Weekend blog : 2016

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Milan's Party

Here are a few snaps of the action at Milan's Party on Saturday.

Waiting to start at Fara house

A strange very hungry man arrived

The start!

Oh no, we can't solve the first puzzle

At the chapel in the cemetery

Mnichovo Hradiste town square

Lunch

Petra's big moment, reading the text at the hospice

Pavel comes to the rescue (look at his trousers)

On the way to Valecov

Its a long way

Valecov castle in the trees

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Thursday, 12 May 2016

Nothing special this time, On Saturday we helped Radek in Fara garden and then went to see Milan for a wonderful BBQ in the evening. This was followed by an expedition to the pub in the next village to watch the ice hockey match between CZ and Latvia, CZ won, YAY!!
Sunday was more bird focused and we went to Ralsko, a former military training area, to look for Whinchats. We managed to find several pairs. At midday Milan and his young family joined us for a slightly tick infested picnic. On the way home we decided to quickly check for Cranes, this turned into a 10 km hike because we went the wrong way.

Milan's BBQ

Pub expedition

Evening light

Ralsko military area

Meadow

Former tank shooting range where the Whinchats live

Looking for Whinchats

Family outing

Magda with Bezdez hill in the distance

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

22-23rd April and 30.4-1.5, The next post

I have been a little bit lazy so the last two weekends are combined in one post.

From Friday the 22.4 to Saturday 23.4 we went together with about 15 people for a pre- CES catch at U Vomacku.

The star of the day was this male Cuckoo

Then on Sunday 24 we went for a little walk around our bird count area and to look for any Dippers. It was a bit cold with a little sprinkling of snow. We found a Dipper near the stream but no nest.

We did, however, find a Song Thrush on her nest.

My first weekend blog post

I though it would be nice to have a place to share our weekend adventures in the Czech Republic.

I plan to share some photos when the mood takes me.

Friday 15 - Sunday 17 April

Podyji National Park Znojmo

From Friday evening until Sunday Midday we hiked through Podyji National Park near Znojmo in South Moravia. Spring flowers, interesting birds and unusual creatures abounded, even the odd brain fungus. The whole national park is small but well worth a visit especially in spring. Novy Hradek u Lukova is a place that must be on every itinerary no matter what season. The guide there is a fount of knowledge and you can even see the rare Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus), one of the largest European snakes. (although we didn't see it). In total we walked 38 km. we walked from Havraniky Village to Vranov, from where we took a bus back to Znojmo and then walked back to Havraniky.
Krystof should get some of the credit for the better photos.