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22nd April to 1st My 2013. A selection of photos covering a "Green Tours" tour to the Gargano Peninsula of Puglia Italy.

Helen's fuller account is at: http://www.fands.org.uk/1.FANDSThe-gargano.htm

I aim to give an impression of the holiday and the country, I shall try and get the plant names right in the end! Corrections are welcome!

Click to enlarge a photo then Ctrl+ for more; "back" to return. I have suggested what I think some Orchids faces looks like "Thus"?

MONDAY 22nd April We caught the 03:21 train from St Albans walking through dark streets with no street lights due to "cost saving" We arrived at Gatwick at 04:55 and checked in, the 2hrs recommended, taking off at 07:30. We landed at 11:20 local and Paul eventually found us in Arrivals, traffic had delayed him. We had a snack at a service station on the Autostrada and arrived at Rodi by late afternoon.	Our minibus in the Service Area under the shade of solar panels; Richard at the rear Irene at the front seat	A road tunnel on our way to Rodi Garganico	Map of the Gargano
The Promenade looking towards Rodi Garganico from our Hotel	. The Tram that ran along the promenade in front of the Hotel	An aroid in Hotel Car Park, Zantedescia aethiopica	Hotel Residence Tramonto at Rodi Garganico
Peony, Paeonia peregrina	Muscari, Grape Hyacinth	Orchid Orchis Italica "Little Men"	Daisy
Typical habitat	A very large Pill Bug	A green Lizard	Green Lizard
Richard among the Asphodels	White Aspodels, Asphodelus microcarpus	Purple Vebascum	Spanish Broom, Spartium junceum
Fishing just offshore from our Hotel	Flotsam looking like an elk's head	Orchis papilionacea, Butterfly Orchids	Tordylium apulum
TUESDAY 23rd Day1
We drove along the North Coast of the Gargano stopping at several locations looking for Orchids etc. The holiday makers had not started to arrive. In the morning we went to the Peschici area and to the west of Vieste in the afternoon	Map of the Day	The Hotel Residence Tramonto was rather cold but a blanket on the beds helped. In the mornings, however, the water was always cold. The warning ringing of the approach of the tram to the level crossing at 06:00 provided an alarm for us to get up and walk around photographing. The hotel waiter was cheerful although he could not explain the menus, neither could Paul	Orchid "Smart bow tie"?
Silyburn	Moth	Lady Orchid Orchis Purpurea	Grass Hopper on onion
Medicago marina	Painted Lady	Ornithogalum	Daisy
Sea Holly	The gang on the beach	Ophrys holosericea apulica, endemic to Puglia. "A fly close up"?	Yellow Orchid Orchis Lutea
Bumblebee Orchid	Orchis papilionacea, Butterfly Orchids	Ophrys biscutella "Torn bib"?	Medicago marina
Ophrys apulica "Strong man"?	A scarlet bug on Paul's finger	Peony, Paeonia peregrina, there were very few of these around.	Looking over the plain
Wall brown	Anagallis arvensis caerulea, Blue Pimpernel	Grasshopper	Orchid
Cistus monspeliensis	A headland by the sea	Anthyllis tetraphylla	Gargano is an outcrop of limestone or Karsts which breaks into small rough boulders that can be built into dry stone walls and huts. It encourages the local flora, especially orchids. Olive trees can grow in the stony fields but little else.
