At the moment the world is full of youth and promise in the world of the wild. Just in the Laguna de Navaseca alone there are juvenile Kentish Plovers, Black-winged Stilts, Avocets, Moorhens and Coots, Little and Black-eared Grebes, Flamingoes etc. Some are able to fly but others have their […]
Glareola pratincola
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 […]
Two days ago myself, Javi and Angel organised a trip out to Peralvillo. Whilst having a chat and a walk by the marshy area near the farm to the right we found some new arrivals such as the Collared Pratincole. Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola), a photo by Mike at Sea […]