absorbing the Greek

The final chapter of the Greek butterflying holiday, covering 23~25th June.Reviewing all these photos makes me realise how hard Sotiris (and Greenwings) worked to put together an interesting and diverse set of daily trips. There were no days when things sagged, despite it being quite tiring out in the hot sun most of the day and on quite testing ground at times. The species were well spread out over the week and while I wasn't quite as fascinated by all the many species of Lycaenidae we searched for, they were what made the area unique. So it was quite fun being handed a specific task to find a specific species. Such as odd-spot blues. For once, a blue with an easy-to-recognise underside which defined it as odd-spot. Sotiris showed us the foodplant and area up a beautiful hill and we spread out in search. amazing sceneryNorthern wheatearThey were tricky to spot but not the worst. There were a few other species that were quite similar until you got down and studied or photographed the…