Life on Athens and Kythira

A trip to the Greek capital Athens and the island of Kythira yielded some good times, lovely views, lots of laughs with new(ish) friends, and sightings of quite a few species of bird, invertebrates and plantlife we’d not all “ticked” before. Here are a few snaps of the various species: Scarce Swallowtail Marginated Tortoise Dark Bush Cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera Striped Shieldbug, Graphosoma lineatum Egyptian Grasshopper, Anacridium aegyptium with its striped eyes on mullein Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni Grayling on Sea Squill Blue-winged-Grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens European Skipper, Thymelicus lineola Oriental Hornet, Vespa orientalis European “Preying” Mantis, Mantis religiosa (juvenile) Common Raven, Corvus corax Western Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus Long-tailed Blue, or Pea Blue, Lampides boeticus European Bee eater, Merops apiaster, on a feeding break during migratory passage Female Sardinian warbler, Sylvia melanocephala Male Sardinian warbler, Sylvia melanocephala Blue Rock Thrush, Monticola solitarius (an old-world flycatcher, not Turdidae) Grayling, Hipparchia semele Sea daffodil, Pancratium maritimum, Aghios Nikolaos bay, below Moudari Lighthouse Tamarisk, or Salt Cedar, over The Aegean Sea, Kythira Hummingbird hawk-moth, Macroglossum stellatarum Southern Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina janira Pristine Swallowtail on Bourgainvillea in Mylopotamos Mediterranean Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria sp., Mylopotamos Large White,...
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