Some Orchid photogrphy with Santi, Howard and Jayne.
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana) hipocromatic. |
The four of us went up the road for a walk in the Pine woods where we were looking for some early Orchid species and we soon found a good number of Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana) spikes as well as quite a few Somber Bees (Ophrys fusca / O. forestieri).
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana) hipocromatic. |
In the same area we saw some rather beatten up flowers of Sierra Nevada Crocus (Crocus nevadensis),
Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia), a couple of
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterflies,
Wren (Chochin / Troglodytes troglodytes),
Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos),
Sardinian Warbler (Curruca Cabecinegra / Sylvia melanocephala),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo / Cyanopica cooki),
Common Crossbill (Piquituerto Común / Loxia curvirostra) and
Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs).
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana). |
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Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertiana). |
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Somber Bee (Ophrys fusca / O. forestieri). |
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Almond blossom. |
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Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus). |
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Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia). |
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Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia). |
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Broad-leaved Iris (Iris planifolia). |
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