Broom (Cytisus scoparius)



Fly Sp







Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii)



Hoverfly (Dasysyrphus albostriatus)

Tag CloudBroom, HoverflySp, FlySp, Syrphusribesii, Dasysyrphusalobostriatus

Common Crane (Grus grus)







Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)

Tag CloudCommonCrane, SedgeWarbler

Black Tailed Godwit (mimosa limosa) & a Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)





Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)



Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, Ruff, Lapwing, CeleryLeavedButtercup

Looking down to the sea over the village of Salthouse from the edge of the heath.



A superb arch of sycamore on the way up to the heath.



Followed by a tunnel of gorse.



Opening out onto the heath.





Such vivid yellow in the sunshine today.





Gramborough Hill in the distance.





Sublime yellow in the sunshine against the sky.



The sycamore hangar on the way down.

Tag CloudLandscape

A lingering party of Brent (Branta bernicla)









Mixed flock of Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa mimosa) resplendent in their summer plumage & Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) still in winter plumage.













Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) Came in a bit closer today to better reveal her luscious patterning.





Wood Pigeon (Columba polumbus)



Distant but unmistakable eye ring of Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Tag CloudLittleRingedPlover, Brent, WoodPigeon, SandwichTern, MarshHarrier, BlacktailedGodwit, BartailedGodwit

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)



Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana)



Blood Bee Sp (Specodes Sp)



Hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus The eyes have it.





Grass Fly Sp (Chloropidae)

Tag CloudAlexanders, BloodBeeSp, Eristalinusaeneus, GrassFlySp

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)





Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)







Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

&
Wheatear

Tag CloudSandMartin, Whinchat, MeadowPipit

Bluebell (Hyancinthoides non scripta)



Dandelion (Taraxacum officianale)

Tag CloudBluebells, Dandelion

Little Egret (Egret garzetta)

























Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) scraping the nest scrape.

Tag CloudAvocet, LittleEgret

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Redshank (Tringa totanus)

Tag CloudRedshnak, Avocet

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)







Clack Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Tag CloudBlacktailedGodwit, Avocet

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Tag CloudSandMartin

Dog Violet (Viola riviniana)



Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)

Tag CloudEarlyPurpleOrchid, DogViolet

Yellow Legged Gull ( Larus michahellis)































Little Crake (Porzana parva)

Tag CloudLittleCrake, YellowLeggedGull

On the way up at dawn. The village of Lakkoi









The top of the Samarian Gorge







Juniper grow out the almost vertical cliff face.

Alpine Chough calling from the sky above.

Cirl Bunting in the trees around the summit.



Looking out against the sun towards the gorge.



Scree cliff







Aubretia growing in its natural environment. (Aubretia deltoidea)





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A rather handsome Moss Sp with what looked like skirts to the capsules.

Common Extinguisher Moss (Encaplypta vulgarisms)

Tag CloudCommonExtinguisherMoss, Landscape , Aubretia, Moss , Bryophytes

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)





Crown Anemone (Anemone coronaria)























Sardininian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)

Tag CloudLandscape, SardinianWarbler, Anemone, Hawthorn

Crown Anemone (Anemone coronaria)



Buckler Mustard (Biscutella didyma)







Yellow Star of Bethlehem (Gagea lutea)









Sand Crocus (Romulae clusianus)





Tulipa Sp



Swallow (Hirundo rustica)





Red Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)

Tag CloudLandscape, SandCrocus, CrownAnemone, TulipaSp, YellowStarOfBethlehem, Swallow, BucklerMustard, RedRumpedSwallow

Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora)



Lizard Sp











Valonia Oak (Quercus agilops)







Heldreich's Orchid (Ophrys heldreichii)



Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera)







Tongue Orchid (Serapias lingua)



Tongue Orchid (Serapias bergonii)





Yellow Bee Orchid Sp (Ophrys lutea sp?)

Tag CloudBumblebeeOrchid, LizardSp, Heldreich'sOrchid, ValoniaOak, SawflyOrchid, TongueOrchidSp, YellowBeeOrchidSp

Large Blue Alkanet (Anchusa azurea)



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Figwort (Scrophularia lucida)







Giant Fennel (Ferula communis)







Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)



Tassel Hyacinth (Leopoldia comosa)

Tag CloudGiantFennel, TasselHyacinth, HornedPoppy, FigwortSp, LargeBlueAlkanet

Bishop's Orchid (Ophrys episcopalis)









Cretan Bee Orchid (Ophrys kotschyi subspecies cretica)





Daphne sericea











Four Spotted Orchid (Orchis quadripunctata)





Cretan Iris (Iris cretensis / unguicularis ssp cretensis)







Heldreich's Orchid (Ophrys heldreichii)





Rainbow Orchid (Ophrys iricolor)





Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera)






Tongue Orchid Sp (Serapias Sp)



Sparse Flowered Orchid (Orchis pauciflora)





Wild Tulip (Tulipa doerfleri)









Lax Flowered Orchid (Anacamptis laxiflora)