Orchid "Rats"?	Lotus cytisoides	Geranium	Walter scouting ahead
Do sheep have sharp canine teeth?	A Millipede	Orchid, Ophrys biscutella "Waistcoats"?	Cistus creticus
Anthyllis vulneraria praepropera	Orchis Lutea "Sunglasses"	Borago officianalis	Silyburn Marianum
Marbled White	Bee	Man Orchid, Aceras anthropophorum	Cistus monspeliensis
Centipede and Millepede found under a stone	A White Pea	Plantains with "Planets"	A green Bug
Towards the Sea	Anacamptis pyramidalis	Fishing Poles on a promontory. The water is quite deep here and the tidal range small.	Scolio flavifrons which parasites on the Rhinoceros beetle
Watch Tower by the coast. The Limestone hardens after time in the air.	Campanula garganica on the tower wall	Henbane, Hyoscyarmus alba	Caterpillars
Green Beetle	Tordylium apulum	Bug	Convolvulus Elegantissimus and Trifolium stellatum
Olive Grove with ruined arch	Marbled White on Crepis rubra	Wall Brown	Paul outside derelict farmhouse, of which there are many
Mallus Sylvestris	Lady Orchid Orchis purpurea	Lady Orchid Orchis purpurea	Flower Carpet
A detail, Crepis Rubra	Love in the mist, Nigella damascena alba	Little Heath	Rare Swallowtail
Onion, allium roseum	Cerinthe major	"The Scream" in the bark of a tree.	Anacamptis pyramidalis
Orchid, Ophrys incubacea "Teddy bear with mustache"?	Crab Spider on Anacamptis pyramidalis	Gladiolus	Green Fly
Convolvulus elegentissimus	Hypochoeris achyrophorus	Star of Jerusalem	Euphorbia
Orobanche	Orobanche	Galactites tomentosa	Anthyllis tetraphylla
Grizzled Skipper	Orchid	Orchid, Ophrys spegodes or incubacea. "French Lawyer"?	Gladiolus
Moth	Orchid "Have a hug"	Adonis Blue?	Aroid in the hotel car park
WEDNESDAY 24th April Day 2
In the morning we visited various sites including Passo di Ingarano and Bosco di Spina, a wooded area.	Map with Geo-tags for this day	Yellow legged Gull, paddling	A Villa behind the hotel
Flotsam on the beach	A Villa behind the Hotel	Euphorbia	Crepis rubra
Giant Fennel, Ferula communis		Scorzonera hirsuta	Verbascum phoeniceum
Orchid Orchis Italica	Smirnium olustrum	Scorpion	Green Hair Streak
Hillside habitat		A Field of Butterfly Orchids	Verbascum phoeniceum
	Orchis papilionacea	Orchid "A duck"?	Trifolium stellata
Butterfly Orchid	Orchis Morio	Hawkweed	Allium
Bumblebee Orchid	Vicia atropurpurea / benghalensis		Spiny Euphorbia (Spinosa)
Habitat of a steep open hillside	A pea	Orchid "Fine Moustaches"?	Orchis Italica, Naked Man Orchid
Just curious. The small herds of white cattle roam freely, traced by the sound of their bells	Iris Lutescens	Man Orchid, Aceras anthropophorum	Hello?
Wall Brown	Muscari	Cyclamen repandum	Cream Spotted Tiger Moth
Silene Officialis	Poppius Rhoeas	Silyburn Marianum	Pisum sativum
Mallus Syvestris	Borabo officionalis	White Form of Butterfly Orchid	Euphorbia characias
Coridalis	Sedum		Crab spider
Muscari	Vinca major	Buglossoides purpureocaerulea	"Choir in Bow ties"?
Lamium	Lupinus varius	Lackey moth caterpillars	Lupinus albus
Euphorbia and Anemone apennina	The forest floor is covered with white stars		Tiger Moth emerging
Buttercup and Anemone	Wood daisies	Southern Festoon	"Wings?"
