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
Orchid, Anacamptis picta.

Orchid, Anacamptis picta.

20 May 2017 48 56 560
Growing tall and happy in La Sierra de La Cabrera. By no means rare, but still a delight to come across one - or normally a few in close proximity! I went to see if I could get some wild tulip and poppy shots yesterday. No joy. I got Spanish lavender and orchids instead!
Spanish lavender, Sierra de La Cabrera

Spanish lavender, Sierra de La Cabrera

20 May 2017 30 44 545
I went to see if I could get some wild tulip and poppy shots yesterday. No joy. I got Spanish lavender and orchids instead! Wonderful walking country and more or less undiscovered with Madrid only 25 miles away!
Happy Fence Friday!

Happy Fence Friday!

18 Jul 2012 74 85 1344
Rhodochriton (sometimes called Purple Bell Vine). A climber originally from Southern Mexico and Guatamala. It is very happy in Cornwall! Garden in Saint Day, Cornwall
Wheal Coates, Cornwall

Wheal Coates, Cornwall

03 Aug 2012 54 68 1122
Towanroath Pumping Engine House, Wheal Coates tin mine, Chapel Porth.
Spring wildflowers, Algete, Spain

Spring wildflowers, Algete, Spain

02 May 2016 29 42 789
Mallow and margaritas by the side of a lane. On "z" please.
Happy Fence Friday, ipernity survivors and perseverers!!

Happy Fence Friday, ipernity survivors and perseve…

08 Jul 2012 60 100 1335
Pasiflora. My Mum's garden again! Despite some sour and peevish comments many of us received from an unexpected source (unexpected to me anyway!), let's make this terrific site flourish!! 'Surely it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness!'
Twins. Cistus, or jara, Sierra de La Cabrera

Twins. Cistus, or jara, Sierra de La Cabrera

25 May 2013 52 57 1135
Covering the hillsides in late April and May. Central and southern Spain and Portugal.
Poppies. Algete, Spain, May 2016.

Poppies. Algete, Spain, May 2016.

04 May 2016 95 111 1485
Madrid Province. Very close to the capital! On the horizon, La Sierra de La Cabrera.
I say hello to this horse every time I pass this way.

I say hello to this horse every time I pass this w…

10 Apr 2017 35 54 936
I have walked this stretch of the Roman road many times these past 5 years and I always stop and give an apple to my friend here. My girlfriend brings a few carrots (although she wasn't present on this occasion). Horsey accepted the apple graciously enough but turned away as soon as he realised carrots weren't forthcoming!
Honesty growing through wild fennel

Honesty growing through wild fennel

10 Apr 2017 22 23 716
Both plants are abundant at the moment in the countryside of Central Spain. Taken near El Escorial. I see some leaf-cutting insect has had a go at the petals!
HFF everybody, and maybe one we didn't expect to see!

HFF everybody, and maybe one we didn't expect to s…

26 May 2012 64 80 1335
One of the happiest HFF shots I can remember posting for a few months! Now all we need to do is make it work!! Wild flowers near Valdemanco, Madrid, on the approach to La Sierra de La Cabrera.
HFF! (yes it's there on the left).

HFF! (yes it's there on the left).

21 May 2014 60 93 1203
Some of you may remember, from Panoramio, this piece of land belonging to my girlfriend. She is still trying to sell it, if anyone is interested! In the foreground; Spanish lavender.
North Cliffs from Reskajeage Downs, Cornwall

North Cliffs from Reskajeage Downs, Cornwall

05 Aug 2012 47 53 1285
The notorious (for shipping anyway) Hell's Mouth is tucked in the cliffs in the middle distance. Fundraising is still going on. Apparently and, ultimately, IMA need at least 50.000 $ to continue Ipernity into 2018! www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/ipernity-members-association-a-non-profit-entity
Spanish Lavender, Sierra de La Cabrera

Spanish Lavender, Sierra de La Cabrera

02 Jun 2015 41 58 710
Please give as generously as you can: www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/ipernity-members-association-a-non-profit-entity
Porthmeor Farm, Zennor, Cornwall. HFF!

Porthmeor Farm, Zennor, Cornwall. HFF!

20 Jul 2012 72 103 1339
HFF to all my ipernity and IMA friends. There is a fence in there somewhere; the horse has got it (almost) covered!
Crane Islands.

Crane Islands.

08 Aug 2014 52 64 980
North Cliffs, Cornwall. This shot is taken from the ramparts of Crane Castle, or what is left of this Iron Age hill fort. The flowering bank in the foreground leads up to the top of the landward defensive rampart; nearly all of the fort is now under the sea and would have occupied the now disappeared land between this position and the island ahead.
Shetland Ponies, Treaga Hill, Portreath, Cornwall

Shetland Ponies, Treaga Hill, Portreath, Cornwall

22 Aug 2014 43 64 1007
Even the out of bounds and long decommissioned nuclear research station of Nancekuke seen on the horizon at far right can't much detract from the scene.
HFF once again!!!

HFF once again!!!

28 Aug 2014 36 58 568
My Mum's garden again. It's a very good source of fences when I don't come across all that many fences in my day to day life here in Madrid! I do hope you don't mind!
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