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EGRETS IN GUADALQUIVIR

El GATO ... BIZCOCHO

BIZCOCHO ON THE PROWL

Our new garden, while small is heaven for el gato as he has trees, grass and lots of wildlife compared with our previous town house.

TIME TO MOVE ON...

Our new home in Cordoba on the northern fringe of the city.

OLIVE GROVES BETWEEN CORDOBA & JAEN

DID I MENTION OLIVE GROVES?

 There are olive trees as far as the eye can see in many places in Andalucia.

ANDALUCIA, SPAIN

Here in Andalucia there are many embalses (reservoirs) amidst a backdrop of olive groves, mountain ranges, white towns and medieval architecture.

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Ridlunio Towers

Bizcocho our rescued Spanish cat lives in the lap of luxury, seen here sunning himself on our third terrace at our Spanish home.

RIO GUADALQUIVIR WITH ALMODOVAR CASTLE & TOWN BACKDROP

ALMODOVAR DEL RIO CASTLE

TAMRON 150-600mm Telephoto Lens

CASTLE IN THE SKY

EARLY MORNING CASTILLO ALMODOVAR SPAIN

OUR FAMILY....

ARE WE THERE YET?

BALD EAGLE ON REMOTE CONTROL?

AMERICAN BALD EAGLE

KEEP ANIMALS OFF THE MENU

BLUE ROCK THRUSH

Seen on an old demolished building near the stork nests below. This fairly common bird in Andalucia is a Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius),
and a widespread resident in Europe and Middle East.

THE RETURN OF THE STORKS

Before each Spring Cordoba sees the return of the White Storks to refurbish their nests and brood. The nests are built high up to minimise disturbance and they use all kinds of structures, some man made, some made by the Storks. The recent storms don't seem to have caused too many problems for these lovely birds.
They look majestic as they whirl and swoop over the A431 on the western outskirts of Cordoba.

MALE AND FEMAIL LION RELAXING

IBERIAN LYNX

Reintroduced wild in Spain in the Sierra Morena about 40 kms from where I currently live - still waiting to 'capture' my first one in the wild.

BENGAL TIGER

FOXY SPANISH WILD DOG

                                 Seen just feet away on the foothills of Castillo Almodovar                                     just not interested in me

BIZCOCHO

OCTOBER 6th 2017

STEAM ON THE NET

A locomotive engineer refills a thirsty tank engine on Lord McAlpine's private railway near Fawley in Hampshire.

SEEDPOD

EARLY MORNING ALMODOVAR CASTILLO

Looking up from the Guadalquivir river to the east facing castle bathed in early morning August sunshine.

USA ECLIPSE CORONA 2017

With a little help from Kay Burley

RIDLUNIO UPDATE

Still enjoying life on this beautiful planet Earth with all its wonderful nature and sentient creatures....Even some of the people are not too bad.

ALMODOVAR STORM

After a day of heat (44 degs) the mother of all storms was only to be expected.
Marvellous!

Have you found a baby bird? Here is what you should do....

CABRA BIRDWATCH

BLACK WHEATEAR

MALE STONECHAT