Wild flowers of the moors

Aug. – Sept., 2022, East of Belgium. Wild flowers come and go quickly, they must be captured at their best. Also, if you plan to come to the Open Doors at the Royal Observatory of Belgium on Sept. 24 – 25, don’t forget to take a look at our photographic exhibition about the La Palma skies! Below: purple digitalis, common toadflax, marsh gentian and ‘calocera viscosa’ (fungus).

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La Palma skies: our next exhibition

August 25, 2022. We welcome you to our second exhibition about the island of La Palma and its impressive views from the summit, both in day and at night. The photographic exhibition will be part of the activities proposed during the upcoming Open Doors at the Royal Observatory of Belgium on Sept. 24-25, 2022. For more information, see: https://spacepole.be/en/open-days. Enjoy!

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Go East

July 2022, East of Belgium. We like this: high moors, rough bushes, green forests, steep hills… so many wild environments to explore!

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La Calestienne

June 25th, 2022, Nismes, Viroinval. To the South of Belgium, some impressive karstic formations can be found on the “tiennes”, i.e. the top of the local hills.

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Birds of many colours

Trois-Ponts, East of Belgium, May 23, 2022. Well-hidden in a birdhide facing the hillside of the Salmvalley, many small but colourful inhabitants of these woody hills can be observed, e.g. finch, tit, jay and blackbird.

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Belgium bound

April-May 2022, Belgium. Bird watching can be fun, even close from home. You have to observe (from a distance), something we learned from astronomy, and stay quiet, then you spot them… Grey heron, finch and jay!

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Voyage to the North

January 2022. Last November, we spotted cranes flying Southbound. This month, this small group of about 50 birds was observed flying Northbound.

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Snowscape

January 2022. Winter is present on the high plateau of Belgium…

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