Crete Nature Blog: The Dew Ponds of Katharo
We’re taking a break from our trek up the Eden valley this week as I want to take you up to the Katharo Plateau in the Dhikti mountains. Yes, I know we’ve been there before (Cathartic Katharo) but I need your help to examine some summer ponds.
Here we are, all dressed up in muted colours for the occasion, and our first job is to lie very quietly in the mud and see what’s happening. Read more at http://bit.ly/2dQ3J3z
Observations
Photos / Sounds
What
Muskgrass (Genus Chara)Observer
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Anders Langangen in his Charophytes (
Charales
) from Crete (Greece) collected in 2010 found the following species in six out of nine locations: Chara aspera, C. connivens, C. corfuensis, C. vulgaris, Nitella hyalina, N. tenuissima. He did not, however, visit Lassith. See http://www1.unipa.it/herbmed/flora/22-025.pdf
Photos / Sounds
What
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)Observer
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Spotted by a dew pond at a high plateau.
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