Nature Watch
Orchids need care
Highlighting Croatia's wild orchids and the need to treat them with love and respect, the highly active and successful BIOM ASSOCIATION published an article in the spring of 2024 with a plea to pay attention to these fascinating and invaluable plants.
Orchids: Humble, Amazing, Delightful!
In 2023 on Hvar there were two special orchid finds by visiting experts from Zagreb, who located the endemic Ophrys pharia and the Himantoglossum robertianum.
Re-wilding in Rovinj: success and failure
A visitor to Rovinj in June 2024 found much to admire in the eco-friendly Grand Park Hotel - alongside a major cause for concern.
Birdwatch April - May 2024
We are delighted that Steve Jones paid the island a bird-watching visit this spring and has shared his sightings with us.
Birdwatching, April 2023.
We are delighted to share Steve Jones's report from a fruitful week's birdwatching in April 2023.
'Gulls in the harbour - storm at sea'
Birds as weather forecasters
"BEE HAPPY" 2022.
Hvar's first observation beehive, celebrating World Bee Day, May 20th 2022.
Brief Nature Watch, Spring 2022
Nature watcher Steve Jones paid a short visit to Hvar in April.
Beware: caterpillars processing!
The caterpillars of the pine processionary moth (thaumetopoea pityocampa) come out any time between February and April each year.
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Luki finds the first Orchids!
Hvar's Springtime Treats
Saving Wildlife and Biodiversity: Looking to the Future
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Birdwatch, June - July 2019
Dead bats in Pitve, July 2019
Birdwatch, May 2019
Birdwatch, April 2019
Birdwatch, March 2019
Birdwatch, January 2019
Bush cricket - seeking identity
Birding at the end of 2018
Birdwatch October 2018
Birdwatch: rounding up the summer of 2018
Bee-Eaters, one of Hvar's prime attractions
Nature Watch, May 2018
Birdwatch March-April 2018
Birdwatch, January - February 2018
Birdwatch & Insects, Autumn-Winter 2017
The Bee Hotel: Encouraging Wildlife in our Garden
Birdwatch, August - September 2017
Birdwatch, June - July 2017
Storks visit Jelsa!
Nesting swallows: good luck promised!
Birdwatch, May 2017
Birdwatch, April 2017
Birdwatch, March 2017
Birdwatch, February 2017
Birdwatch, January 2017
SOS: Bats Gone Missing!
Orchids on Pelješac
Hvar's Wildflowers and Plants in Winter
Another Kingfisher sighting, in December!
Pesticides: UNESCO-approved?
Bird sightings 2016
Cranes in flight
Hvar's Butterflies
Hvar's Wild Flowers in the Late Summer
Autumn update from Dol, 2016
Summer nature report from Dol, 2016
A guide to Hvar's wildflowers - Spring edition
Black-winged stilts at Soline
April Bird Watch, 2016
March Bird Watch, 2016
January Bird Watch, 2016
February Nature Watch, 2016
Bird Watch early January 2016
Trees and Hvar's Youngest Eco-Warrior
Birds and Insects Autumn-Winter 2015
Wild Lilies, a May Treat
Summer birds returning, 2014
Poppy Death. In Memoriam
First Poppy of 2014
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