Grasshopper
@grasshopperwilding.bsky.social
Wildlife geek, keen walker, hopping about Málaga (Spain) and elsewhere seeing what's here. Believe in human rights, equality (= tax the mega rich), and keen to be green 💚
First a shower of rain, then a sighting of a pair of Short-toed Eagle's. Pleasures in late July.
#birdingmalaga #weathermalaga #wildingmalaga
#birdingmalaga #weathermalaga #wildingmalaga
July 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
First a shower of rain, then a sighting of a pair of Short-toed Eagle's. Pleasures in late July.
#birdingmalaga #weathermalaga #wildingmalaga
#birdingmalaga #weathermalaga #wildingmalaga
Trying to capture swifts in the evening, that fly screaming over the houses, just for fun - very difficult even with a good camera and lots of experience; with a mobile, mpossible. You'll just have to trust me. They were there; it was glorious.
#wildingmalaga #birdingmalaga #julyinmalaga
#wildingmalaga #birdingmalaga #julyinmalaga
July 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Trying to capture swifts in the evening, that fly screaming over the houses, just for fun - very difficult even with a good camera and lots of experience; with a mobile, mpossible. You'll just have to trust me. They were there; it was glorious.
#wildingmalaga #birdingmalaga #julyinmalaga
#wildingmalaga #birdingmalaga #julyinmalaga
Spotted Flycatcher admiring the view.
June 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Spotted Flycatcher admiring the view.
Some 10 days back I walked back from Sayalonga to Cómpeta: not ideal because of the heat: shade to shade (there wasn't much) and lots of water. Nice views of the Torrox valley and Cómpeta. And the Cicadas are back and have started up their summer static song!
#walkingmalaga #grasshopperwilding
#walkingmalaga #grasshopperwilding
June 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Some 10 days back I walked back from Sayalonga to Cómpeta: not ideal because of the heat: shade to shade (there wasn't much) and lots of water. Nice views of the Torrox valley and Cómpeta. And the Cicadas are back and have started up their summer static song!
#walkingmalaga #grasshopperwilding
#walkingmalaga #grasshopperwilding
Missed getting a shot of the Short-toed eagle this afternoon, but pleased with this chance encounter with an early Grasshopper instar.
#grasshopperwilding #wildingmalaga
#grasshopperwilding #wildingmalaga
June 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Missed getting a shot of the Short-toed eagle this afternoon, but pleased with this chance encounter with an early Grasshopper instar.
#grasshopperwilding #wildingmalaga
#grasshopperwilding #wildingmalaga
Saw dozens and dozens of Spanish Gatekeeper butterflies on a walk in the Sierra Almijarra natural park late.may. they were everywhere, but especially busy on the Spanish Marjoram, a small rather dull shrub growing by the track, but apparently a huge draw for the. Beautiful.
June 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Saw dozens and dozens of Spanish Gatekeeper butterflies on a walk in the Sierra Almijarra natural park late.may. they were everywhere, but especially busy on the Spanish Marjoram, a small rather dull shrub growing by the track, but apparently a huge draw for the. Beautiful.
Crag Martin. Obviously it's part of it all; the natural world is not fairyland - but I feel for the live bee being fed to a chick.
I guess that, like a bee-eater she had knocked the bee's sting off on a branch or edge before feeding it to the chicks.
#birdingmalaga #wildingmalaga
I guess that, like a bee-eater she had knocked the bee's sting off on a branch or edge before feeding it to the chicks.
#birdingmalaga #wildingmalaga
June 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Crag Martin. Obviously it's part of it all; the natural world is not fairyland - but I feel for the live bee being fed to a chick.
I guess that, like a bee-eater she had knocked the bee's sting off on a branch or edge before feeding it to the chicks.
#birdingmalaga #wildingmalaga
I guess that, like a bee-eater she had knocked the bee's sting off on a branch or edge before feeding it to the chicks.
#birdingmalaga #wildingmalaga
Sunday roast? 😮 My brother heard rattlin and knew a bird had fallen in. He had to detached the piping to let it get down (they can't go up) then wait patiently. When it finally reached the stove this young jackdaw was exhausted. Eventually hopped out of the opened door. Hope it's OK. #secondchances
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sunday roast? 😮 My brother heard rattlin and knew a bird had fallen in. He had to detached the piping to let it get down (they can't go up) then wait patiently. When it finally reached the stove this young jackdaw was exhausted. Eventually hopped out of the opened door. Hope it's OK. #secondchances
Bee diving into Pitch Trefoil, nr Sayalonga, Málaga.
#beesmalaga #pollinators #wildingmalaga #malagaspain
#beesmalaga #pollinators #wildingmalaga #malagaspain
June 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Bee diving into Pitch Trefoil, nr Sayalonga, Málaga.
