Still 23 April 2016 in Extremadura, Spain. After the bee-eaters, spotless starlings and rock sparrows of the morning, we went to the Garganta del Cubo stream. Above the valley, we saw this female chaffinch calling from a cork oak.
More cork oaks.
A blackbird flies across the path.
Gum rockrose flowers.
A Sardinian warbler sings.
A nightingale sings.
Many beehives with many bees.
A fungus. This species was present in many places along the path, also along the road at lower altitude. It did not seem to mind stony soil.
The introduction of Eucalyptus trees to Extremadura brought also Australian fungi.
Next, beautiful white flowers, with a beautiful blue butterfly with folded wings on them.
After our arrival in the valley, and resting there a bit, we walk back.
Sometimes, the footpath goes downwards, but mainly upwards.
A cinereous vulture flying.
Still, beautiful flowers. Like these rosemary ones.
And this lavender one.
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These photographs are quite inviting, a true photo-journalist’s invitation to experience a pleasant trek in Spain, along the “nature trail” portrayed by the photographs. Thanks for the cyber-vacation, even though it was all-too-short! It was 13 years ago that I visited places in Spain — and these photographs triggered retrieval of some happy memories.
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Thanks for your kind words! Were you in Extremadura as well?
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No, just a few ports visited by a cruise ships (plus a little inland from there). The places that I remember best were Cadiz, Seville, and Barcelona. Some places I don’t remember the names of — but the photos still jog my memory, reminding me some things I recall seeing.
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So, you saw mainly coastal areas. This blog post is about more hilly inland country.
I was near Barcelona as well, see
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