The species which I have photographed are not a representative sample, or inventory, of those living in this region: they are those that I have happened to observe at times of day when the light is suitable for nature photography.

For the scientific names, I have used Fauna Europaea for the animals, Flora Europaea (species) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (families) for plants, and Index Fungorum for the fungi.

I am not an expert in any field of biology and can give no guarantee that any species is correctly identified. In many cases (especially Invertebrates and Fungi), microscopic examination is necessary for identification to the species level. Because I do not have the skills nor the equipment for doing this, in such cases, I have generally selected the name of that species, from among the possibilities, which is most probable given the date and habitat.

Many professional biologists, listed at the bottom of the main page, have helped to correct my identification errors, but all those remaining are my responsibility.

Ecological relationships of habitat and pollination represent my limited personal observations. I obtained most predator-prey feeding relationships from the literature.

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