Hanekam (Silene flos-cuculi)

Hanekam (Silene flos-cuculi)

Hanekam (Silene flos-cuculi) er ikke så vanlig i mitt nærområde, men på en lokalitet langs Gjersjøelven står en flott bestand. Naturlig utbredelse i Europa til…


Strandnellik (Armeria maritima)

Strandnellik (Armeria maritima)

Årets kalde vinter og vår har tydeligvis vært ideell for strandnelliken, for jeg kan ikke huske å ha sett en så fantastisk blomstring som i år! Hver eneste…


Strandarve (Honckenya peploides)

Strandarve (Honckenya peploides)

Strandarve (Honckenya peploides) trives mellom rullestenene på Jeløyas strender og kan danne store tepper. Naturlig utbredelse i Europa, Russland til Korea,…


Strandsmelle (Silene uniflora)

Strandsmelle (Silene uniflora)

Strandsmelle (Silene uniflora) trives godt i strandsonen på Fyrsteilene og dette flotte eksemplaret vokser like ved moloen og naustet. På en solrik og…


South African Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)

South African Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)

The South African ground squirrel (Geosciurus inauris) squirrel is as cute to us humans as any species of squirrels with their fast pace an entertaining…


Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)

Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)

A common species in Costa Rica, and a frequent visitor to easy meals provided by humans - just like the squirrels in Europe and North America, except it is not…


Principe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii)

Principe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii)

An encounter with the endemic Principe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii). I arrived in Principe just in time to enjoy the Principe sunbirds building nests or…


Black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)

Black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)

Sunbirds are strikingly colorful, and you definitely get associations to the hummingbirds of the New World. Depending on the angle of the light the colors…


Fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)

Fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)

Driving ever higher, seeing more and more frost from last night, together with larger and larger patches of snow, one might not expect to see such lavishly…


Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)

Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)

As the name implies this is a species endemic to Seychelles, but fortunately it is so common it is not threatened. You will see it on many of the larger…