We’ll be back!
After a punishing summer, Sue Parker says there is so much to look forward to I have always jokingly referred to high summer in the Algarve as ‘The Dead of
A real no brainer
Sue Parker finds signs of underworld involvement in fraud and deception In the ups and downs of foraging for food, fruitless searches are compensated by those magical moments when you
Fascinating summer house guests
If you’ve had the misfortune of entertaining dull or dreary house guests this summer, I send you my commiserations. In comparison, playing host to a pair of Red-rumped swallows has
Misdemeanour by Misnomer
Sue Parker finds fearsome fiends behind friendly façades Here’s the kind of interaction that teaches one to leave other people’s dogs alone: ‘Does your dog bite?’ ‘No; he’s very friendly.’
Keeping up with the Spoonbills
Ornithologist Dr. Manfred Temme reports his encounters with a Dutch Eurasian Spoonbill through the years. Scientific bird ringing, or banding, began on the Curonian Spit, in former East Prussia, where
Invasive alien species: the bad, the awful and the unlawful
Sue Parker recalls the moral of ‘There was an old woman who swallowed a fly’ If the news is bad, surely someone needs to tell it as it is, and
Soup glorious soup
Sue Parker marvels at one of the oldest and most versatile recipes on the planet When a stick of celery has brewer’s droop, shun the salad and settle for soup.
Where is the joy in a fly?
Sue Parker observes some adolescents with very limited prospects Drat! Another mosquito bite … and, like many people, I react badly to these pesky insects. For some, the pain is
Mercury rising
Sue Parker blames the messenger for some disturbing news News of the tragic death by food poisoning of a woman on honeymoon in Mexico last October worried me. She had
A picture perfect passage
Strolling through the picturesque Algarve on a photography tour with Dave Sheldrake When Dave and Alyson Sheldrake retired to Portugal in 2011, the artistic couple couldn’t have foreseen how their