Tag Archives: Travel

Success

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I am on my way back to Belgium after a very intense but successful field campaign in the high north. We managed to do everything we planned: setting up a new experiment around Abisko, revisiting last year’s experiment and collecting over … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abisko, Birds, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, measuring, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Skua, Summer, Travel, Travelling | 2 Comments

Endless days

Posted on July 4, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

We are back in Abisko again, the beautiful tiny little village in Northern Sweden, above the polar circle, where we will follow-up on our exciting experiments. Right before our arrival we arrived, skies started to clear after a period of rain, making … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Abroad, arctic, Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Flowers, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Spring, Subarctic, Sweden, Travel, Travelling, Wildlife | 8 Comments

Soft with a rough edge

Posted on June 11, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

This is the last post about last weeks’ mountain ecologist meeting in Flen in Southern Sweden. Find a (new!) picture gallery here or click on it on the right of my website. I experienced southern Sweden as a soft place. Soft rolling … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Adventure, Agriculture, Beauty, Ecology, Europe, Hiking, Landscapes, Nature, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Spring, Sweden, Travel, Walking | 2 Comments

Summer is coming

Posted on June 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

While I visited the little Swedish village of Flen for our international meeting, spring slowly turned into summer. The early plant species of the season were still in full glory everywhere, but the next generation was already taking their positions. This marks the most diverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Gardens, Hiking, Insects, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Spring, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | Leave a comment

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Posted on June 8, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Ekenäs Herrgård is an old mansion in the south of Sweden, close to the village of Flen and on a one hour drive, with a cute old black train, from the capital Stockholm. We were so lucky to have a meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Architecture, Ecology, Flen, Mansion, Meeting, Mountains, Nature, PhD, Photography, Plant invasion, Scandinavia, Science, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

Flen

Posted on June 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow morning I will be on a plane again. A short trip this time, 3 days up and down to the south of Sweden, where we have a meeting with the MIREN-network (all our colleagues from all over the world who … Continue reading →