#beesmalaga #pollinators #wildingmalaga #malagaspain
#beesmalaga #pollinators #wildingmalaga #malagaspain
Great visit to El Tocororro, Cuban rte in Nerja a few weeks back. I like vertical gardens - always live the green - but inside... not sure. It can hardly help biodiversity inside - and the water and lighting cost. Tell me if I'm wrong.
Cool place though. 😎
#nerja #grasshopperwilding #tocororo
Cool place though. 😎
#nerja #grasshopperwilding #tocororo
May 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great visit to El Tocororro, Cuban rte in Nerja a few weeks back. I like vertical gardens - always live the green - but inside... not sure. It can hardly help biodiversity inside - and the water and lighting cost. Tell me if I'm wrong.
Cool place though. 😎
#nerja #grasshopperwilding #tocororo
Cool place though. 😎
#nerja #grasshopperwilding #tocororo
May 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I don't see woodlouses so often here: they are either so deep in the undergrowth of abandoned fieles they are invisible or not present as all undergrowth has been striped away. I find them a delightful family; as a kid I was fascinated by their ability to curl up in a ball.
#wildingmalaga
#wildingmalaga
May 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I don't see woodlouses so often here: they are either so deep in the undergrowth of abandoned fieles they are invisible or not present as all undergrowth has been striped away. I find them a delightful family; as a kid I was fascinated by their ability to curl up in a ball.
#wildingmalaga
#wildingmalaga
Wild mignonette, wayside asphodel, still spring flowers to share
#wildfloweringmalaga #floramalaga #wildingmalaga
#wildfloweringmalaga #floramalaga #wildingmalaga
May 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wild mignonette, wayside asphodel, still spring flowers to share
#wildfloweringmalaga #floramalaga #wildingmalaga
#wildfloweringmalaga #floramalaga #wildingmalaga
The fashion industry needs a short to the system. Enslaved labor and exploitation of the poorest; environmentally disastrous and - it seems - completely unaccountable.
#fashion #fashionpollution #exploitingthepoor
#fashion #fashionpollution #exploitingthepoor
May 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The fashion industry needs a short to the system. Enslaved labor and exploitation of the poorest; environmentally disastrous and - it seems - completely unaccountable.
#fashion #fashionpollution #exploitingthepoor
#fashion #fashionpollution #exploitingthepoor
Trees and views in the middle of Málaga. Gotta love a green city.
Me encantan los árboles grandes.q se ve en el centro de Málaga capital.
#malagaciudad #grasshopperwilding #greencity
Me encantan los árboles grandes.q se ve en el centro de Málaga capital.
#malagaciudad #grasshopperwilding #greencity
May 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trees and views in the middle of Málaga. Gotta love a green city.
Me encantan los árboles grandes.q se ve en el centro de Málaga capital.
#malagaciudad #grasshopperwilding #greencity
Me encantan los árboles grandes.q se ve en el centro de Málaga capital.
#malagaciudad #grasshopperwilding #greencity
'Hoppers near Canillas de Albaida, Málaga 'bout 10 ft frm each other. 1st Oedipoda caerulescens, Blue-winged ghopper. 2nd Aiolopus thalassinus, Slender Green-winged ghopper. The blues are much more common here... or maybe the slenders are really good at hiding!
#grasshoppermalaga #wildingmalaga
#grasshoppermalaga #wildingmalaga
May 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
'Hoppers near Canillas de Albaida, Málaga 'bout 10 ft frm each other. 1st Oedipoda caerulescens, Blue-winged ghopper. 2nd Aiolopus thalassinus, Slender Green-winged ghopper. The blues are much more common here... or maybe the slenders are really good at hiding!
#grasshoppermalaga #wildingmalaga
#grasshoppermalaga #wildingmalaga
Time yesterday in lovely Málaga city; such a relaxed atmospheric in the centre and the port. Don't like to see the cruise ships much... but perhaps Málaga is better adapted to the tourist boom and busted they bring than places like Cádiz.
#Málaga #grasshopperwilding.com
#Málaga #grasshopperwilding.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Time yesterday in lovely Málaga city; such a relaxed atmospheric in the centre and the port. Don't like to see the cruise ships much... but perhaps Málaga is better adapted to the tourist boom and busted they bring than places like Cádiz.
#Málaga #grasshopperwilding.com
#Málaga #grasshopperwilding.com
#wildingpuertorico fm HM. #GreatGreenBushCricket is an illegal immigrant, but as happy in PR rainforest as in Málaga.
The Coqui is endemic to PR. Many species endangered ( #climatechange & habitat loss) 😪 They jump from egg to froglet, no tadpoles. They're very loud: kept poor HM awake all night.
