Category Archives: Nature

Greek Cats

Posted on January 10, 2016 by admin

Nafplio was cat central. Smudge was almost dirty enough to disappear against a grey wall: Some thought deep thoughts: Others kept a look-out: This youngster at our guesthouse was still rather wary of strangers, even ones bearing strokes: This family … Continue reading →

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Greek Animals

Posted on January 9, 2016 by admin

I didn’t take my big birding lens to Greece, since I knew there would be no big birds on display. Unfortunately it turned out that the olive groves play host to a dense population of kestrels and buzzards; the latter … Continue reading →

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Shades of Brown

Posted on November 8, 2015 by admin

After a long, hot summer, autumn has finally arrived in Slovakia. Soft colours: Herons take to the fields: and the skies: The usual raptors are around. Buzzards: And kestrels: As the leaves start to fall, it gets easier to see … Continue reading →

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Blackbird(?) Public Art Project

Posted on September 26, 2015 by admin

Mixed Materials. 2015.

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Scottish Birds

Posted on August 30, 2015 by admin

The big Starting with the giants, we were buzzed by a magnificent grey heron at St Andrews: The stars — unfortunately fairly unapproachable — were of course the ospreys. Odin the Magnificent at Loch Garten, in his favourite camera tree: … Continue reading →

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Colours of Bratislava

Posted on August 4, 2015 by admin

Orange, white and blue kingfishers: Red, blue, yellow and black Bee-eaters: Green frog (and snake): Black kite: Miss Black:

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A Treatise of Buggs

Posted on August 2, 2015 by admin

I had some light relief recently polishing off this little book at DP. In less than 50 pages, we get the strange but true* story of how the author discovered the secret of eliminating nitts from an ancient, but unnaturally … Continue reading →

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Pond Life

Posted on July 26, 2015 by admin

Much of our free time recently has been spend near the Morava and Danube, which have backwaters and lakes very popular with a range of species. The kings are of course the storks: over the past week, we’ve seen the … Continue reading →

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Nesting

Posted on June 26, 2015 by admin

We’ve been rather fixated on the storks recently, but other birds have been equally industrious. Not far from the storks’ nest, a rather elegant pigeon had made her nest on a street sign. One chick died and was ejected: She … Continue reading →

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Morava Meadow

Posted on June 21, 2015 by admin

The meadow by the Morava river has been busy over the last few weeks. Of course the storks are the stars; we first saw them on eggs on April 3rd; by 16th May the chicks had hatched, and they’ve been … Continue reading →

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