Hvitbergknapp (Sedum album)

Hvitbergknapp (Sedum album)

Hvitbergknapp (Sedum album) vokser spredt på Fyrsteilene og trives der nesten ingen andre arter klarer seg. Denne vokser stor og livskraftig i skråningen ned…


Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

A brief encounter with yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus), one of the many species (12 to date) of tits. It was foraging inside thickets alongside…


Corchorus erodioides UV

Corchorus erodioides UV

Another example of a yellow flower in visible light that is very dark in UV. It is endemic to Socotra.


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)

Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)

The huge jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) is a Pantanal icon, and I was in luck to encounter a few nests with chicks during my trips up and down the many rivers…


Filtkongslys (Verbascum thapsus)

Filtkongslys (Verbascum thapsus)

Jeg har tidligere hatt en over to meter høy utgave av filtkongslys (Verbascum thapsus) i hagen, og sådde frø fra den rundt morplanten og omgivelsene rundt, men…


Mørkkongslys (Verbascum nigrum)

Mørkkongslys (Verbascum nigrum)

Mørkkongslys (Verbascum nigrum) er en plante som jeg noen år finner flere av her i Sandbukta, og denne har ulykkeligvis slått seg ned langs veien nede i…