Wildlife in the Slow Lane. Nature and wildlife photos and information
This is a round-up post of various other Sunday sightings, although nothing out of the ordinary. Fairly quiet in many respects, but still good fun to get out and about. First up, a Blackbird mixing business with pleasure, searching for ...
Last weekend we happened to be near Virginia Water so decided to stop and have a quick walk. A couple of hours later, in the bright sun, I was beginning to regret the impulse....... It is enormous and because there ...
The front garden in Woodley attracts all sorts of things when it is nice and sunny, including the Small Copper butterfly which likes to fly around at a very low level, often settling on the grass. A Large Red Damselfly was also ...
I've been to Moor Copse (Pangbourne) before but not for ages. There are lots of different walks you can do, and - if you're like us - that includes one where you get completely lost in a boggy bit of ...
The weather has been up and down again with some rain and high winds but also some nice sunshine. The birds are very busy in the garden and the pond is gradually looking more interesting. I have used the compost ...
It was a glorious, warm Sunday morning so it was out with the Lark (a very late rising Lark) for a short wander. The froggies were all a-croaking on the riverbank, quite a chorus, and the birds were merrily singing, ...
A lot of wild Marjoram, Origanum majorana, growing in clumps all over the place. It seems to survive, even thrive, in the rockiest and most inhospitable of locations. Plenty of nice blooms at the moment. ...
The first thing that greeted me on my Sunday morning stroll - apart from an endless stream of joggers - was a chorus of frogs. Difficult to get close to, there was always a plop, plop, plop, plop and off ...
It's starting to get a bit colourful after the rains with some nice wild flowers in bloom, fresh green shoots appearing on quite a few trees. It must mean spring is in the air. ...
A bit of Sunday morning colour now. Yellow seems to be the predominant colour at the moment and it really livens up the landscape. A lot of areas are just blanketed in yellow blooms, from the humble Dandelion through to ...
This last post from my visit to The Living Rainforest just has a few things not featured in the separate posts. I am starting with the Salmon Pink Bird-eating Spider - everyone's favourite! Despite its name, it is not pink ...
It was very crowded for the butterfly event (see separate post) but I tried to take a few scenic shots of the tropical vegetation inside the glasshouse where the butterflies were flying freely, including some of the different orchids.
There are some rather nice Sea Fig (Aizoaceae family) blooms around at the moment down by Torrecilla beach. The chunky leaves are like a green carpet with the blooms poking through to add a nice bit of colour. Quite a few ...
I was just wandering along, happily snapping anything and everything that caught my eye. Nice colours, shapes, plants...just a random shoot.
The level of the rio Chillar in Nerja has gone down a bit but what water there is keeps flowing quite fast.
This new leaf caught my eye for the wonderful colours and shapes. The leaves on this plant grow into quite sizeable objects, changing from the lovely reds to plain green in the process. This is a new calabaza growth. The rio Chillar ...
