So many beautiful animals to be seen & so few pictures to show you comparatively. Of the ones missing are all the different birds (including other birds of prey) and hedgehogs. Foxes & wild boars are more often seen at night so keep your eyes open on those drives back to the villa !

The biggest tortoise ever seen around here ! This one is a “testudo marginata”

1 of 3 different types found on this island.

1 of the many lizzards about.

A gheko, keen insect eater

1 of the 3 collared doves roosting at the villa.

humming bird moth

wild boar in an unusual bathing fashion

A rescued kestrel !

European tree frog

Male horned beetle

A praying mantis playing hide and seek

Swallowtail

Our local donkeys : Luna & Sole.

Could have been taken in Perfugas in August as it looks so similar

I couldn’t resist this funny video about mantis : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5MEJk5ZCQ&list=RD02bdTvRekbKuM