Alpine swift

With a wingspan of up to 44cms these are quite impressive especially when seemingly flying straight at you, their cries match their size.

Honeycombed rock

I only saw this one example but it was quite large, we spotted it on Makara beach whilst trying to photograph the alpine swifts that came past at regular intervals.

Glossy ibis

These can look quite dull from a distance but have superb plumage in the right light. With their feet being quite large the soft mud seemed to make them stick and they had a habit of standing on one leg and making a sort of undignified hop to release themselves.

Swallowtail

Surely Europes most beautiful butterfly, it is a shame that there are so few in England.

Clouded yellow

These are quite common but difficult to find 'landed' normally flashing past to seemingly vanish into thin air.

buttterflies

I am unsure as to the first picture but number two is a type of marbled white and I think number three is a Lattice brown. There were less species of butterfly than we expected to see but the unseasonal damp weather may have played a part in this.

Long legged buzzard

Having almost got stuck in the mud on a side track, we were just getting back to the main track when this juvenile flew in and perched about 50 yards away.