I’m back in the space that I love the most and where my heart stays, wherever I am. And the loquat tree is fully laden, which can… Read more “Night-time Fruit Foraging”
Tag: Portugal
GOAT: to the rescue
Biodiverstiy loss and forest fires need the return of wildlife for conservation and fire control, in the meantime maybe goats could mind the gap?
Toad on the Hill
Surely toads live near water? That’s a given, right? So what are they doing at the top of an arid hill with no obvious ponds at any… Read more “Toad on the Hill”
When you can’t see the cows for the trees
I cannot see the cows for the trees. Literally. I know they are out there, because the deep sound of the large cow bells softly betrays their… Read more “When you can’t see the cows for the trees”
Wild Pigs are NOT boring
Wild boar have a fierce reputation, I assume from hunters tales of bravado as in all the 6 years I spent living in the forests of Portugal… Read more “Wild Pigs are NOT boring”
The truth about cats and dogs
More mundane than mystical, more cooperative than crafty, the closer we look the more we see
Fight and Flight
Every afternoon there is a fight in my garden in Portugal. It erupts without fail late afternoon in the shimmering heat. It does not stop until one… Read more “Fight and Flight”
The Iberian lynx
The world’s most endangered big cat lives not in some far-flung jungle or inaccessible snow capped Mountain range but in Portugal’s Algarve. This was the incredible fact that two journalists discovered in 2000
Siobhan Mitchell 