Montenero and the Borgo Celano (Quarry) in the morning

Pulsano Gorge in the afternoon

Woods either side of the road

Dactylorhiza sambucina

Allium pendulinum

Narcissus poeticus

Pheromone trap for processional caterpillars that attack oaks

Polygala vulgaris

Good companions

Globularia punctata

Dactylorhiza maculata

Narcissus poeticus

Euphorbia myrsinites

Euphorbia amygdaloides

Plantago subulata

A bee trying to take advantage of a bee-orchid

Bottom two flowers like tadpoles kissing!

Dactylorhiza sambucina

Iris lutescens

Asphodelus albus (detail)

Asphodelus albus

Symphytum bulbosum

Sanguisorba minor

Rocks and trees

crucifer

Grizzled Skipper

Nature's rock gardens

Symphytum bulbosum

Eastern Festoon on a grape hyacinth

Iris lutescens

Ophrys

Italian wall lizard

Green hairstreek

We went to an area for lunch and the chance to see newts, frogs and snakes.   The cows were very protective of their meadow and stamped their feet at us if we encroached.

We did manage to get some frog pictures albeit covered in duck weed!

I recorded a video of a Sardinian warbler, but cannot insert it yet.

We were cowed...

Italian hybrid frog

Italian hybrid frogs mating

Broad-bodied chaser

Irene assessing the 'Art' en route

One constituent of the group

A horrifying path

Acinos alpinus

Steep sided gorge

Forester moth on barley

Moorish gecko

Ophrys fuciflora?

Rosa canina

Rosa canina

Campanula garganica

Pulsano Gorge

Onobrychis

Down the gorge to the plain

Cistus Creticus

Italian marbled white

Moorish gecko

Western whip snake (a glimpse)

Onosma echioides

Onosma echioides

Cistus salvifolius

Pisum sativum

Campanula garganica

Mating bugs

Our room looking relatively tidy as we had packed up for the journey home.