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)

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