Natural History Photographs


After two days in the high mountains, we decided to visit Aosta, a city with well-preserved remains of roman buildings and still functioning medieval buildings. The heat was oppressive though, and after having seen some of the highlights, we fled back to our holiday house on the mountain slopes, where temperatures are more bearable.


Falco tinnunculus
Nederlands:Torenvalk
English:Eurasian Kestrel
Deutsch:Turmfalke
Norsk:Tårnfalk
Svenska:Tornfalk
Français:Faucon crécerelle
Dysgonia algira
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1767)
Nederlands:bruine prachtuil
Deutsch:Dunkelbraune Brombeereule, Brombeereule
Lactuca serriola
Authority:Linnaeus, 1756
Nederlands:Kompassla
English:Prickly Lettuce
Deutsch:Wilder Lattich
Français:Laitue serriole
Italiano:erba bussola, lattona, lattuga scariola, lattuga selvatica, scarola
Español:achicorias, amargón, asquerda, baleas, cardeña, cardencha, cardocucos,
cardo lechar, cardo mantequero, cazapuercos, cerrajones, charraya, chocaina,
ensalada, escarola, escoba, esquerola, esquirda lambaza, lecheguetas, lechera,
lecherín, lechuga borde, lechuga escarola, lechuga escarolada, lechuga espinosa,
lechuga montés, lechuga real, lechuga silvestre, lechuga silvestre de costilla espinosa,
lechugilla, lechugueta, lechuguilla pinchosa, lengua de vaca, manzanillones,
nilhue, panes de pastor, pie de pájaro, planta brújula, serrallón