I am back in Tenerife and am looking forward to sharing some of my finds with you again this year.
Last year my blog RJGTenerife2022 was a diary of my 1st winter long stay at Golf Del Sur on the South of Tenerife. But it quickly developed into a reminder of the amazing views and wildlife that I discovered there. Returning to the same apartment this year I intend to concentrate on showing the wildlife and flora of the area.
Last year's wildlife count was 36 species of birds seen and 13 of butterflies(my speciality) plus dragonflies/damselflies, a hoverfly, a rabbit, many Tenerife lizards, a sea slug, sea urchins, fish and a couple of fascinating spiders.
The amount of wild flora was a very welcome surprise but the smaller flowers were frustratingly difficult to identify especially as they were all new to me so I hope to improve on that this year with the aid of a new for me book.
All identifications must be taken as "probable" and corrections would be much appreciated. I am using Wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Island by John Bowler and an ancient What's Blooming Where on Tenerife by Hubert Moeller as my book guides as well as the Obsidentify App. I will also record the majority of my finds on that App except for the garden plants which they do not store.
I am going to post in 6 category pages so if you are interested in something specific I hope this will help you find it. The pages are Birds, Butterflies and moths, Wild flowers and plants, Garden flowers and plants, Miscellaneous fauna and Views etc. I will add new sightings to the relevant pages frequently.
The weather this year seems to be quite different to last year. When I arrived last year there had been some rain in the previous few weeks and all the ground cover plants were already coming into flower. This year the first significant rain was the night/morning before I arrived and so I am only now (11th December) seeing a significant amount of green shoots and new growth. My insect and butterfly count is therefore significantly lower than the equivalent time last year but I am hopeful that they will arrive once the flowers do.
PLEASE USE THE PAGES SECTION IN THE TOP RIGHT OF THIS INTRO AND JUST CLICK ON THE PAGE YOU WISH TO VIEW, THANK YOU
