Luz Ardiden - France
Marmot (Marmota marmota)
Not the best of photos but we did spend an excellent morning watching two family parties playing on the mountain side.
Just as we were leaving a pair of Griffon Vultures floated by.
Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
Aredena - Crete
Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
A party of eleven vultures circled above and one or two came close. So close they filled the frame.
Aredena is a largely deserted village.
But in amongst the ruins
Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava flava)
Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
Semicollared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Redstart, Whitethroat & Black-eared Wheatear
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum Sp)
Sfakia - Anapolis - Crete
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)