El Perro Negro

Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain

Tag: naturephotography

Note – 2025-10-10 07:50

Note – 2025-10-10 07:50

Hard photographing birds in flight isn't it? Especially for a landscape photographer who's subject is pretty much static. Thing is with birds, the little blighters just won't stay still, will they? He...

Birds, Birdsofmastodon, Nature, Spain, Wildlife, Photography, Birdphotography, Andalucia, Naturephotography

Note – 2025-08-07 05:44

Note – 2025-08-07 05:44

So, I was climbing up this steep rock slab a few days ago and out of a small cave in the rock above me appeared this Iberian Ibex (Cabra Montes). They are usually quite timid but this one stood his gr...

Nature, Animals, Spain, Goats, Naturephotography

Note – 2024-02-14 16:56

Note – 2024-02-14 16:56

Day 1 we arrive at the place where we hope to see the rarest cat in the world, the Iberian Lynx. Immediately Mick spots a lynx. We pour excitedly out of the car, grabbing binoculars & cameras. 1st att...

Wildlife, Lynx, Spain, Nature, Naturephotography

Note – 2023-06-30 06:51

Note – 2023-06-30 06:51

Zamárraga, erigeron de Sierra Nevada (Erigeron frigidus) We found this at 3460m on Mulhacen in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountain range. Endemic and critically endangered species. Lives on poorly develope...

Flora, Naturephotography, Wildflowers, Spain, Sierranevada, Nature

Note – 2023-06-18 18:31

Note – 2023-06-18 18:31

Found this dragonfly in our greenhouse earlier today. I'm no expert but I think it's an adult female Green Darner, unless anybody can correct me.

Naturephotography, Insects

Note – 2023-01-16 12:15

Note – 2023-01-16 12:15

I just love the smell of moody olive groves in the morning! Especially those cold and fresh winter mornings when the sun is low in the sky and the shadows are long

Spain, Photography, Nature, Naturephotography, Trees