Tag CloudBishop'sOrchid, Landscape, CretanBeeOrchid, WildTulip, Daphnesericea, SparseFloweredOrchid, TongueOrchidSp, SawflyOrchid, Rainboworchid, Heldreich'sOrchid, FourSpottedorchid, CretanIris

Tree Heather (Erica arborea)









Nettle-leaved Figwort (Scrophularia peregrina)



Fungi Sp









Hornwort Sp






Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)

Tag CloudTreeHeather, Nettle-leavedFigwort, FungiSp, HornwortSp

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Tag CloudBuzzard

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)

Tag CloudLandscape , Blue-headedWagtail, BlueRockThrush, Nightingale, WoodchatShrike, SemicollaredFlycatcher, CollaredFlycatcher, StarOfBethlehem, GrIffonVulture

Blue Lupins (Lupinus pilosus)

Tag CloudLupins

Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)











Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)

Tag CloudLandscape, GrIffonVulture, Black-earedWheatear

Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)



Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

5 Griffon Vultures circling overhead
Hundreds of Bee-eaters on the move.
A party of 9 Night Heron flew overhead,

Tag CloudLandscape, CrestedLark, Chaffinch

Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)







Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)



Hoopoe (Upupa epops)



White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba)









Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)

Tag CloudHoodedCrow, Stonechat, Hoopoe, WhiteWagtail, SpanishSparrow

Smooth Alexanders (





Wonderfully impenetrable netting for the fresh growth.

Greek Spiny Spurge (Euphorbia acanthothamnos)





Ophrys Sp



















Heldreich's Orchid (Ophrys heldreichii)

A small colony in the Chapel Grounds



Lax Flowered Orchid (Orchis pauciflora)



Man Orchid (Orchis anthopophora)





Milky Orchid (Neotinea lactea)







Moss Sp



Naked Man Orchid (Orchis italica)





Late Spider Orchid (Ophrys fuciflora)



One going over

Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum)









Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera)







Yellow Bee Orchid sp

Tag CloudLandscape, GreekSpinySpurge, OphrysSp, GiantOrchid, SawflyOrchid, MNakedManOrchid, YellowBeeOrchidSp, Heldreich'sOrchid, LaxFloweredOrchid, ManOrchid, MilkyOrchid, Moss , Bryophytes

Tag CloudLandscape

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Four Spotted Orchid (Orchis quadrapunctata)



Liverwort Sp









Moss Sp





Rusty Back Fern (Aspelnium ceterach)



Mediterranean Clubmoss (Selaginella denticulata)

Tag CloudFernSp, FourSpottedorchid, LiverwortSp, MossSp, Moss, Bryophytes, RustyBackFern

Heildrich's Anemone (Anemone heidrichii)





Insect Sp











Cretan Arum (Arum creticum)







Ophrys cretensis ?





Four Spotted Orchid (Orchis quadrapuncata)





Late Spider Orchid (Ophrys fuciflora)









Fritillaria messanensis subsp. sphaciotica
An endemic Cretan Fritillary


Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)





Silky Wall Feather-moss (Homolothecium sericeum)



Cretan Iris (Iris unguicularis subs cretensis)









Naked Man Orchid (Orchis italica)





Milky Orchid (Neotinea lactea)







Round-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga rotundifolia)


A last remaining Paperwhite Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta)


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Orobanche Sp?



Rusty Back Fern







Sawfly Orchid



Yellow Bee Orchid





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Tag CloudLandscape, Heildrich'sAnemone, Ophryscretensis, FourSpottedorchid, LateSpiderOrchid, CretanFritillary, SilkyWallFeather-moss, CretanIris, NakedManOrchid, MilkyOrchid, Round-leavedSaxifrage, PaperwhiteNarcissus, OrabancheSp, RustyBackFern, SawflyOrchid, YellowBeeOrchidSp, MarshMarigold

Crown Anemone (Anemone coronaria)







Evax pygmaea



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Eastern Milkwort (Polygala venulosa)



Ophrys Sp





Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)



Jersey Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana)









Rainbow Orchid (Ophrys iricolour)

Tag CloudCrownAnemone, Evaxpygmaea, EasternMilkwort, OphrysSp, Salsify

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Thistle Sp



Aspodelus

Tag CloudLandscape

Ant Sp



Fungus Sp







Moss Sp





Tongue Orchid Sp (Serapias Sp)









Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)



Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)













Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)





Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Tag CloudPurpleHeron, LittleEgret, SquaccoHeron, BermudaButtercup, MossSp, Bryophytes, SerapiasSp, Fungus, Antsp

Never had much luck growing these in the garden but here………just amazing

King's Spear (Asphodeline Lutea)



White Aspodel (Asphodelus albus)







Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica



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Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruiticosa)








Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Blue-headed Wagtail

Black-headed Wagtail

Tag CloudKing'sSpear , WhiteAsphodel, FernSp, InsectSp, JerusalemSage

Barbary Nut (Moraea sisyrinchium)











Hottentot Fig (Carpobrotus edulis)

Tag CloudLandscape, BarbaryNut, HottentotFig