The coastal plain at Macari on the north-west coast of Sicily has a rich flora that competes with the tourists for space. The most eye-catching is Sea Daffodil Pancratium maritimum with its clean white flowers, but perhaps this is because it is September after a long dry summer and much of the vegetation is now…
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The South Charente in Late June
Under thundery skies, the herbaceous borders at Boisjarzeau are at their colourful best. The wet spring this year has saved on the watering but the garden meadows are unusually thick with false oat-grass and barren brome with little space for wildflowers. A sward full of yellow rattle would impede the grasses and promote floral diversity…
San Marco d’Alunzio’s Wildlife
The Griffon vultures soar over the town circling up from their nests on the cliffs on the far side of the valley; through a telescope from our balcony we can see one downy young at the front of a small cave with an adult in constant attendance. The local pair of ravens have a nest…