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Birdingextremadura: Great Bustard wheels
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Friday, 24 April 2015. Great Bustard (John Hawkins). In Spanish it is called the rueda. Great Bustards (John Hawkins). Now as the month draws to a close, so the rueda. Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Informative post and lovely photos. 30 April 2015 at 19:32. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Http:/ www.birdingextremadura.com. Http:/ www.casaruralelrecuerdo.com. Birding in Extremadura Club. Marti...
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Birdingextremadura: July 2014
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Tuesday, 22 July 2014. As the vulture glides. Griffon Vulture (Raymond de Smet). Griffon Vultures are resident here, but that bare statement obscures the fluid nature of the population in Extremadura, much as we cannot see either the atmospheric infrastructure that provides the means for these movements. Sightings of wing-tagged birds. Griffon Vulture fledgling (Martin Kelsey). Sunday, 20 July 2014. View my complete pr...
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Birdingextremadura: The game is patience
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Thursday, 29 January 2015. The game is patience. Great Egret (Martin Kelsey). Great Egret (Martin Kelsey). Great Egret (Martin Kelsey). Little Bittern (Martin Kelsey). The following day, amongst the yellow winter stalks and stems of Typha. Taking its stare elsewhere. Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Labels: Great White Egret. Wonderful powers of observation and description again. My favourite &#...
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Birdingextremadura: Jigsaw spring
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Tuesday, 10 March 2015. My first Woodchat Shrike of 2015 (Martin Kelsey). Great White Egrets (Martin Kelsey). Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Another fine, expertly sculptured portrait of your local patch. Great pleasure to read as always. 11 March 2015 at 13:04. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Http:/ www.birdingextremadura.com. Http:/ www.casaruralelrecuerdo.com. Birding in Extremadura Club.
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Birdingextremadura: Golden fury
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Wednesday, 18 February 2015. Golden Eagle (Martin Kelsey). Plains in mid-February 2015 (Martin Kelsey). Roasted") and indeed the plants that had become lulled by the warm wet autumn, stand limp and yellowed. There is ample time for recovery and hope. Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Gripping description as usual Martin. Im right there with you watching it! 161;Que llueva ya! 21 February 2015 at 19:02.
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Birdingextremadura: January 2015
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Thursday, 29 January 2015. The game is patience. Great Egret (Martin Kelsey). Great Egret (Martin Kelsey). Great Egret (Martin Kelsey). Little Bittern (Martin Kelsey). The following day, amongst the yellow winter stalks and stems of Typha. Taking its stare elsewhere. Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Labels: Great White Egret. Wednesday, 14 January 2015. Common Chiffchaff (Martin Kelsey). And reeds&#...
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Birdingextremadura: September 2014
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Monday, 29 September 2014. Violet Dropwing (Martin Kelsey). River Almonte late September 2014 (Martin Kelsey). The rain on the plains (Martin Kelsey). Despite the grazing pressure of sheep, we came across the most breathtaking spread of wild autumn crocuses I had ever seen, a delicate soft pink carpet embracing the close sward of this open wood pasture. Autumn Crocuses (Martin Kelsey). Common Redstart (Martin Kelsey).
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Birdingextremadura: November 2014
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Thursday, 20 November 2014. White Stork and Black Stork at Alcollarín (Martin Kelsey). Farmland and rocky outcrops and set in a wide arena of hills, will be used by wildlife. Alcollarín Reservoir (Claudia Kelsey). Distant photo of Extremadura's first White-headed Ducks since 2003 (Martin Kelsey). Alcollarín Reservoir (Claudia Kelsey). Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Tuesday, 11 November 2014. Almos...
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Birdingextremadura: At the heart of the landscape
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Wednesday, 25 February 2015. At the heart of the landscape. Azure-winged Magpie (John Hawkins). Winter dehesa (Martin Kelsey). Nothing more typifies the Extremaduran landscape than the dehesa. There is no neat English equivalent word for this habitat, and attempts to define it in anglicised form fail either in precision or elegance: I find wood pasture. Helpful, and terms like savanna. Landscape, it matches almost exac...
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Birdingextremadura: May 2014
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Martin Kelsey's blog on the birds, natural history and life in general in Extremadura. Friday, 30 May 2014. Sounds on the highest lands of all. High in the Gredos Mountains in late May (Martin Kelsey). Ortolan Bunting (Martin Kelsey). Martin and Claudia Kelsey at Casa Rural El Recuerdo. Monday, 19 May 2014. Plains in May (Martin Kelsey). It is as dramatic a transformation to the landscape as our autumnal " second spring. Retama in flower (Martin Kelsey). False Ilex Hairstreak (Martin Kelsey). We sit in t...