Spring is here and so are the birds. There are so many swallows, martins and swifts swooping around over the river that is quite a spectacle. I have not tried photographing them; they move so quickly that I am sure I would fail to capture them. I did try to photograph a female mallard (
Anas platyrhynchos) with her twelve ducklings but the light was fading and unfortunately the photos were not very successful. Here is a photo of half of the brood with Mum standing off to the side. I am a little concerned for the wellbeing of the ducklings as I have not seen them since some heavy rain raised the level of the river considerably a few days ago. The same evening that I was watching the mallards, I saw a little egret (
Egret garzetta) taking off from the water. Another sighting was of a hoopoe feeding in the woods near l'Ametlla del Vallès. Perhaps most strangely of all, was the partridge (
Alectoris rufa) which was hanging out on a neighbour's balcony one Sunday morning.
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| Red-legged partridge / Perdiu Roja (Alectoris rufa) |
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| Mallard / Ànec Collverd (Anas platyrhynchos) |
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| Little egret / Martinet blanc (Egretta garzetta) |
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