After several days, if not weeks, of misty, wet, dank weather, the sun finally came out in the Val d’Hérens yesterday. As you will see from some of the pictures below, the peaks are still covered in snow, so I chose to do a slightly different ‘medium level’ walk from La Luette to Nax via St Martin.
As soon as I set off I knew I was in for a good day with the camera. There were a lot more wild flowers in bloom and many more species of butterfly on the wing, including, I’m pretty sure, a Camberwell Beauty, which unfortunately escaped my lens.
My apologies for not naming all of the pictures below, but as you will see there are quite a few. But this only goes to show what a wide variety there is in nature. 😊
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Mike I’ve done a bit of detective work for you. 1 & 3 correct, 5 Green Underside Blue, 26 & 27 Glanville Fritillaries, 31 Queen of Spain Fritillary and the bird 22 yes male Redstart.
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Many thanks for that. I just didn’t have the time (due to gardening, DIY and watching sport!) and I’m never quite sure, especially with the blues. I’ve corrected them in my folder, but I’ll leave the post as it is to save me removing and re-adding them. Thanks again.
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Lovely pics, especially the sheep coming up the mountain for summer.
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Yes, I was a little surprised to see them walking up the track. But I guess it’s about now that most of the sheep and cows will be taken up to the alpage for the summer. 🙂
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WOW even more stunning without all the white stuff 😉
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It’s certainly nice to see a bit of colour for a change! 🙂
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These are beautiful Mike. I especially like the walking path through the woods ~
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Thank you Mary. I’m glad you enjoyed the photos. I like to show the paths so that you get a feel for the terrain and some of them, as you say, are worthy of a picture in themselves. 🙂
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