A Walk with Wildlife

Adventures in the wilds of England by Adele Brand

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Skylights

Adele Brand
1–2 minutes
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12 – 16th December 2019, Andalucía, Spain

Doñana might host Europe’s rarest mammal, but it is most famous as a sanctuary for birds. And what birds! Swaying in the reeds, wading in the marshes, laughing in the trees.

Greater flamingo

Flamingos Donana Dec 19

Stonechat

Stonechat Donana Dec 19

Iberian magpie (formerly known as the azure-winged magpie)

Azure magpie Donana Dec 19

Iberian grey shrike

Iberian grey shrike Donana Dec 19

White storks

White storks Donana Dec 19

10 responses to “Skylights”

  1. wordsfromanneli Avatar
    wordsfromanneli

    Beautiful bird photos, Adele! I’m a bird lover and these bring a smile to my face. Wish I could have been there to take the pictures myself.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      I highly recommend going to Donana, if you should find yourself in southern Spain! It’s the first time I’ve seen flamingos in Europe.

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  2. belindagroverphotography Avatar
    belindagroverphotography

    It sounds wonderful and your photos confirm it😊

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Thanks Belinda 🙂 Very interesting part of the world. Spain has Europe’s most unusual wild mammals too, including mongoose and a very odd little creature called a desman. Might try looking for those next year.

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  3. Lynette d'Arty-Cross Avatar
    Lynette d’Arty-Cross

    Beauty photos – delightful. 🙂

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    1. Lynette d'Arty-Cross Avatar
      Lynette d’Arty-Cross

      Should say beautiful. 🙂

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      1. Adele Brand Avatar
        Adele Brand

        Thank you Lynette! It was good to have a chance to use my new lens.

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  4. Darko Avatar
    Darko

    Quite an unusual looking magpie, never seen it before in southern Europe. Now, after I googled it, it seems that azure-winged magpie resides in eastern Asia and that one that you photographed might be Iberian magpie. They look similar but Wikipedia says they are different specie one from the other. Quite interesting bird, anyway.

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      Adele Brand

      Ah, I see there’s been genetic analysis separating them from the Asian population – that must be recent. The name ‘azure-winged magpie’ is still often used, confusingly. Anyway, they are a colourful and social resident of Iberia. They are harder to photograph than Eurasian magpies because they don’t like staying still! And they don’t seem to follow foxes…

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        Darko

        “And they don’t seem to follow foxes…”

        😦

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