Europe 2018

Once more we head to Italy on our annual trip through Germany.



We start again in Kilnsea on the Spurn Peninsular. Dunlin.

Common Kestrel.

Spotted Redshank.

Common Sandpiper.

Greenshank.

Snipe

Dabchick.

Pied Flycatcher. A nice find for me.

Little Stint.

Sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawk. I had to stalk it.

Well off his normal habitat. Black Swan.

Panorama Rheinblick. We took an apartment in St. Goar.

Bedroom.

Lounge with view over Rhine.

The view.

Looking downstream.

Looking across.

Loreley.

Some sort of evening festival on the river.

Don't know what it was about but the river was blocked.

Now we head east close to the Czech border and stay at "The Highlander."

The owner Peter was obsessed with all things Scottish.

A structure in the woods to give views.

There was an excellent "Zoo Park" for European wildlife. Lynx.

Eagle Owls.

Wolf. Not at all like a zoo with large enclosures.

Tegmalms Owl.

European Bear.

There were several.

Rough and tumble time.

Foul play?

Time for a snooze.

Damselflies.

Elizabeth and an Owl.

Our next stop was in Gsnitz on the Brenner in Austria.

We had taken a self catering place again.

The view from our window. We had arranged to meet friends.

The lounge.

The bed. Really nice place.

Our friends wanted to see a Dipper. So I obliged.

Tree Sparrow.

Now up at Judiths in the Dolomites at 2440 metres.

Our room in what is correctly named Schutzhutte Tierser Alpl.

Black Redstart

Linnet

You can see forever.

Northern Wheatear.

Red Horses teeth. RossZahnscharte.

Moonlight over the mountains.

Mountain Goats.

Black Redstart.

Room 8 (again) at Alpenrose. Val de Muta.

Very light and airy.

The view from the balcony.

Hummingbird Hawk Moth in the Pelargoniums.

A few more tries. I love to see these tiny creatures.



Gasthof Alpenrose

The Dippers frequent the outlet river.

This one was actually on the lakeshore.

Red Kite.

Another move. This time to Vils where we took another apartment.

Our entrance door.

The main room.

Comfortable lounge area with balcony.

Well equipped.

The view over Vils.

Moelle valley from Marienburg Nr. Alf.

River traffic from Marienburg.

River traffic from Marienburg.

River traffic from Marienburg.

Redstart. Alf.