Wild Nature of the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain)

A new location of the Orchis italica in the Cistierna area (province of León). Introduction. The Orchis italica is a Mediterranean o...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . From Cistierna to Covadonga : Pictures of some very special places in the Cantabrian Mounta...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier .   A huge field filled with tens of thousands of wild orchids of the species Anacamptis pi...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . A tree frog in a pond. Introduction On one of our botanical searches we cam...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . Just another orchid from the Cantabrian Mountains: the Anacamptis champagneuxii , member of t...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . When trying to save a hoopoe seems more important than mus hroom hunting . ...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . How the waves form the coast. At some places the northern border of the Cantabrian Mountains...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . Why the dandelion is not named a Leontodon (Hawkbit). INTRODUCTION. Who doesn´t know the da...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . A fire salamander rescued from a dangerous crossing . At our last visit to my brother wh...

DEZE POST IN HET NEDERLANDS: KLIK HIER . The end of winter in Asturias: flowers already blooming in the Cantabrian Mou...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . Monte Santiago , the abrupt boundary between the Spanish plateau and the Basque lowl...

Deze post in het Nederlands: klik hier . Photos of some wild orchids found in the province of León (Spain). General intr...

Description and photos of the Anacamptis picta. The Anacamptis picta, which is very similar to the green-winged orchid (Anacamp...

DEZE POST IN HET NEDERLANDS: KLIK HIER .   Walking in the Cantabrian Mountains: Fuentes de Peñacorada . General introduction. This...

The Cathedral Cave.   Marius van Heiningen Introduction. Within the Cantabrian Mountains there are an awful lot of...

Snow in Spain Marius van Heiningen Spain is known for its good weather with a lot of sunshine, which of course is true, bu...

Description and photos of the lady orchid (Orchis purpurea). Marius van Heiningen Personal introduction. The usual ...

 The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)     Marius van Heiningen       Introduction. I think everybody knows the White ...

The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Introduction. One day in august last year I decided to observe a family of Eg...

The structure of an orchid flower Marius van Heiningen   Introduction. I decided to write this post because I pers...

THIS POST IN ENGLISH: CLICK HERE . Eind winter: bloemen in het Cantabrisch Gebergte (Asturias). Halver...

This post in English: Click here . De reuzenorchis en de bruine ophrys. In een kort doch aangenaam bezoek aan Asturias, het...