The primary aim of the late afternoon, was to go to Luguna Ptelea, to see among other things, the Greater Flamingos. There wasn't an obvious path down nearer to them, so we drove on and stopped at a beach where there were incredible numbers of 'sea balls'. Now we've found the odd one in Scotland, but these were something else! They were extremely dense and their numbers resembled Tribbles (for those of a certain age!) They are formed when the sea rolls round collections of fibrous hair-like material such as seagrass, and 'felts' them into tight balls. Apparently tourists don't like them, so they are 'cleaned' from beaches. Current research is looking at using them in a variety of ways as shown in the diagram below.
Moving on: trying to find a route that took us closer to the distant Flamingos, we failed, but found some lovely things....
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| Greater Flamingos. |
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| Praying Mantis. |
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| Common Blue - just a nice photo. |
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| Hermann's Tortoise - the scars are from surviving a wild fire. |
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| Pink Butterfly Orchid - stunning. |
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| Spanish Sparrows. |
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