Meadow brown

Male Freyer's fritillary

After breakfast we drove to a hillside where the grasses were shorter and the flowers easier to photograph  

Milkwort - polygala vulgaris

Burnet moth

Heath fritillary

Adonis blue

Fly orchid - Ophrys insectifera

Fragrant orchid - gymnadenia conopsea

Glanville fritillary

Pyrimidal orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis

Stachys recta

Cricket

Aquilegia vulgaris

Burnt orchid - Orchis ustulata

Blues mating

Meadow

Urospermum ?

Dropwort

Forester

Chamaecytisus supinus

Valeriana dioica

Rosa rubrifolia / glauca

Lilium bulbiferum

Colorado beetle plucked from her potatoes by a local gardener

Vetch

Marsh fritillary

Broad leaved marsh orchid - Dactylorhiza majalis

Damp meadow with marsh orchids and cotton grass

Sedge

We spotted a Poplar admiral

Wonderful umbellifer

Phyteuma nigrum

Yellow bellied toad

Yellow bellied toad

Poplar admiral

Rakov Škocjan is a wonderfully wild karst valley.    Formed where a cavern roof has collapsed.   It was formed by Rak river, which springs from Zelške caves on one end, runs on the surface for 3.5 km and then goes underground again in Tkalca cave on the other end of the valley.   The whole area is packed with karst phenomena, and a route with educational boards runs through the valley. Natural environment is incredible and the highlights of the trip are two natural bridges at each end of the valley - the "Great natural bridge" and the "Small natural bridge".   Rakov Škocjan is proclaimed a regional park.   Info from the web. 

Rosa pendulina

Rock garden

The banded demoiselle

The banded demoiselle

Pool frog

Church of St Cantianius

Church of St Cantianius

Anthericum liliago

Nottingham catchfly

We had our evening meal at Kontrabantar

We had mixed meats, beers, a pudding and coffee with walnut schnapps

The owner kept driving past on his tractor, mostly from left to right...