Category Archives: Austria

The last couple of weekends have been spent either side of the Morava river, where quite a range of beasties are making their homes. Roe deer are very cautious, but at least they’re big enough to photograph without too much … Continue reading →

Round about now is the end of the bustard season here. For now, they’re nicely visible in the wintry fields: They tend to favour the Austrian rather than the Slovak side of the border, so a background of wind turbines … Continue reading →

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 →

As well as the storks, we’ve come across quite a few big birds in the last few weeks. Herons occupy the same kind of territory as the storks: One of the biggest surprises buzzed overhead while we were admiring the … Continue reading →