A road through the woods	Bee Fly	Water Buffalo kept to produce Mozzarella I presume.	Geranium
Dactylorhiza romana	Narcissus Poeticus	Orchids "Panthers"?	Cyclamen Repandum
Ranunculus	Cyclamen Repandum	Water Buffalo also roam free	Anchusa Cretica
THURSDAY 25th April. Day 3
We visited sites on the coast in the morning, and in the afternoon were mainly watching birds by Lake Lesina and Lake Cagano	Geo-tags for today	A seaside villa in the early morning light	Helen photos introduced Mimosa on a path to the beach
Green Hair Streak	The Beach	A drainage canal	Shrimp fishing offshore
Orange Bumblebee on Lotus halophilus			South African Carpobrotus acinaciform
Moon Daisies	Wall Lizard	Bath White	Silene vulgaris
Green Lizard	Cistus	Lotus
Iris Lutescens	Honeysuckle	White variant Iris Lutescens	Orchids
Aethionema saxatile	Orchis Lutea	Ornithogalum Umbellatum	Orchis "Rats"
Dactylorhiza romana	Red Vetch, Tetragonolobus purpureus	Iris Bicapitata	Iris Habitat
Dead Nettle	Viola reichenbachiana	Anchusa Cretica	White Form, Viola reichenbachian
Having visited various dune and beach sites we went on to a disused quarry and and then to the lakes for our picnic lunch. Orchids have a great tendency to hybridise and there are a great many mixtures in the Gargano.		Female Blue	Just by the quarry
	Orchid?		Wild Carrot
Sedum in the Quarry wall	Wild Carrot with an aiming mark for pollinators'	Lake Sluice Gate	Marble White
Lake Sluice Gate in need of some maintence.	Sylyburn Marianum	Black backed Stilt	Canal
	Reed Beds	Pendulous Tit nest	Field Poppy
Wall Brown	The Little Egret has just flown off!	A 6 foot snake swims across a ditch	and escapes into the reeds
Blackbacked Stilt	Tamarisk Trees on an embankment with the Pendulous Tit nests	Italian Wall Lizard	Evening Search
FRIDAY 26th May. Day 4
After our usual pre breakfast walk, the Group set off for Monte St Angelo and our new hotel in the south of the Gargano via a circular route taking in numerous sites of botanical interest. We covered a lot of ground without getting much nearer to Monte St Angelo!	Today's Geo-tags	Sunrise from our room in Rodi	Shrimping
The Promenade early morning	Olive Grove with Lady Orchids	Lady Orchids in an olive grove behind the hotel	Lady Orchid, Orchis Purpurea
Calystegia sylvatica		Steep Forest	Cyclamen cover the forest floor
Cephalaria longifolia	A clearing in the woods	Tree Heath	Viola Odorata
Roadside photos for Walter Richard and Helen	Greater Celandine	Iris Habitat	Orchid
Iris Bicapita	Iris Bicapita yellow form	Orchids	Cyclamen repandum
Country Road	Wall Lizard		t Speckled wood
Habitat with Squills in a depression	Orchis Lutea "Snakes tongue"?	Saxifrage	Dactylorhiza romana
Allium	Lunch Spot in the forest		Very large galls
Viola Odorata	Geranium	Cyclamen
SATURDAY 28th April. Day 5
The San Michele Palace Hotel had carpets and hot water which we were grateful for. We walked into St Angelo before breakfast but the light was very poor. We visited several sites on the road out of St Angelo to Pulsano and the Abbey of St Mary of Pulsano in Gargarno where rain stopped play. We had our picnic in the minibus in the pouring rain but then, after a brief look in the Abbey, retreated to the hotel.	San Michele Palace Hotel	Today's locations	Street Scene early
	Sanctuary of St Michael		Church door
Ophrys incubacea / garganica "Kneelers"?	Ophrys biscutella,"A Bra"?	Rock Roses, Helianthemum nummularium	Anthyllis
Ophrys biscutella	Orchids "Old men with forked beards"?	Common Blue
Adonis Blue	Female Common Blue	Rare Swallowtail	Spanish Broom
Swallowtail	Three toed Skink, see its vestigial leg.	A wasp guards its nest	Euphorbia Spinosa field
Caterpillar	An Italian Matron marched past	Ophry Bertelonii "Ormer shell"	Euphorbia with red spots
View over the road to Pulsano	Silyburn Marianum	Green under wing Blue	Milky Orchid & Butterfly Orchid
Habitat	Medicago marina	Imitating a Wasp	Spectacled Orchid
Crab spider on Orchis Italica	Spectacled Orchid	Dry stone hut; possible to use free stones and provide a store.	Orchids growing in pockets in the stone.
