The Beetle Sex Orgy
These tiny spotted beetles (top left of image) spent the whole day in the bush outside our room mating. Twosomes, threesomes, foursomes – beetles, it seems, have a really good and varied time in the mating season. Lucky them!
Posts from the ‘Animals’ category
The Mountain Critter
I came across this little chap whilst I was wandering around the mountains in Crete today. He or she wasn’t best pleased to see me and soon scampered off. We’ve been trying to work out whether anyone owns the goats or whether they are just wild…
The Sound of Cretan Sheep
Join me here in wonderful Crete as we listen to a large herd of sheep passing close to the chalet where we are staying at the Vritomartis Naturist Resort in Crete. The sound of sheep bells (the sheep have bells around their necks for some reason) really is one of the wonderful sounds you will hear on this most delightful Greek Island. I can also highly recommend the Vritomartis Naturist Resort. A wonderful hotel in all respects.
The Dog and the Woman
The Handsome Couple
The Bees
The Sleepy Fox
The Stuff of Nightmares
The Pals
The Ball Catcher
The Squabbling Crows
Join us as we listen to a group of crows squabbling over something…
The Owl
The Chicken
The Puppy
The Croc Lady
The Croc Lady – Richard Broom Photography
The Frog
The Old Goat
The Monster
The King
The Peeping Sheep
The Lick – INCOMING!
The Big Pussy
The Angry Monkey
The Duck Family
The mother and daughter…
The Chicken on the Rock
The Woman And Her Dog
The Whistling Balls
Katy’s favourite balls, wonderfully coloured and they whistle as they fly through the air.
…and a bit of sanity returns to this blog (for the moment at least)
The Grumpy Sea Chicken
The Ex-Tree
Now a nice home for insects and, unfortunately for the insects, a feeding station for woodpeckers…
The Ex-Tree – Richard Broom Photography
The Stream
Water from the stream always tastes better…
The Hole Maker
It’s my hole and I’ll dig if I want to!
The Guilty Dog (previous post)
Here’s the little scoundrel, as ever, looking pleased with herself. No shame!
The dog in shot…
It was going to be a photograph of some interesting shells that were stuck to the rocks on the beach. Then Katy, our dog, stepped into shot. She is no appreciator of my artistic endeavours!
The Savenger (2)
These hungry and persistent chickens will search out food just about anywhere…
The Scavenger (1)
The Fish
The Pooch
My pal.
The Little Critters
Vegetarians step away from the blog! Just help land 9 boxes of these little critters from a trawler that arrived at MacDuff Harbour about an hour ago. Until I started this job (harbour night-watchman), I had no idea it was possible to catch prawns this size in the waters off the coast of Scotland.
The Sheep
The Monster
The Bunny Girl
The Just Good Friends…
The Foxy Chick
The Bat Hotel
Where else would bats hang out?
The Stick Wrangler
Katy wrangles a stick in a loch in the Scottish Highlands.
The Dog and the Rabbit Hole
PS: Our dog has never caught a rabbit (and so she ain’t no friend of mine – ha ha ha!)
The Clockwork Orange Legged Sea Chicken
They really are like little wind-up toys!
The Curly Beaked Sea Chicken
The Seal Watching Me Watching It…
A seal watching me walk the dog today off Boyndie Beach, Banff, Scotland.
The Rock Dog
Our dog, Katy ( fries stabij), searching for tennis balls lost by other people in amongst the rocks on Boyndie Beach, near to Banff, Scotland. Finding tennis balls has become something of an obsession for our dog.
The Monster
The Muscovy Chicken
The somewhat disgruntled pussy…
The Yawn
The Chicken on its nest…
The Queue of Chickens
Queue might just be the newest collective noun…
The Surfer Chickens
The Rock Chickens
The Weed Chickens
The Sheow
At first we thought it was a sheep but then, look at its head, it looks like a cow. It must be a cross between a sheep and a cow and so it is a sheow!
The Four-Paw-Drive Dog
Katy needs four-paw-drive to get through some of the fast-flowing, mountain-fed, streams here in Scotland…
The Sea Chicken
One of the many sea chickens we see around here….
The Tail Waver
A seal waves its tail in the air whilst sitting on a rock close to Banff, Scotland.
My pal now…
Katy, now aged four years…
My pal then….
Katy when she was just a few weeks old…
The Pal…
My pal Katy waiting for me to throw the ball…
The dog on a mission…
The dog with a ball on the beach in Banff…
Katy gets used to having a massive beach to run around on….
The Bushy Tailed Rabbit
The Red Breasted Chicken
The Black Chicken
The Grumpy Rabbit
The Pussy
The Chomper
The Sunbathing Stripy Tailed Short-Eared Rabbit
The Short-Eared Leaf-Eating Rabbit
The Questionable Behaviour…
The Big Chap
The Black Sheep
The Orange Nosed Chicken
The Fan Dance Chicken
The Blue and Purple Chicken
The Critter…
Just one of the critters who scamper up and down on the grass next to where out boat is tied up.
The Camels Bottom
The Pointed Nose Chicken + Two Babies Onboard
The Man and the Dog
The Red and Yellow Beaked Mini-Chicken + Mother
The red and yellow beaked mini-chicken and its mother in the background seen near our boat today.
The Dangerously Cool Bear on the Loose!
Another scary beast seen on the streets of Amsterdam yesterday. Run for cover!
The Dangerously Ferocious Llama on the Loose!
A dangerously ferocious, highly unpredictable and hungry llama seen stalking the streets of Amsterdam yesterday. All visitors beware!
The Oak Processionary Moth
We’ve spotted a number of these ‘nests’ made by the Oak Processionary Moths in nearby oak trees here in the Netherlands. We’ve never seen them ever before. That’s global warming for you Mr Trump!!!
But, before blaming Mr Trump too much, it looks like we British might be responsible for introducing this particular (and toxic) pest into Europe. More information here.
The Giant Moth
The Short Eared Rabbit
The Naughty Bunnies
The Jumping Dog
I’m back in Holland after a frantic week in London. The dog seems happy to see me!
The Dog Wants A Walk!
The Horse’s Hat
The Mating Season
The frogs here in Holland are all fired up with the need to make love…(lucky frogs!).
The Orgy
The Black and White Chicken (usually frozen)
Another in the Chicken series….(please look elsewhere on this blog for examples of other chickens)…
Richard Broom Photography 