Sparrows

Rock Sparrow, Ipsilou monastery

Female House Sparrow, Skala Polichnitou

We saw two species of sparrow on Lesvos: House and Rock. The former is extremely common, even in unpopulated areas (in sharp contrast to the UK); the latter we only saw around the buildings at Ipsilou monastery, where they were clearly breeding.

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Wildflowers

Purple things among the rocks at Ipsilou (below)

Ipsilou view

Cornflower?

Poppies

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Insects

Thread Lacewing, Nemoptera bipennis, Potamia valley

Cricket thing, Potamia valley

Clouded Yellow, Potamia valley

A kind of Marbled White-type thing, quite common in grassy areas

Orange-tip-type thing, but without any orange...

Small Copper

Some kind of skipper - these were very common all over the island

Don't know what this is, either... it was at Ipsilou

Brown Argus, near Vasilika

unidentified darter dragonfly, Potamia valley

Unidentified moth (seemed quite common)

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM