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NEWS: I Now Offer Personal Nature Walks

10th April 201910th April 2019Craig Rogers

As probably know I run an occasional free Nature Walks here in the Algarve Hills where everyone is welcome. They are very popular and spaces are limited often meaning people miss out. I have been asked on many occasions if I would run private walks to compliment my free ones.

Well, I can now announce that private Walks are now available. Of course, I cannot run these for free so there is just a small cost of just €10 per person with a minimum charge of €30. To keep these walks personal the maximum group size is 10 people. For example, a group of 8 people is €80 (€10 per person) and a group size of 1, 2 or 3 persons is €30.

More information can be found on the Product Page and please Contact Me for your own private booking.

The Mystery Bird From Yesterday’s Nature Walk Identified

17th February 201917th February 2019Craig Rogers

First all, a big thanks to everyone that turned up yesterday for the first Free Nature Walk of 2019.

What an amazing morning out in the hills, the weather was almost hot, but certainly very warm and there were plenty of things to see. The one thing that got us excited was a dark black/blue bird that appeared a little too far away to ID. At first I thought it was a Starling, but then it stood upright like a Thrush. It disappeared before we managed to get a good view or shot of it and continued our walk. A few names were branded about and I mentioned the possibility of a Blue Rock Thrush. I have never seen one let alone locally to the house.

We continued our walk and the route brought us back past the same location on our return. I spotted it again, this time in full view albeit a long way, it was also now a view directly into the sun.

I snapped a photo but couldn’t tell from the image on the camera. This morning, I have cleaned the image up a little and gives a perfect view, I can now confirm it is indeed a Male Blue Rock Thrush. I visited the same location this morning, but couldn’t spot it but as these birds are resident in Portugal, I will keep an eye out for it and maybe stake out. It is possible that it will nest in this barn that it was spotted at.

Next Free Nature Photography Walk, This Saturday!

16th August 201817th August 2018Craig Rogers

Saturday 18th August is my next Nature Photography Walk up here in the hills of the Algarve.Continue reading >>

This Morning’s Nature Walk

9th June 20189th June 2018Craig Rogers

It was great to meet some new faces and see some regulars on this morning’s walk. I decided to do something different today and instead of walking some of the mountain ridges decided to take a walk in a nearby Eucalyptus Forest. We braved the forecast showers and luckily had just 2 short showers. The sun occasionally popped out to warm us up.

The Next (Free) Nature Photography Walk

1st June 20181st June 2018Craig Rogers

The next Nature Photography Walk is on Saturday 9th June.

As I explained to those on the last walk, this one will be around a local Eucalyptus Forest.

This Morning’s Nature Walk

12th May 201814th May 2018Craig Rogers

Thank you to everyone that came along today to my Nature Photography Walk, it was a nice warm day with a bit of wind.

A lot of the local wildlife were keeping quiet today although we did get a glimpse of a large Short-Toed Eagle flying which was a nice bonus.

The hills are in full bloom, some of which are a lot larger than usual due to the rainy spring. We spent a short while trying to identify various species.