April, 29-30, 2025. Spanish Pyrenees, Aragón. Kites and griffon vultures are social and come in group, whereas the Egyptian vulture shows in small company. The bearded vulture comes last. The final leftovers, i.e. white-cleaned bones, are what it is after. So absolutely nothing remains.
April 30, 2025. Spanish Pyrenees, Aragón. Impressive in flight, fierce on the ground, the mighty scavengers of Aragón alltogether make sure that nothing remains from the carcasses of dead animals. Griffon, Egyptian and bearded vultures as well as black raven work alltogether so no disease can spread from the carcasses. They are the allies of nature.
April 10th, 2025, near Rochefort. This man-made pond amidst the forest attracts a diversity of small and colourful guests that are very keen to take advantage of the fresh water…
April 10th, 2025, near Rochefort. This hide is well-hidden and allows to detect and observe for a while even the smallest birds and cutest forest dwellers.
March 23rd-24th, 2025, East-Belgium. The signal of spring is discrete: early daffodils start colouring the meadows of the higher valleys while insect-eating birds such as the white-throated dipper and the great yellow wagtail are ready to care for their offsprings.
Feb. 1, 2025. Repeating a walk is never the same as it was. Winter is ideal to view the landscape from a different angle : everything seems quieter, more static, more desolate… The colours are, however, more vivid than in the summer, while the snow highlights the small bumps (called ‘pollen’) in the marshland.
High Fens, East-Belgium, Nov. 7th. We went on the wooden path in search of the remains of a former life-giving forest, these ghosts that rise above the horizontal landscape and appear as tortured souls waiting for redemption…
High Fens, East-Belgium, Nov. 3rd, 2024. There were thousands of them, gathered in the moors of the High Fens. The mist was thick and we could only hear them. After two hours of patiently waiting, the mist broke down and the cranes circled above us until they got into position for continuing their journey.
