I didn’t take my big birding lens to Greece, since I knew there would be no big birds on display. Unfortunately it turned out that the olive groves play host to a dense population of kestrels and buzzards; the latter love to sit on telegraph poles, which at least allowed me to get closer than usual:
The pointillist effect of the swooping buzzard is of course entirely intentional:
At the smaller end of the scale were bees with a sea view:
And a new discovery for us: tent caterpillars, which weave surprisingly sturdy nests in the pines:
Slightly scary insects were the praying mantis:
and some kind of cricket, apparently cross-bred with a lobster:
At Mycenae, a dog had stashed her puppies in a ditch:
There was also a selection of artificial animals:
