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Birds in focus: October 2013
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A photo diary of the birds and my travel's in Euroland. Saturday, 26 October 2013. Footnote to the Parc Ornithologique post. The hunters have their decoys on ponds within site of the fence, you may witness them launching the rowing boats with cages, bought from their homes and containing live wild ducks. I have witnessed beautiful pintail ducks in these very cages, to be used as live decoys. Ringed plovers along the tidal estuary. Links to this post. Friday, 25 October 2013. The gates open at 10.00 a...
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: Fuzeta. Eastern Algarve. Portugal.
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Friday, 4 February 2011. Fuzeta. Eastern Algarve. Portugal. We left Sagres, taking the route East instead of going up the West coast, as snow showers were forecast as far South as Beja. Arriving at the little Fishing town of Fuzeta, we decided to stay awhile and explore. We have now been here two weeks! We also cycled there along the cycle route, beside the old salt pans, full of birds, Spoonbills, Black Winged St...
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: HOME IN THE DORDOGNE. (Nature in the garden)
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Monday, 7 November 2011. HOME IN THE DORDOGNE. (Nature in the garden). Queen of Spain Fritillary. In France there seem to be many more snakes than we ever saw in England, probably due to the warmer weather conditions, we have been lucky enough to photograph some of them in their mating courtship. The ones below are the Western Whip Snake, which is non poisonous. As usual the Redstarts nested under our veranda and ...
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: Black Headed Weaver birds breeding on the Algarve Portugal
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Monday, 22 October 2012. Black Headed Weaver birds breeding on the Algarve Portugal. The female black-headed Weaver. The male bird seems to be responsible for the main nest construction.Here you can see how he has found a favoured leaf, of rush as he has already taken a previous strip maybe two, see the step in the leaf! Here is the nest, see the way that it has been weaved using the rush stems. But worth the wait!
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: Partial eclipse of Sun over South West France March 20th 2015
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Friday, 20 March 2015. Partial eclipse of Sun over South West France March 20th 2015. Captured these pics a few minutes ago. I guess they need no further explanation. Now starting our road trip for the Arctic Circle. Partial eclipse of the Sun. Location: Saint-Séverin, France. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aigumolls de l’Emporda. Partial eclipse of the Sun. Fuzeta. Eastern Algarve. Portugal. We are now at Sa...
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: ELVAS, ESTREMOZ & FULL CIRCLE TO CASTRO VERDE
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Sunday, 13 March 2011. ELVAS, ESTREMOZ and FULL CIRCLE TO CASTRO VERDE. Arriving at Elvas, we are dwarfed by the huge Aquaduto da Amoreira towering high above us. This town is one of the most complex and best preserved military fortifications surviving in Europe, from where Wellington prepared his troops for the battle of Badajoz. Leaving Estremoz, we passed Evora by, as we have visited before and came again to Mo...
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: SPAIN - THE STEPPE OF LA SERENA & THE EASTERN RESERVOIRS
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Sunday, 27 March 2011. SPAIN - THE STEPPE OF LA SERENA and THE EASTERN RESERVOIRS. Driving northwards, we pass through countryside covered in drifts of wild flowers, to the jewel of the Alentajo, Mertola, perched above the Guardiana river, then quietly crossed into Spain. Sadly many of these species are in decline, for the usual reasons, bad farming practice and over grazing by sheep. Traveling on to the northern ...
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda: Still in Spain.
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Roadrunners Mike and Linda. Tales and photos of our travels and birdwatching across Europe. Wednesday, 17 November 2010. Just arrived back at Oliva to catch some ray's. Had fab time in Toledo and Los Cabernos. Look who we spotted! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aigumolls de l’Emporda. Partial eclipse of the Sun. The salt- pans of Tavira, a close encounter with its nature. Black Headed Weaver birds breeding on the Algarve Portugal. Fuzeta. Eastern Algarve. Portugal. This is really something special!
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Birds in focus: January 2014
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A photo diary of the birds and my travel's in Euroland. Tuesday, 28 January 2014. Griffon Vulture (Gypus Fulvus).Photographs. The Vulture feeding station Lumbier. Navarra,Spain. Leaving Pamplona and heading east towards Yesa and later Jaca, the new A-21 motorway soon brings you to the junction for Lumbier, this takes you on to the NA-127, leading to the hillside town and beyond the beautiful Salazar valley, the Pyrenees form the backdrop with their snow caps. Meet the Griffon Vulture, Gypus fulvus,.
