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| Robbie | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Algarve in February | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
This is a trip to the Algarve (Southern Portugal) in February.
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:: Lagos Zoo :: |
 part of estate and Amoreira estuary |
 View over Amoreira river from lower road on estate |
 Wild Alyssum maybe on scrubland near our estate |
 Yellow Fleabane maybe |
 Monte Clerigo and beach |
 Surfing at Monte Clerigo |
 Pink building Monte Clerigo |
 Monte Clerigo beach |
 Livingstones or Hottentot Daisy_Carpobrotus edulis_Monte Clerigo |
 Bermuda buttercup maybe by beach_Monte Clerigo beach |
 African Daisy maybe_Monte Clerigo beach |
 White tailed bumble bee_Monte Clerigo |
 Field Marigold maybe_Arrifana |
 Yellow Hottentot Daisy or Livingstones Daisy_Carpobrotus edulis_Arrifana |
 Rock strata below cliffs_Arrifana |
 Yellow flower_Arrifana_iplant suggests Common Milkl Thistle |
 Lesser Black Backed Gull_Arrifana |
 Goat on cliff tops at Arrifana |
 View from Arrifana Fortress |
 Arrifana from near Fortress |
 Arrifana Castle gate |
 Snail on lamppost Arrifana |
 Norfolk Island Pine tree and villa with traditional chimneys |
 Field Scabious mnaybe on wild scrubland |
 Amoreira Beach |
 Amoreira Beach and cliffs |
 Female Black Redstart |
 Cormorant at Amoreira beach |
 Yellow Lupin near Odeceixe |
 Odeceixe beach |
 Ponta Branca cafe _Odeceixe |
 Female Stonechat Odeciexe |
 Odeceixe beach and cliffs |
 White and yellow flower_sand crocus maybe_Odeceixe |
 Vale de Figueiras looking towards Arrifana on the cliff tops |
 Entrance to Vale de Figueiras beach |
 Arrifana and sea stack from Vale de Figueiras beach |
 Surfing at Vale de Figueiras beach |
 Local cattle |
 Bordeira Beach Carrapateiera |
 Bordeira Beach Carrapateira |
 Corn Marigold maybe at Bordeira Beach |
 Bordeira Beach |
 Agave flower spikes on Bordeira beach |
 Yellow flower Bordeira Beach |
 Bordeira beach and walkway |
 Carrapateira cliff view |
 Pink Pirouette_Silene colorata_maybe_Carrapateira |
 Male House Sparrow_Amado beach cafe Carrapateira |
 Female House Sparrow_Amado beach Carrapateira |
 Daisies_Amado beach |
 Cliffs from Amado beach Carrapateira |
 Amado Beach_Carrapateira |
 Amado Beach_Carrapateira looking the other way... |
 Immature Herring Gull_Amado beach |
 Pine cone on trees _iplant suggests Jerusalem pine |
 Sanderling Amoreira beach |
 Whimbrel_Amoreira beach |
 Amoreira beach from dunes. |
 Sea Spurge in the sand dunes_Amoreira beach |
 Pink flowers on cliffs_Silene littorea maybe Monte Clerigo |
 Male Black Redstart_cliffs near Monte Clerigo |
 Aljezur Old Town church bell tower |
 Aljezur Castle ruins |
 Aljezur from Castle |
 Aljezur new town church |
 Church in new town Aljezur |
 Aljezur main square |
 Muscovy Ducks Amoreira river Aljezur |
 Female Northern Pintail duck_Amoreira river Aljezur |
 Strata from cliff walk Monte Novo near Maria Vinagre |
 Sage Leaved Cistus maybe_Monte Novo near Maria Vinagre |
 Hoop Petticoat Narcisus or daffodil_Monte Novo near Maria Vinagre |
 Hoop Petticoat Narcisus or daffodil_Monte Novo near Maria Vinagre |
 Red Rumped Swallow |
 Summit of Mount Foia_902m_highest in Algarve |
 Radar/telecomms station on Mount Foia |
 Poppy on estate |
 Cape St Vincent lighthouse and convent walls |
 View from Cape St Vincent |
 maybe birds foot trefoil_Cape St Vincent |
 Phoenician Juniper (perhaps?) fruits_Cape St Vincent |
 Gum Cistus with flies_Cape St Vincent |
 Hogweed family (?)_Cape St Vincent_iplant suggests Toothpick weed_Visagna daucoides |
 Sagres harbour and light house |
 Lighthouse near Sagres |
 Villa with old canon near Sagres...maybe leftover of 1797 battle? |
 Song Thrush in garden |
 Male Blackbird in garden |
 Collared Dove_garden |
 Bravura Dam Bensafrim |
 Bravura Dam Bensafrim |
 Blue flower near Bravura Dam Bensafrim_iplant suggestsechium cretium or Cretan Vipers Bugloss |
 Field Gladiolus_Bravura Dam |
 Gennaria diphylla_Portuguese twayblade_Bravura Dam Bensafrim |
 Cloudy sunrise over estuary |
 Moon and traditional chimney stack on estate |
 Terracing near San Marco_where cork oak plantations used to be |
 Cork Oak near San Marco |
 Cork Oak leaves near San Marco |
 Common Asphodel near San Marco |
 Local feral cat in garden |
 Field Marigold maybe near Amoreira cliffs |
 Jackdaw by Amoreira cliffs |
 Snap dragons on estate |
 Snapdragons on estate |
 Iberian Milk Vetch on estate |
 Zambujeira beach |
 Zambujeira beach |
 Strata Zambujeira beach |
 Limpets and barnacles Zambujeira beach |
 Amoreira river and oyster beds |
 Small blue flowers in scrubland towards Amoreira beach_Scrambling Gromwell maybe |
 Small yellow flower maybe Coastal Ragwort, on cliffs overlooking Amoreira beach |
 Iberian Scilla maybe_on cliffs near Amoreira beach |
 Female Blackbird in garden |
 White Wagtail in garden |
 Narrow Leaved Lupin on scrubland towards Amoreira beach |
 Sunlit Mullein Leaves on estate |
 Amoreira estuary leading onto beach |
 No idea what this is_lots of them around often in middle of scrubland |
 Monchique main square |
 Monchique pedestrianised uphill shopping street |
 Monchique looking downhill along pedestrianised shooping area with statues |
 Monchique_Nara water drawing machine ... displayed as an artwork |
 Carvalhal beach |
 Azenha fishing harbour |
 Alte |
 Alte_souvenir and coffee shop |
 Alte near Church |
 Alte church clock and bell |
 Alte near Church |
 Paper-white narcissus_near Alte |
 White almond blossom near Alte |
 Small purple flowers near Alte_iplant suggests: Valeriana cornucopiae |
 Laundry area just outside of Alte |
 Purple Vetch Alte |
 Scrubland near estate |
 sunset clouds |
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