One of the plants that you can’t fail to miss here, if there are some in flower, is the American Agave. It is an exotic looking plant and one that I find quite fascinating. A common name (though misleading) is the Hundred Year plant as it takes many years for …
Throughout the summer and early Autumn, you can’t fail to notice the abundance of dragonflies and damselflies around the river. I find them fascinating and can’t resist taking photos if I get the chance. For the beginner (like me) identifying these insects can be tricky and the first thing you …
Yesterday was just a fabulous day! One of those days that every time you turn around there is something of interest that catches your eye! It was the day for banding the stork chicks at Sebes Nature reserve, so as I did last year, I went up to watch. I arrived at …
April and May are delightful months in Spain of warm sunshine, blue skies, and an eruption of Spring flowers. The unmissable stars of the show are the bright red poppies and white margaritas that seem to grow overnight on every bit of wasteland and roadside verge. Add to that …
Date of walk: Saturday 18th Feb Temperture in Tortosa: 17 degC Mountain Temp: approx 15 degC Wind: NNW 4km/h There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the temperature in the valley was touching 17 degreesC. In fact although it can still get chilly at night, February is often a …
Camargue horses have had an important role in the successful re-introduction of White Storks at Sebes Nature Reserve. Storks consume a wide variety of prey including beetles, crickets, lizards, snakes, molluscs, crustaceans, frogs and toads and they prefer to feed in areas of shallow wetland and avoid areas that have tall …
Sebes is small Nature Reserve about 20 mins drive from us, on the outskirts of the town of Flix. There are 206 hectares in total which runs in a fairly narrow strip alongside the left bank of the River Ebro. It consists of reedbeds, river islands, tamarisk woods, lagoons and …
As it was the last day of the year I thought I’d go down to the Ebro Delta to see if I could add any last minute birds to my list. It was a lovely still day here in Mora d’Ebre but on the Delta it was blowing a gale! …
The fiesta has finished, the town is quiet, many of the bars and shops are remaining closed for the week and there is a distinct feeling that summer is over! Mid-day temperatures are still 30- 35 degC but the early morning heat has a comfortable softness, the light is different, …
The flow of water in the Lower Ebro is controlled by adjusting the gates on the dam further upriver at Flix. The normal flow is around 420 cubic metres per second. On Monday this rose dramatically to 1,450 m³/s! The nearest Gauging Station a couple of miles upriver recorded a …