The Milonas Waterfall of Crete

We seem to have emerged from the woods unscathed and the waterfall now lies directly ahead of us. We’ve had to take quite a detour to get around those imposing cliffs but it should be quite a gentle stroll today (famous last words) with plenty of opportunities to look about us. Let’s start with a few flowers that are heralding the arrival of spring later this month. In the shade of the rocks among the pine litter we have the white nodding heads of the Cretan Sowbread which is a type of Cyclamen; the yellow Fumana, a type of rock rose which we saw budding a few weeks back, is now in full flower; and our first orchid of the season: The Fan Lipped Orchid.

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Posted on March 12, 2017 05:07 AM by stevedaniels stevedaniels

Observations

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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)

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stevedaniels

Date

February 23, 2017 10:40 AM EET

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Ocellated Bronze Skink (Chalcides ocellatus)

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stevedaniels

Date

February 23, 2017 10:23 AM EET

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Under a stone apparently still hibernating.

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stevedaniels

Date

February 26, 2017 10:51 AM EET

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In great abundance

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Water Crickets (Genus Velia)

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stevedaniels

Date

February 26, 2017 12:32 PM EET

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Beneath Milonas waterfall

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Mediterranean Rockrose (Fumana arabica)

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February 26, 2017 11:44 AM EET

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Cretan Sowbread (Cyclamen creticum)

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stevedaniels

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February 26, 2017 12:46 PM EET

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