Marsh bloomers

Posted on 08/07/2025 by Patricia

June 14th – July, 2025, High Fens. Walking on the wooden paths (“caillebottis” in French, “vlonderpaden” in Dutch) of the Belgian highland, the marsh bloomers just above the high grasses attract immediate attention.

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Tiny monsters

Posted on 19/06/2025 by Patricia

June 13-14th, 2025, High Fens near the Belgian-German border. The leaves of the sundew (zonnedauw (NL), rossolis (F)) are particularly well-equipped to catch small insects and any minute things that come too close to their tentacles. These tiny monsters aren’t easily spotted amidst the diversity of specially-adapted plants and the surrounding vegetation.

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Wild bloomers

Posted on 13/06/2025 by Patricia

June 12th, 2025, High Fens, Belgium-Germany border. Late spring in the High Fens offers special treats such as cottongrass (veenpluis), common sundew (zonnedauw) and arctic starflower with six or seven sepals (zevenster). Also, we were careful not to step on a small adder crossing our path.

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The mighty scavengers. II

Posted on 09/06/2025 by Patricia

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.

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The mighty scavengers. I

Posted on 09/06/2025 by Patricia

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.

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Bathing beauties

Posted on 18/04/2025 by Patricia

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…

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Forest dwellers

Posted on 17/04/2025 by Patricia

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.

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Staying close to the stream

Posted on 26/03/2025 by Patricia

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.

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