Young great crested grebe unbothered by human presence — While walking around the most human-friendly lake near Myślibórz Wielki, we encountered a bird swimming closely to the shore. There was a bench nearby with a threat written on it, explaining that if anyone dared to litter nearby, the person making the threat would shit in their living room. …

Before the forest ban, and the end of the trip — It’s been a bit more than a week since we came back from Myślibórz Wielki, and it’s only now that I sat down and wrote a story with photos from the last walk we had there. The end of the week-long workation was marked by family time and a forest…

Yesterday wasn’t a good day for a walk. It rained since early morning, with additional storms as well. But the air was excellent, so I decided to sit for a couple of minutes by the nearby lake to see if there was a bird willing to show itself.

Workation in Naturalne Siedlisko — In January, during the WOŚP charity event, I won a 3-day retreat in Naturalne Siedlisko in a village called Gorczeniczka, halfway between Toruń and Olsztyn in Poland. Naturalne Siedlisko needs a post on its own, but here I’ll show you the pictures from a bird-recording walk nearby.

And finding barely any — Yesterday we finally got out of Myślibórz Wielki without the local free-roaming dog following us, so we could cross the Polish-German border and visit the places where mushrooms should grow like crazy. When walking we saw some Suillus type of mushrooms, but even if they are edible, they are not…

Grey herons, great crested grebes — During weekdays it’s difficult to wake up early for bird recordings, minding that I have to work afterwards. It’s also difficult not to wake up, and not feel guilty about just resting. First morning in Myślibórz Wielki Kingfishers, grey herons, wagtails, great crested grebesmedium.com It’s hot and unpleasant outside so a longer walk was off-limits, but chilling on one of the decks…

Kingfishers, grey herons, wagtails, great crested grebes — The weather forecast wasn’t promising. It’s supposed to be dry and hot all week, which made my partner, who took 2 weeks off to photograph in his favorite autumny and foggy weather a bit disappointed. But in the end, the weather did not disappoint. Photography and field recording don’t go…

And other horse riding risks — It’s been more than 2 years since I’ve fallen off a horse, and the counter is resetting. I haven’t ridden in the past two weeks due to trips outside town, and my balance fell off today. The heat is unbearable for calmer horses, and sitting on the one that speeds…

One of the tiny, brownish warblers — The characteristic trait of garden warblers that’s supposed to help you identify them, is that they don’t have characteristic traits. It’s like they are the last option left in a quiz after you answer all questions with no. Even though any AI has no trouble with distinguishing Garden Warbler’s…