The Coqui is endemic to PR. Many species endangered ( #climatechange & habitat loss) 😪 They jump from egg to froglet, no tadpoles. They're very loud: kept poor HM awake all night.
May 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#wildingpuertorico fm HM. #GreatGreenBushCricket is an illegal immigrant, but as happy in PR rainforest as in Málaga.
The Coqui is endemic to PR. Many species endangered ( #climatechange & habitat loss) 😪 They jump from egg to froglet, no tadpoles. They're very loud: kept poor HM awake all night.
The Coqui is endemic to PR. Many species endangered ( #climatechange & habitat loss) 😪 They jump from egg to froglet, no tadpoles. They're very loud: kept poor HM awake all night.
If you look carefully you see Tanino, the bosses' cat, in the vineyard. Been hoeing the ground- to weed and to aerate the soil. It brings insects up, which brings birds, which....
I absolutely love cats. But... conflicted about them with access to the country. What do you think?
#petcats
I absolutely love cats. But... conflicted about them with access to the country. What do you think?
#petcats
May 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you look carefully you see Tanino, the bosses' cat, in the vineyard. Been hoeing the ground- to weed and to aerate the soil. It brings insects up, which brings birds, which....
I absolutely love cats. But... conflicted about them with access to the country. What do you think?
#petcats
I absolutely love cats. But... conflicted about them with access to the country. What do you think?
#petcats
Saw tiny Mantis in undergrowth dlyestr on a short track walk above Sayalonga, Málaga. Also Goldfinch Crag Martins, Chaffinch and a nice Crested Lark, hopping along a stone wall. No bird pics, only had the mobile. Very nice though.
#wildingmalaga #aprilinmalaga #insectsmalaga #mantids
#wildingmalaga #aprilinmalaga #insectsmalaga #mantids
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Saw tiny Mantis in undergrowth dlyestr on a short track walk above Sayalonga, Málaga. Also Goldfinch Crag Martins, Chaffinch and a nice Crested Lark, hopping along a stone wall. No bird pics, only had the mobile. Very nice though.
#wildingmalaga #aprilinmalaga #insectsmalaga #mantids
#wildingmalaga #aprilinmalaga #insectsmalaga #mantids
When I say things look verdant here after the rains, this is what I mean. I even saw a rabbit that raced out of the grasses by me. Never see rabbits here! What a delight!
#springinmalaga #wildingmalaga
#springinmalaga #wildingmalaga
April 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
When I say things look verdant here after the rains, this is what I mean. I even saw a rabbit that raced out of the grasses by me. Never see rabbits here! What a delight!
#springinmalaga #wildingmalaga
#springinmalaga #wildingmalaga
As the low mist drifts through the vineyards, Sayalonga is channelling the Twilight Zone...
#sayalongamalaga #grasshopperwilding
#sayalongamalaga #grasshopperwilding
April 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As the low mist drifts through the vineyards, Sayalonga is channelling the Twilight Zone...
#sayalongamalaga #grasshopperwilding
#sayalongamalaga #grasshopperwilding
The trees in Vélez-Málaga, pollarded to my regret (why do they keep cutting back trees to a 10th of their potencial?) are, nevertheless, very pretty right now.
#grasshopperwilding #Vélez-Málaga
#grasshopperwilding #Vélez-Málaga
April 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The trees in Vélez-Málaga, pollarded to my regret (why do they keep cutting back trees to a 10th of their potencial?) are, nevertheless, very pretty right now.
#grasshopperwilding #Vélez-Málaga
#grasshopperwilding #Vélez-Málaga
La Viñuela reservoir April 2022 after the first year of drought, and today. What a difference! The water is right up into the scrub and there were fish swimming between the shrubs and splashing when they got caught aong floating branches!
#laviñuela #theraininspain #grasshopperwilding
#laviñuela #theraininspain #grasshopperwilding
March 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
La Viñuela reservoir April 2022 after the first year of drought, and today. What a difference! The water is right up into the scrub and there were fish swimming between the shrubs and splashing when they got caught aong floating branches!
#laviñuela #theraininspain #grasshopperwilding
#laviñuela #theraininspain #grasshopperwilding
I am thinking smugly of my 2 thermos bottles and 1 water bottle, and guiltily about the 'gaseosa' plastic bottle in the fridge. Need to stop doing this; buy cans or glass, not plastic. & vote in politicians dedicated to banning plastic and taxing the super-rich -including the oil companies.
March 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I am thinking smugly of my 2 thermos bottles and 1 water bottle, and guiltily about the 'gaseosa' plastic bottle in the fridge. Need to stop doing this; buy cans or glass, not plastic. & vote in politicians dedicated to banning plastic and taxing the super-rich -including the oil companies.