Wildlife Rich Walk, Part I

Our Dutch friends Huub, Ingrid and Anne-Loes made it down to their house near Yzeures-sur-Creuse as soon as the borders were open. Once they'd done sufficient self-isolation we joined them for a walk up the back of Yzeures, on the First of July. Here are some of the photos I took. Part II will follow [link].

Father and daughter stride it out.

Bell Heather Erica cinerea (Fr. Bruyère cendrée).

Male Wall butterfly Lasiommata megera (Fr. le Satyre).

[link to Loire Valley Nature species account]

Female Small Spreadwing damselfly Lestes virens (Fr. Leste verdoyant) 

[link to Loire Valley Nature species account]

Limousin breed beef cattle.

The area we walked in has traditionally been grazing country with small fields surrounded by hedges. Sadly that is now changing, as my next post will show.

Male Small Copper butterfly Lycaena phlaeas (Fr. le Cuivré commun).

[Link to species account on Loire Valley Nature.]

Large Skipper butterfly Ochlodes sylvanus (Fr. la Sylvaine). 

[Link to the species account on Loire Valley Nature.]

European Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album (Fr. le Gamma).

[Link to the species account on Loire Valley Nature.]

Cut-leaved Selfheal Prunella laciniata (Fr. Brunelle laciniée).

A Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus (Fr. Chevreuil) buck legs it when it hears us coming.

[Link to species account on Loire Valley Nature.]

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