GREENER GRASS

I suppose we always think the grass is greener on the other side of the street, so for some time now I’ve been eaten up with jealousy reading Ernesto Villodas’s Cantabria blog NO SIN MIS PRISMÁTICOS because of all the stuff he sees up north. But we should also appreciate our own backyard and it wasn’t too bad this morning in Rosarito with the first summer visitors arriving and the first songsters warming up. After the clouds cleared away there were lovely views against the backdrop of Gredos.

As for birds there wasn’t even one Crane left, but we did see 46 Pintail, 7 Spoonbill, a V of 42 greylags migrating overhead, 2 Bullfinches, Chiffchaffs hawking for insects and a beautiful Otter swimming along the river. The first Little Ringed Plovers were calling and one did a lovely display with its tail spread out.