Majorca

Port de Soller just before dawn.




A little way over the mountains towards Pollenca



The lighthouse near the Refugi de Muleta signalling the western side of the Port de Soller.
The Jardi Botanic de Soller

A new leaf
Aristolochia spp - Pipevine, Birthwort, Dutchman's pipe

The fruit of Magnolia Grandiflora 



Juniper berries
Sage leaves
Looking like a Tropical Paradise





Sea Squill ( Urginia marítima )

Onion Weed (Asphodelus fistulosis)

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Cyperus Spp

Water Lily

Pink spp
The Jardi Botanic







Soller - Doorways - Streets - Lamps - Glimpses through doorways - Luscious food 

Cap Formentor
A family of Eleonora's Falcons were flying well this morning. 





Torrent de Pareis from the road above.





Torrent de Pareis down at the mouth.


Torrent de Pareis
Port de Soller

Just need a shake.

Just brilliant kids carts.
The wonderful tram of Port de Soller late in the evening.
The Arabic styled Facade actually built in the mid 18th Century
The Gardens of Alfabia Website
The Alfabia Estate from Days out in Mallorca













The Silk Floss Tree ( Ceiba speciosa)
This from Oddity Central

Made for Queen Isabella's stay in 1860








The main Courtyard

Olive Oil press



Soller













The most delicate and beautiful work of Gloria Gastaldi found in a small gallery in Soller.
Her website here But it doesn't seem to show these particular works.
More pictures can be found below.




Wandering the streets of Soller
Street knitting in Soller












A big thank you to the proprietors of this wonderful hotel for allowing me to take the above photographs.
Restored and maintained in it's original Art Nouveau decoration.





The salt pans of Es Trenc

Samphire
Greater Flamingo



Prickly Pear ( Oppuntia ficus-indica)
Far del Cap Salines
and the land around
A Majorcan designed double gate.

Late night in Puerto de Soller


Indian Bean Tree - (Catalpa bignoniodes)







Wandering the Market day streets in Soller
Eye candy in Soller



Adult

2nd Winter


3rd Winter


Juvenile
Yellow Legged Gull ( Larus michahellis )
The last evening

in Puerto de Soller
Tartu - Estonia



































and in
the
Botanic Garden
Sanguinaria canadensis

Superb crinkle cut leaved Viola


Absolutely stunning Adonis vernal
Ranunculus crenatus
Heavenly scented Daphne blagyana
Draba spp
Euphorbia myrsinites
Fritillaria aurea

Trillium pusilum
Trillium grandifloras
Paeonia tenuifolium


Delightful parasols of Kalmia latifolia
Petrocallis pyranaica
Primula spp



Pulsatilla vulgaris
And
the
most
impressive
Moss, Clubmoss & Lichen Garden


In the Greenhouse

Adenium obesum

Euphorbia lactea f cristata

Aloe marlothii
Onicidium Claudia Black

Clerodendron thomsoniae

Echinocactus grussonnii
Trichocereme strigesus
Hedinilla speciosa
Mammillaria cetricirrha
Psychopsis mariposa alba
Stapela "Pepita"
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And
a
variety
of
orchids


Ilmatsalu Fish Ponds - Estonia




Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus )
At least a hundred Black Terns
20 or so Little Gulls
A pair of Red Necked Grebes
Marsh Harrier
Thrush Nightingale
Whitethoat
Lesser Whitethroat
Penduline Tit
Whinchat

and
Common Rosefinch
Soomaa - Estonia




A boardwalk through this area takes you through the variety of habitats. Mire - Dry wood - Wet mire with pools.
A pair of Goosander were basking in the glow of the evening sunshine.

Estonia hay meadow management.
Surprising few birds as I believe this is designed to increase biodiversity.



White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia )


Common Crane ( Grus grus )




Hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus )
Thrush Nigthingale singing 

Hazel Grouse nibbling the new shoots on the Silver Birch.
Great Grey Owl
White Backed Woodpecker




Wood Warbler singing.


Marsh Marigold ( Caltha palustris )

Buttercup Anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )







Green Hairstreak ( Callophrys rubi )
An Icterine Warbler singing from high in these trees.
Pied Flycatcher & Spotted Flycatcher also present.






White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba )
on the road
to
Tartu
White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia )


Common Crane ( Grus grus )
Tuhu Soo - Estonia

Whinchat on the telephone wires



Not the best photographs but an Elk nonetheless. Just pleased to see one. Brilliant. ( Cervus canadensis )




Scot's Pine - cones ( Pinus sylvestris ) 
Ling on a cold and frosty morning. ( Calluna vulgaris )
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Bog Rosemary ( Andromeda polifolia )

Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor )
also
Tree Pipit
Redshank
Snipe
Black Tailed Godwit

Much more moist at this end of the mire.
Fantastic breeding Black Tailed Godwit.
Flying overhead calling.
and
a
Two syllable burst
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Just down the road out of the park in a glade

Pied Flycatcher ( Ficedula hypoleuca )
also
Redstart
Matsalu Bay - Estonia



















Haeska meadows on the North Shore of Matsalu bay.
Barnacle and Whitefront on stop over. ( Branta leucopsis & Anser albifrons )




Coats of many colours.
Ruff on the flooded fields.
and
Wood Sandpiper



Hundreds of Ruff out on the shoreline. ( Philomachus pugnax )
Kloostri
The channel here controls the water level of the flood meadows.
Lesser Spotted Eagle on the road from Haesta to Kloostri

A circular walk here leads out onto the reedbeeds.
White Tailed Sea Eagle breeding in the reed beds.
Common Crane
Montague's Harrier
Blue Headed Wagtail
Wood Sandpiper
White Stork


Water Horsetail - ( Equsitum fluviatile )
Solomon's Seal ( Polygonatum multiflorum )
Wood Anemone ( Anemone nemorosa )



Buttercup Anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )
Ash bud ( Fraxinus excelsior )

Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides )

Norway Maple ( Acer platanoides )
Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus )
Leidissoo - Estonia


In a glade in the woodlands at the northern end of Leidissoo
Tree Pipit
and
Yellow Hammer
Poosaspea - Estonia


A major migration watch point.



Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus )
Long Tailed Duck sunning itself on the rocks. Many hundreds further out into the water. ( Clangula hyemalis )





Pasque Flower growing on the beach. ( Pulsatilla vulgaris )
Banks of Wood Anemone on the road to Poosaspea ( Anemone nemorosa )





Hepatica ( Hepatica nobilis )




Ants ?
Riguldi - Estonia

Further up the road from Sutlepa towards Poosaspea an area of cut wood held a singing Bluethroat Red Spotted form. ( Luscinia svecica )
Sutlepa - Estonia

Dawn light on the trees.


Soundscape from the reedbed.
Soundscape from the woodland edge a few hundred yards from the reeds.



A Cormorant colony just by the watchtower. ( Phalacracorax carbo )

A very changeable morning. From snowflurries to sunshine.
Haapsalu - Estonia
















Haapsalu Bay




A pair of Great Crested grebe in the bay. ( Podiceps cristatus )
The pair below were just putting the finishing touches to their nest.

Diving down to collect fresh weed.

The first time on the nest.


Seems okay
One more bit of reed.


Hooded Crow scavenging in the harbour. ( Corvus cornix )
Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula )





The most delightful Tree Sparrows in and around the park and water's edge. ( Passer montanus )
Goosander in the bay. ( Mergus merganser )


Common tern fishing in the harbour. ( Sterna hirundo )
Rosary Rd Cemetry






















Wood Sorrell - Oxalis acetosela








Rosary Rd Cemetery in Norwich. An amazing place.


















