A hour with the camera amongst the Orchids on Hacho.
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Ophrys dyris. |
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Ophrys dyris. |
Jayne and I headed up to the track which skirts the Northern flank of Hacho and parked before walking up the track towards the summit but only went a short way before I started photographing the many Orchids on the site.
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Ophrys dyris. |
Species seen included
Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana),
Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina) including a single spike of the var flavescens,
Ophrys dyris which was a new species for me at the site,
Ophrys forestieri,
Sawfly Orchid (Flor de avispa / Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp tenthredinifera) and
Southern Early Purple Orchid (
Chupaeros / Androrchis Olbiensis).
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana). |
On the main track I also had a rather tatty
Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychlorus) which played hard to get a shot of but I managed one.
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana). |
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Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina). |
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Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina).
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Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychlorus). |
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