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 Nigritella gabasiana |
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 Dactylorhiza incarnata and Pedicularis veticillata in matching togs |
 Pinguicula grandiflora |
 Orchis mascula  |
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 The last daffodil - narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp. nobilis |
 Best burnt orchid |
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 Viola cornuta - horned pansy |
 Trollius europaeus |
 Cotton grass |
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 Dactylorhiza incarnata |
 Carex viridula |
 Wasp nest and owner |
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 Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) |
 Western Dappled White - Euchloe crameri on Biscutella laevigata |
 Not very promising |
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 Orchis Mascula |
 Linaria supina |
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 Speckled Yellow |
 Pearl Bordered Fritillary |
 Erica australis |
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 An ingratiating puppy - Margaret was enchanted |
 Provençal Fritilary - Mellicta deione |
 Convolvulus arvensis |
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 Prunella laciniata |
 Burnet moth caterpillar - Zygaena sp. |
 Micro moth - Chrysocrambus sp. |
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 Linum bienne |
 Ononis spinosa |
 Scarlet pimpernell |
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 Tolpis barbata |
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 Wonderful patterns in the rock |
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We had our picnic lunch from the back of the mini-bus just in time before it began to rain | ||||
 Medicago sativa |
 Treacle mustard - Erysimum sp. |
 Provençal Fritillary |
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 Cow parsley |
Tudes was a very attractive village with chickens pecking around. The winter wood piles were particularly beautifully arranged graduating from the largest logs on the left to the smallest on the right. The cat and her kittens were behind a grill, but it was not designed to keep them in.
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 This kitten had kittens |
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All the country dogs seemed to be large, is that to protect families form wolves and bears? |
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 Campanula rapunculus |
 Female palmate newt |
 Teresa fished for this marbled newt in a tank in the village. It was quite a small newt |
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 Spider |
 Another wild rose |
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 Medicago sativa |
 This is as big as it gets, just about recognisable as a Stone chat |
 Etruscan Honeysuckle - Lonicera Etrusca |
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 Honeysuckle |
 Micro Moth - Chrysocrambus sp. |
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 Shield bug |
 This is a sport of the usually purple galactites tomentosa |
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 Provençal Fritillary |
 Meadow brown |
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 Provençal Fritillary |
Oedemera nobilis - look at the thighs! |
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 Cistus psilosepalus |
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 Beetles mating |
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 Adonis Blue - Polyommatus bellargus |
 Female Sooty Copper - Lycaena tityrus |
 Great Bush Cricket - Tettigonia viridissima |
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 Firebug |
 Vincetoxicum nigrum - Dark Swallow-wort |
 Cleopatra male |
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Scarce swallowtail - not a very good effort, but the insect flapped about randomly covering a lot of ground and would not stay still.
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 Iberian Wall Lizard - Podarcis hispanica |
 Large Psammodromus - Psammodromus algirus |
 More bad weather |
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