Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Det var lite humler og bier på våren og forsommeren på Fyrsteilene, men nå er det store mengder av de og her nyter en humle en av de mange frodige og…


Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Aksveronikaen på Fyrsteilene kjemper en tøff kamp mot den innvaderende og svartlistete gravbergknappen (Phedimus spurius), især der det er ekstra skrint. Disse…


Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Den vakre aksveronikaen vokser over hele Fyrsteilene, men den sliter med konkurranse fra den invaderende og menneskeintroduserte gravbergknappen (Phedimus…


Aksveronika - Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Aksveronika – Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Fyrsteilene har en rik flora der en av disse er aksveronikaen som du kan finne over hele øya. Enkelte steder vokser den i tette bestander, mens andre steder…


Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)

Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)

While I was packing up my gear in the car after a short hike, this lovely parrot landed on this rather flimsy wiring outside a home. As with most species of…


Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)

Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)

A curious individual looking for food at a feeding station at private home that has understood that wild animals should always be wild. As such this individual…


Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)

Tender love between a pair of Scarlet macaws in Costa Rica where they should be - in the wild. Watching these magnificent birds in the wild is amazing, even…


Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

An endangered widow This amazing species is yet another example of how selfish human desires to keep exotic pets drives a species to extinction. Why is it so…


Limonium paulayanum

Limonium paulayanum

A very hardy plant that I found commonly in the Arher area in the north-east where it grows close to the ocean and thus the salt. I found very few with open…