Our Sidra river is also no worse
Recently, flood threats have been talked about all over the country. We watch the floods of the Bug River, the Narew River, the Biebrza River and others. Sometimes they cause a lot of damage. This is not an everyday phenomenon. Our little river Sidra also floods...
It’s been 12 years now.
It randomly occurred to me when I first posted on this site. And now the 12th anniversary is approaching. On February 7, 2012, I wrote a short text about a woodpecker. I photographed it on a dry burdock stalk. At first I wasn't sure if it was a woodpecker. A lot...
Weather swing
In January we have a real weather swing. The first two weeks saw heavy snowfall. There was frost, but mild, below -10 degrees. Next week, there was snowfall all day long. Then it's just thaw and thaw. Now, at the end of the month, snow lies where there were huge...
a humble beginning of spring
We already have one week of April, and I hardly notice this modest beginning of spring. Some early spring flowers have appeared. The grass is barely green. It was dry for a long time and with frost. Only the goat willow has developed its buds. Starlings, finches,...
The starlings have arrived, it will be spring
Today the starlings have arrived, it will be spring. Although we've had frosts here recently, and they're already here. First, these are a few groups. Then more of them come. I really like these birds in the spring from my childhood. I watched them on a very old...
Old trees are disappearing
When I came here in 1972, there was a lot of greenery, mostly old trees dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. They were mainly linden, maples, poplars and ash trees.The trees give shade in the summer. Old trees are cut down, gales overturn. There are...
Very windy February
I'm going back to the weather this winter. There was almost no winter aura. But we have a very windy February. These storms are sweeping almost all of northern Europe. They have done a lot of serious losses. They didn't miss us either. We had broken power lines...
