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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The still landscape

Posted on 25/02/2025 by Patricia

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.

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Tomorrowland

Posted on 10/11/2024 by Patricia

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…

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The visitors

Posted on 10/11/2024 by Patricia

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.

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Early day

Posted on 30/08/2024 by Patricia

Rocherath, Belgium, Aug. 29th, 2024. After an early start of the day, we headed to the border where we had spotted a red kite family a few weeks ago. With the farmer harvesting the fields, much to our astonishment, we observed a variety of preybirds aiming to catch a tasteful bite.

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Dressed in purple

Posted on 04/08/2024 by Patricia

July 2024, East-Belgium. The purple digitalis purpurea can be seen in large numbers almost everywhere this year, amidst the forest and, most of all, in every clearing or broad path.

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