Flamingos taking shelter from Mistral wind
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Stunning white horse
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SEPTEMBER 2024
Later than previous months but we have been away on a river boat holiday on the Rhone in France... lots of clear sunny skies but with an unseasonably early cool Mistral wind blowing up to 45 kilometres per hour. Everywhere in the world climate change is very evident. Local residents expected this strong wind only by the middle of October but c'est la vie... the whole holiday was fabulous and we visited so many new places ... including the wonderful Camargue... a life time bucket list destination. Needless to say I was on the lookout for wildlife and I have included some photos which I hope you will find interesting.
In last Saturday's Times newspaper my attention was drawn to a report of a VERY rare bird drawing crowds of birders to Scotland. I was among many bird watching enthusiasts back in 2008 when a young Steppe Grey Shrike was found in north Lincolnshire. This comical photograph tells it all .. the bird probably had not seen a human being before and was ridiculously confiding .. to the extant that it perched on my head for over 5 minutes whilst friends took some quick shots. My only claim to fame.
Hope you will enjoy
Later than previous months but we have been away on a river boat holiday on the Rhone in France... lots of clear sunny skies but with an unseasonably early cool Mistral wind blowing up to 45 kilometres per hour. Everywhere in the world climate change is very evident. Local residents expected this strong wind only by the middle of October but c'est la vie... the whole holiday was fabulous and we visited so many new places ... including the wonderful Camargue... a life time bucket list destination. Needless to say I was on the lookout for wildlife and I have included some photos which I hope you will find interesting.
In last Saturday's Times newspaper my attention was drawn to a report of a VERY rare bird drawing crowds of birders to Scotland. I was among many bird watching enthusiasts back in 2008 when a young Steppe Grey Shrike was found in north Lincolnshire. This comical photograph tells it all .. the bird probably had not seen a human being before and was ridiculously confiding .. to the extant that it perched on my head for over 5 minutes whilst friends took some quick shots. My only claim to fame.
Hope you will enjoy
Camargue black bulls
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Steppe Grey Shrike up close and personal
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Steppe Grey Shrike aka Saxaul, Lincs
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