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Morning Dog Walk: Swallow Nest, Bee Eaters & My Tarantula Is Possibly Dead!

I take a camera along on my Dog Walks to bring you some of the sightings that I see on my morning walks, these photos are rarely going to be great quality as its hard enough keeping an energetic Dog entertained and get close enough to anything. They also help me identify where species are so that I can plan to return.

The area was covered in thick mist this morning but I still decided to take the camera along and I took a stop at an old Well to check if the Barn Swallows had started to use the nest.

IMPORTANT! – It’s never a good idea to approach a nesting bird but in this instance I used the camera’s Live-View with the screen tilted so that I didn’t actually look over the edge of the well!

I pointed the camera like a periscope over the edge of the well and captured this shot of a Swallow already sitting on the nest. It’s both genius and dangerous for them to build this nest here. Of course, no predator can get to the nest, but if the nest falls off it will drop into the water or if a baby falls, it’s going to drown. Of course, when the young fledge, it will be a difficult flight too. This is the 2nd year, they have nested here, so maybe they know what they are doing.


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Bee-Eaters In The Garden

So, I’m in my processing studio trying to work on some photos from a huge FotoSul shoot a few days ago and all I can hear is Bee-Eaters outside.

It’s a terrible day for photography today with some thunderstorms in the area taking all the light away with thick clouds but I couldn’t resist to have a look and find 3 Bee-Eaters sitting on an electricity cable. They seem to be having an argument which was making me laugh.

It looks like the 2 on the left of the photo are males and the one on the right (shouting!) is a female. The argument seemed to be going on between the male on the left and the female.


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I Couldn’t Resist When I Heard Them Close To The House!

I was in my studio processing some images and I could hear the Bee-Eaters were close to the house, I couldn’t resist. It is really overcast and rainy today and although the light levels are low, I knew that the Bee-Eaters would be more visible. In direct daylight it is often difficult to see the colouring of them so I grabbed the camera to bring you a few shots. Ok, they are not great, but some shots nonetheless.


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Morning Dog Walk: The Bee Eaters Are Back!

I take a camera along on my Dog Walks to bring you some of the sightings that I see on my morning walks, these photos are rarely going to be great quality as its hard enough keeping an energetic Dog entertained and get close enough to anything. They also help me identify where species are so that I can plan to return.

They arrived 2 days earlier than normal which makes up for their late return last year due to the rains. I’m in no rush to try to get up close as it could cause them to panic so I sat an watched them for a while this morning.

I actually think that there are 2 colonies that have arrived, as I could see and hear 2 groups from my high vantage point (which happens to be part of my garden!) but it could just be one large colony split. Here is a photo I got from my vantage point, there are 7 in this shot, but many more where flying low down in the valley I overlook.

I will monitor this tree for the next few days and if it becomes a meeting point then I will plan on getting closer. Of course, these could just passing through too!

If you are planning on getting shots of them, just be careful during the next week or so as they will be looking for nesting spots and human presence can cause them to change location.

If it was April 1st then I would have written this blog differently, suggesting that Bee Eaters don’t migrate, they grow on trees!


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As Featured In “Enjoy The Algarve” Online Magazine

I have appeared briefly in the online magazine, Enjoy The Algarve before. It was a photo of the White Storks fighting in Silves. This made up part of a feature about taking photos whilst on holiday in the Algarve.

I was delighted when Yayeri (Editor of Enjoy The Algarve) asked if she could use one of my Bee Eater photos in her “Picture Perfect” feature. The photo was from a session I had back April.

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European Bee Eater - Abelharuco - Merops apiaster
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The Bee Eater Colony Are Still Here!

I have been getting quietly worried over the last few days as I have not seen or heard the local Bee Eater colony. The last time I saw them was Friday which was 5 days ago!

However, today they actually spent most of the day around the garden and even relaxing down on “A Rocha”. I always have my Nikon D7100 (Crop Camera) to hand with the 80-400mm lens so that I can grab it for record shots. So here is a few I took without even having to change out of my slippers! We are so lucky to have these around the garden. I’m not sure where they are nest building this year, so this is maybe why I have not seen them for a while.

European Bee Eater Flying Around The Garden

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