Ripart’s Anomalous Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus ripartii) (Freyer, 1830) Erek Mountain, Van, Turkey

Not a new butterfly for me as I saw my first in Greece, however great to be re-united with one in Turkey

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Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) Erek Mountain, Van, Turkey

A passerine bird in the bunting family as the name suggests
They breed in south-east Europe east to Iran and migrate mainly to India

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Cream-spot Tiger (Arctia villica) Erek Mountain
The first of my posts from Turkey
This is a moth that we also get in the UK, though its the first time I have ever seen one
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