Madrid Province (or Comunidad de Madrid, to use its correct name!).

Flora and fauna

Random shots of wildlife but mainly of colourful plants and flowers
Greenbank Cove

Greenbank Cove

04 Aug 2012 38 32 663
The path down to the cove can just be made out here among the flower spikes. My usual coastal walk and scramble / rock hop goes past Crane Islands, Basset cove and to Porthcadjack seen in the distance with its Asparagus and Samphire Islands and enormous sea cave.
HFF everyone!

HFF everyone!

11 Aug 2014 31 40 942
Geranium (and I don't mean pelargonium), my Mum's garden, Saint Day, Cornwall
Granite and broom

Granite and broom

24 Apr 2011 46 37 862
La Sierra de La Cabrera, looking past Pena del Tejo (low but very interesting with its fantastic granite forms) towards Mondalindo (high but more conventional as mountains go!).
Ponies on Treaga Hill. Nature's lawnmowers in action!

Ponies on Treaga Hill. Nature's lawnmowers in acti…

18 Jul 2014 43 40 514
Treaga Hill, Ralph's Cupboard, Portreath, Cornwall and Shetland (I think) Ponies!
Porthcadjack from Carvannel Downs

Porthcadjack from Carvannel Downs

18 Jul 2014 19 15 353
Samphire and Asparagus Islands, Porthcadjack with heather and gorse, from the South West Peninsula Coast Path, Cornwall..
Spring wildflowers

Spring wildflowers

22 May 2014 23 25 460
Valdemanco, Sierra de La Cabrera
Foxgloves, brambles and roses

Foxgloves, brambles and roses

06 Jul 2012 19 26 384
St Agnes' Beacon, Cornwall, country lane
Happy Shetland pony - South West Peninsula Coast Path. And HFF too!

Happy Shetland pony - South West Peninsula Coast P…

01 Aug 2012 65 78 935
Treaga Hill, Portreath, Cornwall. Only now noticed that this could equally have been my HFF shot! So I thought; OK why not! Two HFF best wishes to my ipernity friends this week!
Poppy field, Algete, Madrid Province

Poppy field, Algete, Madrid Province

18 May 2015 33 42 580
This year (2017) produced no poppies at all in these fields. Most years there is a good show; this from 2015.
Stonecrop on granite

Stonecrop on granite

29 May 2011 45 47 600
Springtime in La Sierra de La Cabrera. The GR10 long distance path from Valencia to Lisbon.
H. A. N. W. E. everyone!

H. A. N. W. E. everyone!

13 May 2011 50 44 613
La Sierra de La Cabrera, Granite and honeysuckle.
Porthcadjack, Cornwall

Porthcadjack, Cornwall

04 Aug 2012 66 67 964
Heather and Gorse. Overlooking Porthcadjack Cove, Cornwall. Yes, I have posted one or two similar scenes from this vantage point but I make no excuses for posting one more!
South West Peninsula Coast Path

South West Peninsula Coast Path

04 Aug 2012 15 14 334
Gorse, heather and dodder at Porthcadjack, Cornwall
HFF, everyone!

HFF, everyone!

01 Aug 2012 34 49 603
My mother's garden. Pasiflora and the Primitive Methodist chapel next door (long since disused). The passion flower and fence screen the outside loo (sorry, you euphemism lovers on the other side of the pond, 'rest room'). It's OK, they also have two inside loos but 50 years ago this certainly was the only loo!
Orchid (Anacamptis picta)

Orchid (Anacamptis picta)

06 May 2012 24 23 594
Wild orchid in La Sierra de La Cabrera
After the Rain

After the Rain

01 May 2011 22 17 368
Near the village of Fresno de Torote, Madrid Province.
H. A. N. W. E. everyone!

H. A. N. W. E. everyone!

05 Aug 2012 51 62 950
Godrevy from above Navrax Point, Cornwall. St Ives in the distance. Just guessing but the yellow flowers could be a variety of aster, The white/pink-ish flowers are sea-carrot. For Pam.
Lavender

Lavender

26 May 2013 27 26 726
Spanish lavender and other spring flowers, Sierra de La Cabrera.
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