Lac de Gaube - France
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Corydalis Sp
Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloloides)
Fern Sp
Gaultheria procumbens
Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)
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Hoverfly Sp (Sphaerophoria Sp ♀︎
Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)
Lungwort (Pulminaria officinalis)
Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)
Moss Sp
Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides)
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Primula allionii
Sempervivum Sp
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Pyrenean Squill ( Scilla liliohyacinthus)
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
Wood Sorrell (Oxalis acetosella)
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)
Omalos - Samarian Gorge - Crete
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)