Peter Jones

My March article for Costa Connection Magazine and also made the front cover of the March edition. Anyhow, hope you might take time to read and enjoy this article.

I never ever thought I would live to see the day when leaders of the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and Denmark became a united force and declare their willingness to protect Greenland from a former ally that is now Trump’s USA. Do the people of America realise just how this plays out?

After such a prolonged summer and autumn, winter rains have arrived and despite the cold and wet this crazy person still ventured into the wilds for some great birding and general idiocy. A brief account in my latest article for Costa Connection Magazine and hope you take a moment to read it.

Making sure I will not be going to the US anytime soon. Best description I've read in a long while.

Andalusian favourites | Sur in English Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Peter Jones from the Andalucía Bird Society talks about those birds he misses most at this time of the year

My December article for SUR in English and here I briefly discuss my favourite birds. www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/pe...

So far, ABS has published 54 editions of its quarterly 'Birds of Andalucía' and I have been involved in all of them, the last 30 as main Editor. The magazine has consistently punched above its weight and I am so very proud to be associated with this amazing magazine.

Exhausted at the moment and time to focus on important things. Winter cheer is getting out into nature and the mutation of thrushes does the trick in lightening the load and providing respite.

Siskin have arrived in large numbers. Here one perches on a pre-glacial tree species the Abies pinsapo (Spanish fir) it is a species of fir native to southern Spain (limited to my mountains) and northern Morocco. And yes, it does look like a Christmas tree before it reaches maturity!

Trying my best to work on the book. Progress has been good the last couple of weeks, so hopefully I might get there by the end of the year for proofreading and editing. I hope the end result will have been worth the effort.

My article for the November edition of the Costa Connection magazine. Bad news with some hope. A short read and a different focus from my normal articles for CC.

Beginning to think I've lost my mind writing a book about La Serranía de Ronda as a paradise for wildlife. It is not some vanity project, more a promotion of the area and a reference for future studies and comparisons. Photo by friend Stephen Powles - Ancient Pinsapo forest Sierra de las Nieves.

Many of our wintering birds are now returning to the Serranía de Ronda, what a spectacle they provide.

Fewer Short-toed Snake Eagles passing through my patch, which might suggest peak autumn migration has passed.

Common Redstart are joining the rush to Africa alongside Pied and Spotted Flycatcher.

Our local resident Blue Rock Thrush are almost complete with their autumn moult. They are handsome birds at all times of the year.

Post breeding White Stork in search of a baby to carry...

Referring to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Christopher Hitchens said “If you gave him an enema, he could be buried in a matchbox”.

Pied Flycatcher are passing through in large numbers and over a wide front, soon most will have passed through the region and have made the crossing to Africa to continue their journey across the Sahara Desert towards their wintering grounds. Here a male takes a break from it's long journey.

I had been making headway with writing a book on a paradise for wildlife, but all the news and my timeline is filled with such hatred I fear nobody would be interested in such a thing as nature.

Temminck's Lark female approaches her brood as they beg for food. Just one of so many wonderful lark species to be found in Morocco.

😂 I sometimes get them in the garden, but it never fails to be a thrill when they visit.

Nice Wryneck in the garden this morning.

YouTube video by Sky News US Congressman describes explosive first encounter with Farage

Farage is a political fraud! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzpn...

Willow Warblers make their return journey to Africa now and numbers will be peaking this month. Such delegate warblers and incredible they make such amazing long migrations.

My favourite autumn migrant is Northern Wheatear and they are now starting to pass through, a migration here that will last into October. It can be fun to separate the nominate race from the Greenland race as they will also follow the western flyway.

My latest article is published by Costa Connection Magazine in their August edition circulated today. An article that confirms that, yes, I am still crazy after all these years.

The Egyptian mongoose, which is native to north Africa, is also found in Spain and Portugal. Evidence points to it having been carried here in Spain by human agency. The question is, by whom? Here a curious pose in the blistering heat currently cooking my area.

An attractive member of the region's raptors is the handsome Black-winged Kite and I would think most of us get a thrill at seeing them. I always remember the first one I ever saw and how surprised I was at their small size and just how strikingly beautiful they are.

I don't think there is a more loathsome politician in the UK than Farage, although Tice et al run him a close second. Espouses just everything from the Trump playbook.

And should be at the top of the list to be made public!