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White Storks asleep on nest

 

                                                                                                                            Ria Formosa dune flora and pine forest edge                                                                                                                                    Stone Pine forest - Alentejo

 

                                                                                                                         Marsh Harrier & Sunrise over Castro Marim                                                                                                                                   Salt extraction lagoons 

 

                                                                                                                                                Male Sardinian Warbler                                                                                                                                                           Black-Winged Stilt

 

                                                                                                                                            Greater Flamingos in flight                                                                                                                                                            Azure-winged Magpie 

 

                                                                                                                                     Floral carpet in early-summer - Alentejo                                                                                                 False Baton Blue - Pseudophilotes abencerragus feeding on Marigold

 

                                                                                                                                            Mirror Orchid - Ophrys speculum                                                                                                                                   White Storks nesting in urban setting

 

                                                                                                                                            Modern art sculpture - Seville                                                                                                                                            Traditional fishing boat reflection

  

                                                                                                                                            Modern art sculpture - Seville                                                                                                                                               Cork Press - Såo Bras de Alportel

 

                                                                                                             Stone Pine and typical Steppe habitat                                                                                                                   Traditional roof tiles found throughout Portugal

  

                                                                                            White Stork flying through the streets of Faro                                                                                                                            Olive grove and wildflower meadow

 

                                                                                    White Stork reflection                                                                                                            Black-Winged Stilt feeding at dusk on a Ria formosa salt extraction lagoons

   

                                                                   European Chameleon basking in late afternoon sun                                                                  Friar's Crowl - Arum italicum                                                                       European Preying Mantid - Mantis religiosa

     

                                                                                                    European Bee-Eater in flight                                                                               Toad Grasshopper - Pamphagidae sp.                                                         Woodcock Orchid - Ophrys scolopax subsp. apiformis

     

                                                                                                    Aristolochia sempervirens                                                                            Pheasant's Eye Narcissus - Narcissus poeticus                                                               Plane tree distinctive patterned bark