JUNE 24/28 - The French Jura is an area extremely rich in many forms of wildlife with beautiful scenery and rich flowery habitats. Below is a selection of things seen during this short trip. Butterfly photos are mostly posted elsewhere (June 2016)

Lac du Bellefontaine

Anemone narcissiflora

Marsh Fritillary

Pinguicula grandiflora (with var reuteri)

Trollius meadow, Bellefontaine

Downy Emerald, Lamoura

Campanula thyrsoides

Black Kite, Bois d'Amont

Chiasmia clathrata

Phyteuma orbiculare

Psodos quadrifaria

Cephalanthera rubra

Red-eyed Damselfly

Small Heath

Euclidia glyphica (Burnet Companion)

A typical Jura wet meadow, rich in insect life







 Moorland Green-veined White on Erinus alpinus (Fairy Foxglove)

Phyteuma spicata with Marsh Fritillary

Trollius europaeus

 Species-rich limestone grassland in the Foret du Risou

Typical Jura landscape 

Evening sun on Mt Blanc seen from the Col de la Faucille