North As we moved east through some impressive landscapes, the terrain changed dramatically, from lush green hills and snow-capped mountain peaks to some barren rocky plateaus. As we drove to our next location, we had been alerted to an incoming Atlantic storm, which would pass over the north of Iceland […]
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Puffin Pursuit: An Icelandic Avian Adventure – Part 1
It’s 11:30pm when the plane tyres touchdown on the tarmac. The airport buildings are illuminated by the deep orange glow of the midnight sun, dipping below the horizon. The following morning, both myself and wildlife-filmmaker Ed Towler, head out early to meet with the small team of researchers in Reykjavik. […]
Read MoreBirdwatchers Perrine, Teresa, Damon and Alexis win Leica Birdingplaces contest
From November 2023 to April 2024 Birdingplaces and Leica organized a nice winter contest among birdwatchers. Any birder who added a birdwatching area to Birdingplaces had a chance to win a pair of Leica binoculars. More than 65.000 birders visited the action page and over 1200 new birdwatching areas have […]
Read MoreBirds on the Edge: A species focus on the Yellowhammer, A Beacon of Brightness in the Bird World
In this Leica Nature Blog, the Birds on the Edge Campaign, a National Lottery Heritage Funded project run by The North York Moors National Park Trust with the goal of preserving four at risk bird species in the area, pays homage to the Yellowhammer. In the UK, few birds bring as […]
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