A surprise, Centaury, early or late?

Brimstone butterfly on Rosemary in the sun

Sparrowhawk in olive tree

early? prickly pear flowers

Shuffler snail, approached by some kind of caddis fly larva

Hibernating Large Tortoiseshell butterfly

Scenes on Mt Etna, nothing steamy, smokey or bubbly

Flamingoes

a Kingfisher from a distance

Did this Snipe follow me from Iceland?

Little Egret, fishing, eating, preening, contemplating and flying

Osprey fishing

These are not good pics but I was so thrilled to see my first ever Osprey I am posting them anyway

a mix of white and grey

A Sandwich tern in flight

A Caspian Tern and a Sandwich Tern... I think

possibly a Yellow Legged Gull

female Marsh Harrier

Sandwich Tern I think

Flamingoes with Coots and Shovelers

a gecko well camouflaged on a lichen covered rock

some kind of Shufler snail

as yet unidentified by me, plant

mating dung beetles and guest

Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars