Coming out of a restaurant after a very nice lunch, I looked up to see a kettle of raptors circling over the village... Red Kite, Black Kite, about 40 Griffon Vultures, 5 or so Egyptian Vultures, an adult Golden Eagle and, best (and first!) of all, an adult Lammergeier.
At the head of the valley, the tinkling finches feeding on the roadside dandelions weren't Goldfinches, but Citril Finches.
Orchids are flowering in profusion: Lizard, Burnt-tip, Lady, Military, Early Purple, Lang's, Elder-flowered, Pyramidal, Fragrant, Greater Butterfly, Dense-flowered and Early Spider Orchid, Sword-leaved Helleborine, at least two species of Dactylorhiza and Serapias lingua... and so far I've not strayed beyond the roadside!
Add in Green Lizards seemingly at every turn, a photographable (just!) patch of Ramonda and plenty of butterflies on the wing, together with what feels like the first sunshine I've found all spring and what's not to love?
Citril Finch. Finally!
Western Green Lizard.
Ramonda
Oberth�r's Grizzled Skipper
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