We spent today enjoying the pine woods and limestone outcrops of the Pegeia Forest: the late season meant we didn't quite make it to ten orchid species for the day, but we made up for that with two species of sand crocus: the beautiful purple Romulea tempskyanus and a second, smaller and considerably rarer (for the island) white R. ramiflora.
Birds were still few and far between, although a sub-adult Bonelli's Eagle overhead was pretty impressive.
For the first time this week, the reptiles were out in force today. We enjoyed close up encounters with all the common lizards: Budak's Snake-eyed Skink slithering through the leaf litter, the ever-friendly Snake-eyed Lacertid, several Troodos Wall Lizards including a heavily gravid female and a sun-bathing Starred Agama on a cliff face. Back at the hotel, a couple of Banded Skinks were by the road, but best of all was a spectacular Mediterranean Chameleon back at the hotel!
Romulea tempskyana
Mediterranean Chameleon
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