A RED KITE, NAMED IN WALES AS "THE BIRD OF THE 20th CENTURY" FOR ITS RECOVERY FROM NEAR EXTINCTION AFTER BEING CONDEMNED TO EXTERMINATION BY ROYAL DECREE AS A "VERMYN".
THESE ANCIENT CORN CRIBS, CALLED HORREOS, DOT THE LANDSCAPE IN GALICIA, SPAIN, PROTECTING THE GRAIN FROM DAMP AND RODENTS. SOME ARE SO DECORATIVE THAT WE THOUGHT AT FIRST THEY WERE SMALL MAUSOLEUMS
HARVESTED CORN DRYING, GALICIA, SPAIN
MILES AND MILES OF FARMING UNDER PLASTIC SHEETING IN SPAIN, NICKNAMED THE "COSTA DEL POLYETHELENE"
ROBIN - ENGLAND
LAVENDER SUNSET OVER EL ROCIO, SPAIN
TRAWLER WITH NETS, HOLLAND
FISHING NETS, PORTUGAL
FISHING NETS - PORTUGAL
ROE DEER BUCK - SCOTLAND
ONE OF A MILLION (MAYBE!) NORTHERN LAPWINGS THAT WE SAW FORAGING IN FIELDS IN HOLLAND AND GERMANY. NICELY DECKED OUT, SO DAPPER . . .
A SMALL ARMY OF EUROPEAN OYSTERCATCHERS FORAGING IN (ALMOST) MILITARY FORMATION
QUITE A LARGE FLOCK OF OYSTERCATCHERS, TEXEL ISLAND, HOLLAND
A TUFTED DUCK DRIFTING SILENTLY PAST IN THE WATER BELOW A FOOTPATH, ENGLAND
BARNACLE GEESE IN THEIR FORMAL ATTIRE, NORTHWEST COAST OF SCOTLAND
A ROOK, ENGLAND
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CATCH THESE GOLDFINCHES WHEN THEY ARE STILL - THEY ARE SO BUSY, FLITTY, NOISY . . . THE IMAGE WAS MADE IN PORTUGAL IN WINTER.
LATE AUTUMN COLOR CHANGING IN A FOREST IN EASTERN GERMANY
A PAIR OF WHITE STORKS DISPLAYING ON THEIR NEST - PORTUGAL
WHITE STORK IN FLIGHT WITH NESTING MATERIAL - PORTUGAL
WHITE STORKS AT NEST - PORTUGAL
WHITE STORKS IN MARSH - FRANCE
GREATER FLAMINGOS FORAGING, FRANCE
FLAMINGOS BATHING - FRANCE
FLAMINGOS TAKING FLIGHT - SPAIN
FLAMINGOS IN LAGOON - SPAIN
TUNDRA SWANS IN FLIGHT - ENGLAND
MUTE SWAN REFLECTED, ENGLAND
MANDARIN DUCK REFLECTED - ENGLAND
WOOD DUCK DRAKE AND REFLECTION - ENGLAND
EUROPEAN KINGFISHER IN REED GRASSES, FRANCE
FEMALE PHEASANT - ENGLAND
EVERY PALACE NEEDS A PEACOCK (OR A PEAHEN), ENGLAND
DOMESTIC BULL- ENGLAND
HIGHLAND CATTLE IN THE SCOTISH HIGHLANDS
DOMESTIC SHEEP, ENGLAND
RESTING RED DEER STAG AND HINDS, ENGLAND
CARRIAGE ON A SANDY STREET OF EL ROCIO, SPAIN
EVENING PROMENADE, EL ROCIO, SPAIN
FILAMENT NETS AND FLOATS - PORTUGAL
PATCHWORK VINEYARDS - GERMANY
HILLTOP TOWN, ITALY
CASTLE ON TIDAL FLATS - SCOTLAND
A CHARMING (BUT CREEPY!) INN WE FOUND WHILE LOST IN THE DARK COUNTRYSIDE, GERMANY
UNIVERSITY GATES, SPAIN
PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND AN OLD STONE BRIDGE - WALES
HOMES ON A CANAL- BELGIUM
