Rabbit infected with Myxomatosis It has been over twenty years since I last saw a case of myxomatosis, sometimes known as the mixie or myxo, and I had hope it would be longer before I did again. Alas, the other day in Peralvillo I noticed a rabbit who just didn’t […]
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The Bellowing Stag after Dusk The Autumn Equinox in Spain is when summer officially ends and autumn starts. At this time of the year in the mountains of Toledo and the Sierra Morenas, as well as many other parts of Ciudad Real, the sound of autumn is the famous Berrea, […]
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 […]
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra), a photo by Mike at Sea on Flickr. After a number of otters were killed on the road in Peralvillo, see Un Paseo Manchegos number of entries regarding their deaths, it was a great sight to see one swim down the channel right next to us […]