Dave Langlois
@davelanglois.bsky.social
Author, nature lover, birding cyclist (1200k pa), art lover, music lover. And I love it when all those come together.
Still plenty of pristine adonis blues on the wing on today's walk from our house through the scenery showed in the other photo
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Still plenty of pristine adonis blues on the wing on today's walk from our house through the scenery showed in the other photo
Sometimes a beautiful day just keeps building to a stunning climax
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sometimes a beautiful day just keeps building to a stunning climax
My 2011-to-2025 red-backed-shrike survey in Asturias. In 2025 137 of 326 sites occupied. The data suffer irremediably from the missing zero effect. With that caveat @Naturalist_Sam has drawn up some neat graphs. Map shows my cycling routes and territories color-coded by height
September 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My 2011-to-2025 red-backed-shrike survey in Asturias. In 2025 137 of 326 sites occupied. The data suffer irremediably from the missing zero effect. With that caveat @Naturalist_Sam has drawn up some neat graphs. Map shows my cycling routes and territories color-coded by height
One of the completest rainbows I've ever seen, with our new house at one of the treasure-crock ends.
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
One of the completest rainbows I've ever seen, with our new house at one of the treasure-crock ends.
With the recent addition of blue tit this prunus tree in my garden has now been perched in by 15 different species this summer. Anyone beat it?
September 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
With the recent addition of blue tit this prunus tree in my garden has now been perched in by 15 different species this summer. Anyone beat it?
The name chosen for our new house in Asturias as homage to the 3 pairs of redstarts that breed in and around the garden
September 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The name chosen for our new house in Asturias as homage to the 3 pairs of redstarts that breed in and around the garden
Empezando con un basto graznido hace unos 60 millones de años, las vocalizaciones de las aves se han desarrollado hasta el sinfín de composiciones musicales que vamos a oír y disfrutar en los próximos meses. ¿Cómo? ¿Por qué?
February 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Empezando con un basto graznido hace unos 60 millones de años, las vocalizaciones de las aves se han desarrollado hasta el sinfín de composiciones musicales que vamos a oír y disfrutar en los próximos meses. ¿Cómo? ¿Por qué?
My 2024 exercise stats: 10,410 k of cycling; 1,152 k of walking
January 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My 2024 exercise stats: 10,410 k of cycling; 1,152 k of walking
Florence is said to be overcrowded. Depends. Mid Jan, entering galleries at 8.15, you can be alone with Uffizi’s Giottos, Bargello’s Donatellos, in Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel, at Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise . . . It rather feels UNDERcrowded, like all the sun’s rays focussed on a single ant.
January 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Florence is said to be overcrowded. Depends. Mid Jan, entering galleries at 8.15, you can be alone with Uffizi’s Giottos, Bargello’s Donatellos, in Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel, at Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise . . . It rather feels UNDERcrowded, like all the sun’s rays focussed on a single ant.
LOW-CARBON SHRIKING
The heatmap of my summer Asturias rides in 2023. These rides take in a total of 307 Red-Backed-Shrike territories. Read all about it in my “Shrikes on the Bike” chapter of the BTO book-of-the-year “Low Carbon Birding” (Pelagic Publishing; Ed: Javier Caletrio)
The heatmap of my summer Asturias rides in 2023. These rides take in a total of 307 Red-Backed-Shrike territories. Read all about it in my “Shrikes on the Bike” chapter of the BTO book-of-the-year “Low Carbon Birding” (Pelagic Publishing; Ed: Javier Caletrio)
January 7, 2024 at 11:59 AM
LOW-CARBON SHRIKING
The heatmap of my summer Asturias rides in 2023. These rides take in a total of 307 Red-Backed-Shrike territories. Read all about it in my “Shrikes on the Bike” chapter of the BTO book-of-the-year “Low Carbon Birding” (Pelagic Publishing; Ed: Javier Caletrio)
The heatmap of my summer Asturias rides in 2023. These rides take in a total of 307 Red-Backed-Shrike territories. Read all about it in my “Shrikes on the Bike” chapter of the BTO book-of-the-year “Low Carbon Birding” (Pelagic Publishing; Ed: Javier Caletrio)