlayson. June 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM. June 29, 2013 at 3:37 PM. June 29, 2013 at 3:37 PM. This comment has been removed by the author. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing Nature and History together. Unless otherwise stated all photos in this blog have been taken at the time of posting. Visit our sister blog clivehumanevo.blogspot.com. Europe...
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Natur-al-Andalus: The Griffon Vulture
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Monday, June 24, 2013. The plains outside Gorham's Cave attracted many scavengers who were always ready to take the opportunity of a carnivore kill or the remains of animals left by the Neanderthals. The Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus. Posted by Clive Finlayson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing Nature and History together. Unless otherwise stated all photos in this blog have been taken at the time of posting. Red Deer and Magpie. The wonderful Ib...
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Natur-al-Andalus: February 2011
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Friday, February 18, 2011. Of Eagles, Rabbits and Partidges. It is quite remarkable how we often observe the world around us without fully appreciating the depth of time that we are observing. Three species are currently staging a "cat-and-mouse" saga that goes back to the Pleistocene. The game is at least 100 thousand years old! The "cat" in our game is the majestic Spanish Imperial Eagle. Above). The other is a mammal - the Rabbit. Must have been so num...
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Natur-al-Andalus: January 2011
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Saturday, January 29, 2011. Diary - The Lammergeier. Has become among the rarest of European breeding birds. The decline seems to have started as far back as the 19th Century and its causes seem to have been a combination of the rise of guns, poisoning and nest robbing. Colonel Irby in 1895 wrote how his friend Colonel Verner had already noticed a decline twenty years earlier when. It seems that the presence of the Griffon Vulture. Stark's comments also s...
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Natur-al-Andalus: March 2012
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Monday, March 26, 2012. When bad weather brings the migrants down, especially the males. Easterly winds, grey skies and showers at this time of year tend to bring down migrants at Gibraltar. Here they can feed in the olive scrub and woodland, sheltered from the wind. Many have just crossed the Sahara and are ready to feed and drink as they await better weather. This past weekend saw a large arrival of migrants. Among the main species were Blackcaps. This ...
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Natur-al-Andalus: European Shags
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Saturday, July 20, 2013. As far as we can tell European Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Have been raising their young on the cliffs and ledges around Gorham's Cave for at least 60 thousand years! Here is part of the 2013 generation. Posted by Clive Finlayson. September 15, 2013 at 4:39 PM. Movingmountains4nature.blogspot.co.uk. November 21, 2013 at 10:05 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing Nature and History together. Unless otherwise stated...
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Natur-al-Andalus: February 2012
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Saturday, February 18, 2012. Early Spring in the Marismas. We hear a lot these days about the cold conditions in Europe and how these have forced many Lapwings. And other birds south to our area. But the marismas in the south-west function like an African locality more than a European one. Here, spring has been underway for close to two months now and tens of thousands of Swallows. That will arrive from the tropics. And Great Reed Warblers. Links to this ...
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Natur-al-Andalus: March 2011
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A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Monday, March 28, 2011. Marsh Harriers on the move. Are now reaching their peak, the early waves dominated by males. Today several birds that came over Gibraltar were mobbed by the local gulls, providing opportunities to observe their escape and defence strategies as captured in these images. Posted by Clive Finlayson. Links to this post. Sunday, March 27, 2011. One of those mornings! But the day belonged to the Booted Eagles. And of course the Black Kites.