a Orchis Lactea, Milky Orchid		Ophrys tenthredinifera	Orchis quadripunctata
Hybrid Butterfly Orchid	Man Orchid, Aceras anthropophorum		Silene conica
	Butterfly Orchid	Aethionema	Metallic Forester Moth
Orchids quadripunctata & lactea	Roman Road, as it was so straight? An easy fence to cross.		Burnt Tip Orchid Orchis ustulata
Burnt Tip Orchid Orchis ustulata		Squirting Cucumber, Ecballium elatrium outside the Abbey.	Sedum in the wall
Sattellite Picture The Abbey of St Mary of Pulsano in Gargano is at the bottom right, the gorge track runs diagonally up from there until it loops back and ends at the woodland	The Abbey overlooking a cliff	Cloister?	Column capital
Cymbalaria Murales appropriately in the wall.	The Sanctuary, which seems to mean cave church.	The way out	A side Altar
SUNDAY 28th April. Day 6.
We had another attempt at photographing St Angelo before breakfast As it was Sunday the two great bells in the church S.Maria Maggiore were tolling away from time to time to wake everyone up! Today we drove to the Bosco Quarto (Wooded Area) and the Carbonara Valley in the morning and the road back to Monte Sant'Angelo in the afternoon.	Today's sites	Monte St Angel's Norman castle	Main Gate
Old Roof	Looking down from St Angelo northwards	The Great Bell	Old Roof
	Post Box
The Sanctuary of St Michael	Twisting Alley
Steep steps	Hanging out the Washing	Flax austriacum
Fumitory	Flax austriacum	Bumblebee Orchid	Pisum sativum
Orchis Italica	Owl Fly Libelloides coccajus	Peony Masculata	Large White
Saxifrage		Adonis annua	Dactylorhiza sambucina
Anchusa Cretica	Man Orchid and Bonsai Oak	Violet
Fungus Morel	Corydalis cava	Bracket Fungus	Anemones
	Narcissus group	Narcissus poetica	Violets
Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum multiflorum	About 3mm Orange Weevil	Fungus	Seed head
Pulmonaria valarsae	Violets	Walter down for close u	Geranium
Anemones	Clouded Yellow	Common Blue
Iris Lutescens	Orchis pauciflora	Richard getting a close up	Fire bug
	Bumblebee Orchid	Wood Daisies	Crepis Rubra
	Southern Festoon	Habitat
Muscari field	Iris Group	Hybrid Orchid	Dactylorhiza sambucina
Four Spot Moth on Euphobia	Orange Bumblebee	Aceras anthropophorum	Three forms of violet
MONDAY 29th Apr Day 7
We botanised along the road to Manfredonia, we stopped briefly in a lay-by overlooking the plain, and had lunch by an Olive Grove on the way to the "Villa Rosa" a grand house. Then went on, in the afternoon, to spot birds in the Margaret of Savoy salt marsh nature reserve	Today's Geo-tags	Iris Bicapitata	Little Heath
Bath White	Crepis Rubra	Cynoglossum cheirifolium and Hawkweed	Bee
A faded Painted Lady	Orchid	Silene acaulis	Bumblebee
Aspodel	Lotus	Butterfly Orchid	Iris
Spiny Euphorbia (Spinosa) in Habitat		Small Copper	Serapia
Grass Hopper	Orange legged spider	Owl Fly, Libelloides coccajus	Yellow Aspodel
Iris	Habitat	Spanish Broom	Serapia
	Moth	Scorzonera hirsuta	Looking over the Plain of Manfredonia
Sedom Anglicum	Orchid		Serapia
Road Tunnel from our lay by	Poppy	Mallus sylvestris	Stone Face
Lamium	Convolvulus Elegantissimus		Field Poppies
Euphorbias	Walter poking out a gecko		Helen and Giant Fennel, Ferula communis
Lunch time Olive Grove		Silyburn Marianum	Fire Bugs
Grass hopper	Love in the mist, Nigella damascenaq
Orange bodied Spider	Gladiolus		Salt Flats
Pumping Station	Cattle Egret	Road Bridge. The road was lined with alternate patches of bright pink, red and yellow as though it had been planted.	Egret
Shellducks	Carpobrotus edulis	Yellow Leg Gull	Salt Flats
	Avocet	Black backed Stilts. The long pink legs gradually horizontalise like an aircraft taking off	We used a footbridge to sneak up on the Dunlin but the were not bothered by us!
