The Tabla de la Patata, Picón. Near our new house and guest accommodation in Picón the River Guadiana flows by about 500 metres down the road. You can go down the main road to it where the Marsh Harriers fly about or you can take the small country dirt road […]
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Yet every cloud has a silver lining! As I mentioned in my last post about the house it’s been wet here in La Mancha. So wet that the weather people say we’ve had 20% more rain this year than last year. It really is a feast or a famine here […]
So, it’s been a while since I updated this blog, my Flickr account or anything really. I haven’t disappeared, I’ve just been busy. Sort of… The story is that, as some of you know, myself and Mrs. HibernoManchego bought ourselves a “casa de pueblo” in 2011 in a beautiful little […]
Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus) There’s a glint of gold in many of the woods these days, but the woods in Picón are absolutely gleaming with it. No you can’t make jewellery with it, but it sure does decorate the area. I’m talking about Golden Orioles (Oriolus oriolus). Despite their bright […]
An Osprey in Cuba After a great weekend at a homebrewer friends house for the weekend, myself and Mrs. HibernoManchego decided to do some birding on the way home. We came back via one of our favourite roads in Extremadura between Campanario and the La Serena reservoir to look for […]