France (Bourgogne), 1-9 September 2012 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

France (Bourgogne), 1-9 September 2012

Since we visited Paris in 2011, my father-in-law wanted to visited the home area of the race of sheep
he liked most at the L'Agriculture: the 'Mouton Charollais', which originates in the Bourgogne area in the eastern part of France.
In the spring of 2012 he decided that it must happen in 2012, and during the summer period this idea turned into an invitation
to join my parents-in-law for a one week holiday. We stayed in the area from September 1 to September 9, 2012.
Daytrips and walks around the area diversified with visiting local farmers and exploring the agriculture south
of the National Park 'Du Morvan'; an area which is called Charollais. It turned out just fine. We had some good weather,
saw some nice things and especially butter-, damsel- and dragonflies where kindly enough to let them photograph...

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Map Butterfly Araschnia levana levana	Just the view out of tea garden	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Pale Clouded Yellow - Colias hyale hyale and Small Heath - Coenonympha pamhilus pamhilus	Small Heath Coenonympha pamhilus pamhilus
Main street overviewing the Church	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus
Cascade de Brisecou	Forest path	Forest path	Short-Tailed Blue Cupido argaides	Short-Tailed Blue Cupido argaides
Blue-Winged Grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens ssp.	Biological garden of Couhard	Cathédrale St. Lazare	Sharp-Tailed Grasshopper Euchorthippus declivus	Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus parallelus
Culture sniffing	Whinchat Saxicola rubetra	Blue-Winged Grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens ssp.	Small Pincertail Onychogomphus forcipatus forcipatus	Small Pincertail Onychogomphus forcipatus forcipatus
Small Pincertail Onychogomphus forcipatus forcipatus	Small Pincertail Onychogomphus forcipatus forcipatus	Just a hillside forest	Just a hillside forest	European Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa
European Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa	European Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa	European Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa	European Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa	Wall Brown Lasiommata megera megera
Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera maera	Large Wall Brown Lasiommata maera maera	Common Foxglove Digitalis purpurea purpurea	Rocks and heath at the viewpoint	View over the Arroux-valley
View over the Arroux-valley	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens splendens	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens splendens	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens splendens	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens splendens	The bridge over the Arroux	The bridge over the Arroux	Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis brogniardii	Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis brogniardii
Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis brogniardii	Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis brogniardii	Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis brogniardii	European Peacock Inachis io io	Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia
Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia	Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas	Small White Pieris rapae rapae
Charolais Cattle	Folks-in-Law enjoying the view from our residance	Our vacation residance at 'Le Murger'	Raft Spider Dolomedes fimbriatus	Raft Spider Dolomedes fimbriatus
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus icarus	Small Heath Coenonympha pamhilus pamhilus	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas	Large Marsh Grasshopper Stethophyma grossum
Large Marsh Grasshopper Stethophyma grossum	Short-Tailed Blue Cupido argaides	Large Copper Lycaena dispar carueli	Railway in a desolate landscape	Small Heath Coenonympha pamhilus pamhilus
Short-Tailed Blue Cupido argaides	The view along the road to St. Didier	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina jurtina	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina jurtina	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina jurtina
Blue-Winged Grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens ssp.	José enjoying the last sunlight and view at our vacation address