Drainage Canal	Moorish Gecko	One that lost its tail	Dunlin
TUESDAY 30th Apr Day 9
To Montenero and the Borgo Celano (Quarry) in the morning. We had lunch by the ponds nature reserve but failed to see the newts as the cows, who formed up aggressively stamping their feet, kept us away. We revisited the Pulsano Gorge in the afternoon	Today's Geotags	A light in the Hotel Bedroom	Habitat
Wild Strawberry	Drystone wall and hut
Muscaris	Euphorbia myrsinites	A closed road	Geranium
Globularia puntata, the only one out.	Dactylorhiza sambucina	Geranium	Iris Lutescens
Orchids	Mixed Habitat	Orchids	Symphytum bulbosum
Voilets	White Aspodels	Habitat	Grizzled Skipper
Wall Lizard	Quarry full of Flowers		Moth
Farm Hut	Clouded Yellow		Meadow Brown
Wall Lizard	Wall Lizard	Aspodel Habitat	Moth
		Aggressive cows guarding their young and their territory round the ponds	Italian Hybrid Frog
Preparing to mate with a cover of pond weed.	The Gorge	Clouded yellow	Wild Rose
Orchids	Campanula in the rock	Wall Lizard	Along the Gorge
Cistus Creticus	Moorish Gecko on a tree	Paul and Walter walking along the unfinished road around the gorge. Walter later found a 5ft black Whip Snake	Italian Marbled White
Ononis Natrix	Cistus monspeliensis	Cistus monspeliensis
Mylabris Polymorpha	Pisum sativum	Lotus Creticus	Rock Rose
Campanula	Cricket?	Monte St Angelo Castle that evening	On a substation
WEDNESAY 1st May Day 8
This day was devoted to our departure as we had a three hour drive to Bari and Paul wanted to allow half an hour for delays en route. However, we were able to walk round St Angelo, where it was a Bank Holiday, before breakfast.	Geo-Tags	Early Pilgrims	Tourist Goods
Having an early Coffee	Washing out to dry, most balconies had some,	Tourist Goods	Basket Shop
Bread Shop	Map of Monte St Angelo	Roofs of the old town	Padre Pio a local recent Saint from San Giovanni Rotondo and 3 versions of St Michael who has appeared here many times.
Making an early phone call	Plenty of stairs in the town	The Shutters were open	A quiet street
Doorway	Off to Work	A Dog Walker	Chat across the alley
Archway	Steps	Arch in Arches	Chimneys
Washing	Paving	Window	Alley
A prosperous street	Guard Dog	Alleyway	Lady Churchgoers
Two black nuns in blue	Choosing Souvenirs	On their way to the Shrine	A jolly Nun
Local Bread, Cheese etc for sale	More Pilgrims	Local specialities shop	We arrived at Bari 2.5 hrs early for our flight at 17:50, unfortunately the plane was an hour late. The locals arrived half an hour before the flight! The flight caught up half an hour, but this did not help much as a "security incident" with the consequent chaos caused another 1.5hrs delay. Having eventually caught the train we arrived home about 10pm very, very tired!

Ophrys holosericea apulica, endemic to Puglia. "A fly close up"?