To escape the heat of town I popped out the road to Alarcos by the river specifically to see what odontate action I might find…and there was plenty. Take the gorgoeus female Red-veined Darter, isn´t she just a beautiful compliment to the male of the previous entry? Red-Veined Darter – […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
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Red-Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. Whilst the soporific heat here in la Mancha means a lot of people are staying in cool areas if wise, and also eating less and generally salads and fruit, this doesn´t seem to affect the insect life who […]
It´s hot, hot, hot!!! This is the forecast for the next few days, which tells me that I either get roasted or stay out of the heat. Where to do that? I think I may have to build a water hide so I can stay cool whilst shooting. Also the […]
Okay, so Uisce Beatha is the Gaelic for whiskey, but the water in la Mancha now is providing many of natures creatures with life giving resources. And that´s important because it´s getting hot here, very hot. Yesterday was about 34C and the afternoons are a killer in the sun. Thankfully […]
Well I had to remove a virus from my wifes school computer and anyway, it´s far too hot here at the moment to be out mid-afternoon. So I went out to Peralvillo for an hour or so late in the evening. I had a grand chat with the local cow-herd […]
Common Kingfisher – female (Alcedo atthis), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. No, not the boat but the Common Kingfisher. I was told recently that the kingfisher population took a bit of a hit due to the harshness of the winter here in Spain, something which seemed quite […]
Map courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission Bueno, por todos mis amigos español, creo que es una molestia leer en inglés si no tienes una buena base de la idioma. Entonces, quiero una buena traducción de mi blog, pero sin escribir todo dos veces porque soy un poco perezoso. Ya […]
Mouflon – male (Ovis orientalis), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. This male mouflon is the first one that I have seen and was out near Picón. I first thought it was a dead goat on the hill I was scanning for owls or raptors, but then the […]
Killarney National Park was the first National Park in Ireland established in 1932. It´s on the outskirts of Killarney town and encompasses the lakes of Killarney and the surrounding Mangerton, Torc, Shehy and Purple Mountains. Killarney National Park It is a region noted for its wildlife, such as the introduced […]
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. I was at home in Ireland for the last week and went to Galway, Mayo and Cork. What amazed me was the number of songbirds. Perhaps it´s the time of year, since I wouldn´t normally be home at […]