Natural History Photographs


After a short night in an hotel near the Tirana airport, we drove off toward Montenegro. Some hours later we passed Shkodër, at the tip of the lake Skadarsko Jezero. We followed the road east of the lake, and just before the border with Montenegro the road approaches the lake shore. Here we took a short break before a long wait to cross the border.
Gratiola officinalis
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Genadekruid
English:Hedge Hyssop
Deutsch:Gottesgnadenkraut
Français:Gratiole officinale
Italiano:graziella, graziola, graziola officinale, stanca-cavalli
Español:alarda, cinifolia, escurripa, graciadei, graciola, hierba de la fiebre,
hierba de las calenturas, hierba de las tercianas, hierba del pobre
Orthetrum
cancellatum
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:Gewone oeverlibel
English:Black-Tailed Skimmer
Deutsch:Grosser Blaupfeil
Norsk:Stor blålibelle
Svenska:Större sjötrollslända
Français:Orthétrum réticulé
Italiano:Frecciazzurra puntanera
Español:Centinela culinegra

Portulaca oleracea
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Postelein
English:Common Purslane
Deutsch:Gemüse-Portulak
Norsk:Portulak
Svenska:Portlak
Français:Pourpier potager
Italiano:erba porcellana, porcellana comune
Español:beldroaga, berdolaga, fique, loraca, verdolaga, verdolaga común,
verdolaga porquera