28th May |
I got up at 06.00 to try to record the nightingales, but it was too late.
With double summer time 05.00 would have been better. |
Misty morning |
Love this one |
More poppies |
Artichoke |
The Giant |
Barley |
Borage |
We left the vans by the Refugio de Dios te Salve in the
Hecho Valley and walked off up through
the woods to the site where we hoped to see Wall Creepers. |
The cows kept an eye on us |
Yomping again |
We saw flashes of the red in the wings of the Wall Creepers on the cliffs and
close ups in the Leaders' scopes. |
Oxalis acetosella and violets |
View across the valley at the Wall Creeper Site. |
The weather improved |
Cephalanthera longifolia |
Monesees uniflora |
Monesees uniflora |
Monesees uniflora |
We had lunch from the back of the van as the man at the
Refugio de Dios te Salve would not allow us to use his picnic tables.
We were allowed to use the loos... |
Saxifraga longifolia |
The Foz Binies Gorge |
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Plants growing in the rock
Griffon Vulture chick |
Lithodora fruticosa |
Anacamptis pyramidalis |
Green underside Blue? |
Scrophularia canina |
Pisum sativum |
Allium moly |
Chaenorhinum organifolium |
Saxifraga longifolia |
Saxifraga longifolia |
Allium pyrenaicum |
Rock garden |
Lonicera pyrenaica |
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Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper |
Althaea hirsuta |
Wall Creeper details in Spanish |
Spanish Festoon |
We were delighted to see it |
Heleanthemun nummularium subsp. pyrenaicum |
Petrocoptis pyrenaica |
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Ramonda myconii |
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Blues and a skipper |
Cricket on a buttercup |
Trifolium ochroleucon |
Fungus |
Ophrys apifera |
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Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper |
Possibly Medicago sativa |
Tragopogon clock |
Castle through the window |
We came home for the last list and packed. |