Wildlife in the Slow Lane
The Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) is a very common gull and is often quite noisy. They are essentially coastal birds but move inland, particularly in the winter months. This one was posing so nicely at one of my local lakes ...
Perhaps because of their size, birds of prey always seem to look impressive. These particular birds were not in the wild, but they were not in cages either. They were trained, well-trained I would say, creatures and I caught up ...
I was sitting having a coffee in the Marinas del Este when a couple of friendly sparrows appeared and looked up quite appealingly. Unfortunately I didn't have any nibbles for them and thought they probably wouldn't want a sip of ...
You don't stumble upon them very often, especially in a square in a town, but you do find them occasionally on a wander through the countryside. This Pomegranate tree, Punica granatum, was in a small sort of square in the back ...
There are lots of interesting trees at Southlake in Woodley. It is much more varied than many of the woods I walk in. These are just a couple of photos of some tree roots that I think look like an ...
While at the lake, I took a few more photos of my favourite two Mallard, both of which are nothing like the colour they should be but are full of character. The patchily coloured Mallard paddles its bright orange feet ...
These three were basking near to a very small pool of water in one of the drainage channels along the Frigiliana road in Nerja. Not much water about but the puddle was obviously big enough, and muddy enough for their ...
I went for a short walk to one of my regular places today and discovered that it was partly flooded due to recent rainfall causing the river to overflow. It does flood regularly and last winter it was inaccessible for ...
It was a nice sunny morning, the sea was calm and the gulls were quite happy to pose for photos, presumably too full after their hearty breakfast. Although this one was all ready for a quick snack...if he could find ...
Moor Green Lakes is another of my fairly local nature reserves and I enjoy walking round there. There are a couple of lakes, the river running behind in the woods and they are also extending the reserve over the next ...
We went for another walk round the lake this morning before the weather got too cold. There were quite a few Egyptian Geese at different points around the lake and this one was having a good preen and stretch. The Great ...
As we were leaving Southlake at the weekend (separate post), I spotted a Gull on the lake which looked different from all the others. I took a couple of long-distance shots and didn't think any more of it. I sent ...
There were a lot of gulls down on the rocks at Calahonda beach this morning, preening themselves after presumably following the fishing boats in and having enjoyed a hearty breakfast. These photos were an attempt to capture the birds in ...
