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Salins du Lion
Some disused salt pans near Marseille Airport form this small ornithological reserve. I went at the end of the day to enjoy the flamingos in the setting sun.
Danube Delta
A rainy day photographing birds in the Danube delta while on a holiday to Romania and Bulgaria. Highlights were the white-tailed eagles, pygmy cormorants and Pallas’s gulls. We took a boat tour from Tulcea to the area around Mila 23 fishing village and back.
Skomer Island
Wonderful time on Skomer Island, just off the coast in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The island is famed for its puffins, who at this time of year are busy fetching sand eels and other fish for their young. They are mostly safe here because there are no rats or other mammal predators on the island. The Read More
Camargue bird watching
An afternoon and evening in two locations in the Camargue: the Scamandre Discovery Centre and the Pont-de-Gau Ornithological Site. The highlight was seeing courtship between two spoonbills at Scamandre, the male in breeding plumage.
Bay of the Somme
Three days in the Bay of the Somme area, including two nature reserves – Grand-Laviers and Parc du Marquenterre – and walks near the coast. Weather ranged through rain, overcast, sun and early-morning mist.
Sri Lanka Endemic Birds
Sri Lankans are rightly proud of their 34 endemic bird species and on our trip we managed to see all except the Green-billed Coucal. I got usable photos of 24 of the species. The junglefowl is the national bird.
Sri Lanka Birds (non-endemic)
Some of the many bird species in Sri Lanka that are not endemic to the country. Most of these photos were taken at Negombo and the Muthurajawela Sanctuary, Aniwilundawa Bird Sanctuary, Wilpattu National Park, Horton Plains National Park, Sinharaja Rain Forest and Lunugamvehera National Park (the ones in the rain).
Sri Lanka Animals
These photos are from a two-week trip to Sri Lanka that Sophie and I took in February 2025. Unfortunately, we didn’t get any unobstructed leopard sightings, although we did see three different males. Most of the photos were taken in Wilpattu National Park (including the leopards), Udalawale and Lunugamvehera National Parks (elephants) and Bundala NP Read More
Texas: Rio Grande Valley
This post , includes photos from two days in the Rio Grande Valley, starting with the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (and its plantation house), then moving on to Estero Llano Grande State Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, and Edinburg Scenic Wetlands. The parakeets were taken in a shopping mall parking lot in McAllen, my last stop Read More
Texas: South Padre Island
This afternoon I was at South Padre Island, first the Birding and Nature Center and then the Isla Blanca beach. This was the best weather of my trip!