Today i had a good sighting of a Honey buzzard. A first for me. It was soaring low and directly over me above the hills near Varen. It was being mobbed by a Common buzzard as they both glided out…
Raptor sighting – Short-toed eagle…
Thurs 17 May 2018 Early this morning i was treated to a fine sighting of a Short-toed eagle ( Circaetus gallicus ) flying above the hills just North of Montpezat-de-Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne. What a magnificent eagle and my first sighting for…
Ancient Oak Trees.
All trees are valuable. The older a tree becomes the more valuable it becomes. Of course a tree can be valued for its timber, sometimes, extremely valuable, but there are different types of value. Ancient oaks are one…
Spring in the Lot
Printemps dans le Lot, sud-ouest de la France, Avril/mai 2018. Spring in the Lot, S/W France. April/May 2018. I have so far heard and/or observed Hoopoe, Golden Oriole a large number of Nightingale, Woodchat Shrike, Red and Black Kites.
Nature observations
Sat 5 May LotObserved a male Woodchat shrike hunting 10 K north of Villefranche.