Walking down the narrow roads the sides of the road are full of crickets and other insects , butterflies mainly meadow browns are everywhere.
Our first view of Avlaki ................... say no more :)
The grass is alive with grasshoppers and Crickets , and i have just spotted beautifully coloured lizard.
Newly emerged teneral Dragonfly , quite small , similar to the uks Black Darter in size.
Best shot i could get of this Lizard , they are so fast lol
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my first Scarce Swallowtail image , i spotted one on the walk down here and a couple flying past but this one settled right in front of me .
The large pond is just behind the beach , i am walking around the scrub behind it.
There must be thousands of hoppers around here , they are perched on leaves and fern fronds everywhere i walk. this one perched nicely for me .
There are a couple of white butterflies just near the beach feeding , i have id them as Eastern Dappled Whites , but could be a similar species as they all look very similar.
Its boiling hot here now , i can hear Cicadas chirping in the trees but cannot find or see one!
Another Dragonfly that actually perched in this hot bright sunshine , but since its raining back home i cant complain :)
This Scarce Swallowtail flew past me fast , but eventually settled to briefly feed .
I have been chasing Clouded Yellows all over the place, but they are just not resting but this Painted Lady stopped for long enough to shoot this single frame .
There are quite a few Fritillaries , later id as Spotted Fritillaries
Stunning colour!
There ai a wide variety of plants and flowers around this area , plenty of daisys but are not being visited by any butterflies.
A Small Copper perches in the sun
Not a clue on what this one is , very nice though .
At last i have managed to shoot one of the many Clouded Yellows , this one is quite pale. there are also some much smaller ones again very pale in colour but i have not managed a picture yet.
Tiny Beeflies are buzzing loudly while feeding on these yellow flowers , a fast shutterspeed froze the action here .
Another Clouded Yellow , this one was fairly slow and feeding constantly for ages .
Its too hot , i need a rest and go back to the beach to find Jan swimming
I have taken a walk around to the next beach down a track through the trees , another stunning bay .
On the way back to the hotel , i pause to shoot one of the many wild cats that seem to be all over the place .
The castle is illuminated on the hill in front of the harbour.
The resturant we have just left , its very quiet here as the season has bairly started and we got Free deserts :)
We have just seen our first Fireflies YAY i have tried to shoot a video , and can hear the Scopps Owl in the background, bloody noisy things which kept us awake at night for hours!!
Phone pic of a firefly about 1 cm in length , but the intensity of the light is amazing!
The end of another busy day in Corfu.
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