Archivos de Diario para septiembre 2018

viernes, 14 de septiembre de 2018

Here We Go Again!

I haven't been aestivating completely over the summer months. Steve Lenton (our botanist friend) and I took a trip up on to The Lassithi Plateau where we found a delightful array of wildlife including the amazing Humming Bird Hawk Moth, Macroglossum stellatarum; Grey Heron, Ardea cinera, on the prowl for amphibians such as the European Tree Frog, Hyla arborea; and the female Emperor Dragonfly, Anax imperator, even found some water in the stream (reduced to occasional puddles in the height of summer) to lay some eggs.

Series 8 of the Crete Nature Blog starts today with a round-up of the summer, a preview of where you can join me for a Sunday Stroll, and details of a new book: http://bit.ly/CreteNature162

Publicado el viernes, 14 de septiembre de 2018 a las 05:15 AM por stevedaniels stevedaniels | 4 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

viernes, 21 de septiembre de 2018

Crete Nature Almanack 2018 Autumn

Autumn is nearly upon us and the birds are already flying south from northern Europe and either staying or passing through Crete on their way to sub-Saharan Africa. Find any stretch of water and you are likely to see birds such as Ruddy Turnstones, Arenaria interpres (top left); Common Sandpipers, Actitis hypoleucos (top right); and possibly even a Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus (bottom right). Look out also for the first appearance of the Black Redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros (bottom left), which usually arrives down here on the south east coast somewhere between late October and the end of November.

14 Top things to look out for this autumn in the #CreteNature #AutumnAlmanack 2018: http://bit.ly/CreteNature163

Publicado el viernes, 21 de septiembre de 2018 a las 04:01 AM por stevedaniels stevedaniels | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

viernes, 28 de septiembre de 2018

Snakeless in Sisi

I had two reasons for wanting to visit Sisi on the north coast of Crete; firstly I'd never been there, despite having been living on the island for 14 years and secondly I'd been promised that I would find Dice Snakes lounging in the rock pools just waiting to have their photographs taken. What better way to start my series of Sunday Strolls with an enthusiastic band of budding amateur naturalists in tow? Sisi is only a small village but somehow Betty managed to get lost in it before we had even started but after a slight delay whilst we phoned her with directions we descended upon the rock pools. I should point out at this juncture that to avoid confusion and boredom by introducing loads of names into these stories (to say nothing of potential ostracism and/or libel actions) all of the ladies will be referred to as Betty and the gentlemen as Bert.

Follow the adventures of #BettyandBert as we start the first of #StevesSundayStrolls in #Sisi, #Lasithi, #Crete http://bit.ly/CreteNature164

Publicado el viernes, 28 de septiembre de 2018 a las 04:30 AM por stevedaniels stevedaniels | 13 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario