{"id":1100,"date":"2014-08-30T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?page_id=1100"},"modified":"2017-08-29T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:11:03","slug":"dordogne-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/dordogne-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Dordogne Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some photographs of the Vertebrates<\/a>, Insects<\/a>, Plants<\/a>, Fungi<\/a> and Landscapes<\/a> from the Dordogne department (county) of France.
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<\/a>Vertebrates<\/h2>\n

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\"Fire<\/a>
Fire Salamanders, Salamandra salamandra<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Edible<\/a>
Edible Frogs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"European<\/a>
European Tree-Frog, Hyla arborea<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Tree-Frog:<\/a>
If you put it down, it disappears!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Snake's<\/a>
Snake’s eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Lesser<\/a>
Lesser Horseshoe Bat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Pair<\/a>
Pair of Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus<\/span>, eating fallen Apples<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Hoopoe\"<\/a>
Hoopoe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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<\/a>INSECTS<\/h2>\n

See also the photo-essay ‘Dazzling Insects of the Dordogne!’<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Butterflies and Moths<\/h3>\n

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\"Lesser<\/a>
Lesser Purple Emperor, Apatura ilia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Peacock<\/a>
Peacock butterfly, Aglais (Inachis) io<\/span>, caterpillar on stinging nettle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Glanville<\/a>
Glanville Fritillary, not uncommon here, very rare in England<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Gatekeeper<\/a>
Gatekeeper on garden mint<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Southern<\/a>
Southern White Admiral Limenitis reducta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Hemaris<\/a>
Hemaris fuciformis<\/span>, Broad-Bordered Bee Hawk-Moth, hovering to take nectar from lavender<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The oddly symmetric rows of holes chewed in Canna Lily leaves by Bee Hawkmoth larvae<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Queen<\/a>
Queen of Spain Fritillary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Clouded<\/a>
Clouded Buff, Diacrisia sannio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Caterpillar<\/a>
Caterpillar of a species of Zygaena<\/span>, a Burnet moth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Cream-Spot<\/a>
Cream-Spot Tiger Moth, Arctia villica<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Knapweed<\/a>
Knapweed Fritillary on Brown Knapweed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Mating<\/a>
Mating Pair of Spotted Fritillaries, Melitaea didyma<\/span>, on Greater Pignut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Fiery<\/a>
Fiery Clearwing moth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Sooty<\/a>
Sooty Copper on Mint<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The so-called Scarce Swallowtail is actually the commoner of the two swallowtail butterflies here<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Large<\/a>
Large Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Clouded<\/a>
Clouded Yellow in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Alder<\/a>
Alder Moth, Acronicta alni<\/span>, caterpillar on Elm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Burnet<\/a>
Burnet moth Zygaena fausta<\/span> flapping wings after rain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Mating<\/a>
Mating Pair of Zygaena fausta<\/span> Burnet moths<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Woodland<\/a>
Woodland Grayling<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Grizzled<\/a>
Grizzled Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Drinker<\/a>
Drinker Moth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Silver<\/a>
Plain Golden Y Moth, Autographa jota<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Fox<\/a>
Fox Moth caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Geranium<\/a>
Geranium Bronze (from S. Africa)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Silver-Washed<\/a>
Silver-Washed Fritillary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Small<\/a>
Small Copper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Dingy<\/a>
Dingy Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Small<\/a>
Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Four-Spotted Moth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Common<\/a>
Common Blue females, with brown uppersides<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Wainscot<\/a>
Wainscot Moth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Dryad\"<\/a>
Dryad<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Mating<\/a>
Mating Pair of Common Heath Moths, Ematurga atomaria<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Mallow<\/a>
Mallow Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Red<\/a>
Red Underwing Moth Catocala nupta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"A<\/a>
A micro moth, Pyrausta purpuralis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Passenger<\/a>
Passenger moth Dysgonia algira<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Male<\/a>
Male Common Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Latticed Heath<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Burnet Companion<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Marbled White<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Clouded Yellow on Knapweed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Ants, Bees, and Wasps<\/h3>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The magnificent Sand Wasp Ammophila sabulosa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Mason<\/a>
Potter Wasp building mud nest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Potter<\/a>
Potter Wasp’s Pot, ready for use<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Pompilid<\/a>
Pompilid spider-hunting wasp carrying spider under body up wall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"A<\/a>
A carpenter wasp taking nectar from Fennel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Long-tailed<\/a>
Long-tailed Ichneumon wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Asiatic<\/a>
Asiatic Hornet stalking prey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Dark<\/a>
Dark Potter Wasp pots<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Anoplius<\/a>
Anoplius viaticus<\/span>, a large spider-hunting wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Beetles<\/h3>\n

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\"Longhorn<\/a>
Longhorn Wasp Beetle cf Clytus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Longhorn<\/a>
Longhorn beetle Strangalia maculata<\/span> on Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Green<\/a>
Green Tiger Beetles, Cicindela campestris<\/span>, Coteaux de St Victor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Cerambycid<\/a>
Cerambycid Longhorn Beetle Strangalia maculata<\/span> on Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Thick-legged<\/a>
Thick-legged flower beetle, Oedemera nobilis<\/span> (male)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Longhorn<\/a>
Longhorn beetle, cf Rhagium<\/span> sp., a serious pest of timber<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Male<\/a>
Male Monochamus sartor<\/span>, a Cerambycid longhorn beetle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Giant<\/a>
Giant Wood-Boring Longhorn Beetle, Prionus coriarius<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Turquoise<\/a>
Turquoise Weevil Phyllobius cf pomaceus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Mating<\/a>
Mating Cantharid soldier beetles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Trichodes<\/a>
Trichodes alvearia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Saperda<\/a>
Saperda punctata<\/span>, a rare green longhorn beetle with black spots<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Iridescent Magenta-Green Leaf Beetle on Rosemary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/a>
Dor Beetle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Dragonflies and Damselflies<\/h3>\n

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\"Small<\/a>
Small Pincertail Dragonfly, Onychogomphus forcipatus<\/span>, Coteaux de St Victor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Scarlet<\/a>
Scarlet Darter, Crocothemis erythraea<\/span>, Tourbi\u00e8res de Vendoire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Ruddy<\/a>
Ruddy Darter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Male<\/a>
Male Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Grasshoppers and Crickets<\/h3>\n

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\"Speckled<\/a>
Speckled Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima<\/span> on Convolvulus<\/span> flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"A<\/a>
A magnificent dark Bush-Cricket<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Great<\/a>
Great Green Bush Cricket<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Stripe-Winged<\/a>
Stripe-Winged Grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Marvellously<\/a>
Marvellously Cryptic Gray Grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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True Flies<\/h3>\n

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\"Tabanus<\/a>
Tabanus bovinus<\/span>: a giant horsefly (ok, really a cow-fly)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Robber<\/a>
Robber Flies, male and female<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Volucella<\/a>
Volucella inanis<\/span>, a large handsome Syrphid hoverfly on Fennel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Leucozona<\/a>
Leucozona leucorum<\/span>, a large black-and-white Syrphid hoverfly<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Other insects<\/h3>\n

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\"This<\/a>
Female Scorpion Fly<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Praying<\/a>
Praying Mantis, Chalk hillside near Saint Sulpice<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"A<\/a>
A 2nd or 3rd instar shieldbug, possibly Hawthorn Shieldbug<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Crab<\/a>
Crab Spider with captured tabanid flies, Tabanus bovinus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Mating<\/a>
Mating Firebugs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Wasp<\/a>
Wasp Spider (yes, not an insect) trussing Grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Italian<\/a>
Italian Striped Bug, Graphosoma italicum<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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<\/a>Plants<\/h2>\n

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\"Lizard<\/a>
Lizard Orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"<\/a>
Greater Butterfly Orchid, Platanthera chlorantha<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Pyramidal<\/a>
Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Lady<\/a>
Lady Orchid, Orchis purpurea<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Military<\/a>
Military Orchid, Orchis militaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Early<\/a>
Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula<\/span>, has two tubers shaped like testicles, hence the name ‘mascula’<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Fly<\/a>
Fly Orchid, Orchis insectifera<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Tall<\/a>
Tall Broomrape, Orobanche elatior<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Tassel<\/a>
Tassel Hyacinth, Muscari comosum<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Viper's<\/a>
Viper’s Bugloss, Echium vulgare<\/span>, a characteristic plant of chalk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Autumn<\/a>
Autumn Squill, Scilla autumnalis<\/span>, on limestone<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Horseshoe<\/a>
Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa<\/span>, on limestone<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Purple<\/a>
Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria<\/span>, at Tourbieres de Vendoire, a rare survival of an alkaline (fen) wetland, once worked for peat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Star<\/a>
Star of Bethlehem on chalk hillside (with an ant)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Dogwood\"<\/a>
Dogwood<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Fungi<\/h2>\n

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\"Collared<\/a>
Collared Parachute, Marasmius rotula<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Parasol<\/a>
Parasol mushrooms, Macrolepiota procera<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Witch's<\/a>
Witch’s Butter, Exidia glandulosa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Hairy<\/a>
Hairy Curtain Crust, Stereum hirsutum<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/a>Landscapes<\/h2>\n

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The landscapes of the Dordogne are immensely varied. Here are a few on the more open areas of chalk in the north of the department. Other parts of the department have sandy-clay soils with very different natural vegetation, including Maritime Pine-Oak-Sweet Chestnut forest rich in fungi including the famous Perigord Truffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\"Trees<\/a>
Trees preserving old field boundaries near Vendoire. Much of the chalk grassland is now arable<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Vive<\/a>
Vive la France! A cockerel with an old car<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"DSC06149<\/a>
Coteaux de St Victor – dry chalk grass – orchids – juniper scrub<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Thunderstorm<\/a>
Thunderstorm over chalk downland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Large<\/a>
Large Fairy Rings in old permanent pasture on chalk, now lost to the plough<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Forested<\/a>
Forested lake scene at Tourbieres de Vendoire: old peat workings created shallow, straight-sided ponds ideal for wildlife<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"St<\/a>
St Sulpice Juniper scrub-chalk grassland; arable; hilltop hamlets with distant oak and chestnut forest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Putting<\/a>
Putting Up Decorations for Verteillac Fete<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some photographs of the Vertebrates, Insects, Plants, Fungi and Landscapes from the Dordogne department (county) of France. Vertebrates INSECTS See also the photo-essay ‘Dazzling Insects of the Dordogne!’ Butterflies and Moths . . Ants, Bees, and Wasps . . . Beetles . . . Dragonflies and Damselflies . . . . Grasshoppers and … Continue reading Dordogne Wildlife<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5467,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1100\/revisions\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}