Lac de Gaube - France

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Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)

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Corydalis Sp

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Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloloides)

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Fern Sp

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Gaultheria procumbens

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Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)

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Hoverfly Sp (Sphaerophoria Sp ♀︎

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Juniper (Juniperus communis)

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Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)

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Lungwort (Pulminaria officinalis)

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Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria)

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Moss Sp

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Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides)

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Primula allionii

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Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

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Pyrenean Squill ( Scilla liliohyacinthus)

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Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)

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Wood Sorrell (Oxalis acetosella)








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Aredena - Crete

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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.

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But in amongst the ruins

Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava flava)

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Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

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Semicollared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata)

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Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)

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Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

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Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)

Redstart, Whitethroat & Black-eared Wheatear

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Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum Sp)







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Omalos - Samarian Gorge - Crete

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On the way up at dawn. The village of Lakkoi

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The top of the Samarian Gorge

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Juniper grow out the almost vertical cliff face.

Alpine Chough calling from the sky above.

Cirl Bunting in the trees around the summit.

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Looking out against the sun towards the gorge.

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Scree cliff

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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)






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