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CRETE Saturday 10.10.09 |
 Our Taverna in Megala Chorafia in the early morning. One of the many cats has moved in. |
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The moth trap has some interesting species |
 Palpita vitrealis |
 The wasps helped themselves to breakfast from the trap |
 Ruby Tiger Moth |
 Oedipoda caerulescens taking off |
 Chicorium spinosum |
 Cyclamen graecum ssp. candicum |
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 Lygaeus equestris (ground bug) |
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 Bellis perennis |
 
Lady's tresses |
 Clematis cirrhosa |
 Dry river bed at Vrysses; we had a coffee and orange juice and bought bread. Visited the 'turtle' reservoir |
 Cleopatra at Lake Kournas |
 Darter |
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 Skimmer |
 Tiny marsh frog |
 Heron and Coot massively enlarged |
 Grasshopper |
 From Lake Kournas we went on to the slot tombs at Armenoi |
 Narcissus serotinus |
 Scilla maritima at the tombs |
 Meadow brown |
 Atractylis gummifera |
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 Acorn on the ground |
 Scilla autumnalis |
 Acorns forming on the tree |
 A boletus turns blue when cut open |
 We left the slit tombs |
 Heliotrope |
 Otanthus maritimus |
 Euphorbia peplis |
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 Rock Samphire |
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 Carrot in seed |
 Needs a dancing butler |
 Scirpoides holoschoenus |
 Euphorbia paralias |
 Object of desire at Georgioupoli |
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We went to Maza and admired the frescos in the tiny byzantine church. We inspected the still guarded by the chickens; met up with Rod and Sue who joined us for the evening meal at the local Taverna. We had meze followed by lamb. The pudding was flaky pastry dunked in syrup and nuts. There was a lot of orangey 'red' wine... |
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