The famous doors of the old town of Funchal. These door paintings from the Zona Velha are even subject of postcards. But in reality this is not that great. You can, but you don’t have to see it. Overall the tugboats from the local restaurants are very nasty, as they all ask if you don’t […]
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Year: 2019
Madeira – Ponta do Pargo
Ponta do Pargo is at the south-eastern tip of Madeira. Beside the Farol Ponta do Pargo we had also planned a side trip to the waterfall “Garganta Funda”. At Ponta do Pargo lighthouse was first overcast sky. The waterfall was now not necessarily a highlight, rather poor. This is probably due to the dry weather. […]
Madeira – Funchal (1)
A few impressions from this year’s holiday. First of all three panorama images of Funchal. The city itself is not the best place to be, but somewhat nice. Due to the extreme hillside location, one has a nice overview of the city in many places. From the Parque Infantil “Pico dos Barcelos” one looks in […]
Common whitethroat
I am not so sure about the assignment, but it should be a Common whitethroat, which I photographed this morning in the nature reserve. There was also a European stonechat nearby.
Old Sahlenburg shooting range
Another area worth a closer look. This morning it wasn’t quite as productive, but that’s also because the trees have a lot of foliage and the birds can’t be seen very well. The area also offers a lot of other photographic points.
Yellowhammer and Common chiffchaff
Short visit at the nature reserve. The light was not so good, but it was enough for the two pictures.
Early morning in the nature reserve
In the evening light I didn’t like the landscape so much, so I tried to take the same picture the following days hoping for good weather in the early morning. Unfortunately, in the last few days, the weather put a spoke in my wheel. This morning it worked (almost) for a short time. Not quite as […]
European Robin
Another European robin today… Very close. Besides, behind the fence to the rear cattle sat a few wheatears, but a little far away, so just documentary. But it is certainly worth to have a closer look there.
European Robin, Stonechat and Whinchat
Three at a stroke. Unfortunately the sky was overcast and it was quite hazy, but still I had the opportunity with the three species.
Nature reserve sunset
Lastly missed because of too many clouds coming up and on the last two days because I hadn’t expected a good sunset, I tried it again yesterday. But there were hardly any clouds in the sky, so it’s not as I imagined it would be. But, after all, quite nice so far. The panorama shot […]