September 21st, 2010

Autumn Announces

The last couple of weeks have been very wet and the conditions in the forests seem ideal for mushrooms. Also, as measures for the environment are gaining more momentum, the air is more pure and clean. For a number of mushrooms this is essential and in particular for the Fly Agaric.

This mushroom is [...]

June 9th, 2010

Poor chaps

Last week we spent a week on the dutch island of Texel, the largest of the group situated in the north of Holland. The wheather was fantastic with clear blue skies and a firm breeze from the north. I visited a number of breeding colonies, mainly habituated by black-headed gulls and northern terns. European Avocets, [...]

February 26th, 2010

A Rainy Day

Last weekend I went for a short trip to Holland to visit family and to go out and photograph. The day I went out to shoot was a little short of abysmal, rain rain rain. But I still managed to get a few nice birds in the viewfinder.

The Great White Egret first bred in [...]