2016 Sani Beach, Halkidiki, & a weekend in Gloucester

So when I was told we were going to Sani Beach for 10 days, to photograph a wedding ... I Googled it ! & noticed there was a wetlands right next to the hotel... Slipped my Macro kit in the camera bag... Scroll down for some very large, interesting, colourful bugs

Sani Beach Hotel
Sani Beach Hotel
Church on site
Church on site
Nearly sunset
Nearly sunset
Over the harbour
Over the harbour
One of the pools by night
One of the pools by night
Top of the hill at side of hotel
Top of the hill at side of hotel
Looking out over the beach
Looking out over the beach
Getting closer to the beach
Getting closer to the beach
Short walk
Short walk
Tides in
Tides in
The beach
The beach
Day out to Athios
Day out to Athios
An old tractor
An old tractor
Athios square
Athios square
Infinity pool by sunset
Infinity pool by sunset
Off for a stroll along the cliffs
Off for a stroll along the cliffs
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Along the Aegean coast
Heading back
Heading back
Hotel been framed
Hotel been framed
1st walk into the wetlands
1st walk into the wetlands
The wetlands
The wetlands
Herd of goat
Herd of goat
The wetlands
The wetlands
The wetlands
The wetlands
The wetlands
The wetlands
Ohhh ! Found the beach again
Ohhh ! Found the beach again
Goat herder
Goat herder
Goat
Goat
The wetlands
The wetlands
A farm in the wetlands
A farm in the wetlands
Sunset cruise, view here was better
Sunset cruise, view here was better
Poser !!!
Poser !!!
Sunset over the infinity pool
Sunset over the infinity pool
Sunset from the beach
Sunset from the beach
For several years my photographic hobby was in macro
close up & personal
So had to take my macro kit - You lie on the beach,
 I'm on a bug hunt...
Brimstone Butterfly
Brimstone Butterfly
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Strange exotic flower
Strange exotic flower
Tortoise
Tortoise
Jewel Beetle - Buprestidae
Jewel Beetle - Buprestidae
Darkling Beetle - Pimelia subglobosa
Darkling Beetle - Pimelia subglobosa
Hairy Shieldbug - Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug - Dolycoris baccarum
Rose Chafer - Cetonia Aurata
Rose Chafer - Cetonia Aurata
Striped Shieldbug - Graphosoma lineatum
Striped Shieldbug - Graphosoma lineatum
Rose Chafer - Cetonia Aurata
Rose Chafer - Cetonia Aurata
Young Shield bug
Young Shield bug
Fire Bug ( Pyrrhocoris apterus )
Fire Bug ( Pyrrhocoris apterus )
Scoliid Wasp - Scolia hirta
Scoliid Wasp - Scolia hirta
Scoliid Wasp - Scolia hirta
Scoliid Wasp - Scolia hirta
Scoliid Wasp - Scolia hirta
Scoliid Wasp - Scolia hirta
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Flowers
Flowers
Crossidius coralinus fulgidus
Crossidius coralinus fulgidus
Honey Bee
Honey Bee
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Megascolia maculata
Megascolia maculata
Megascolia maculata
Megascolia maculata
Megascolia maculata
Megascolia maculata
Carpenter bee - Xylocopa valga
Carpenter bee - Xylocopa valga
A.N. Other Tortoise§
A.N. Other Tortoise§
False Blister Beetle
False Blister Beetle
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Purple Shield Bugs Carpocoris Purpureipennis
Two Darters, Blue Dasher, broad scarlet skimmer
Two Darters, Blue Dasher, broad scarlet skimmer
Black Tailed Skimmer
Black Tailed Skimmer
Striped Shieldbug - Graphosoma lineatum
Striped Shieldbug - Graphosoma lineatum
Common Darter
Common Darter
Mating pair of Common Blue Damselfly
Mating pair of Common Blue Damselfly
Rose Chafer - Cetonia Aurata
Rose Chafer - Cetonia Aurata
Weekend in the Cotswolds
Well Gloucester & Cheltenham
& a few more on the way...
St Mary de Crypt Church
St Mary de Crypt Church
Gloucester doks
Gloucester doks
Gloucester doks
Gloucester doks
Old lighthouse boat
Old lighthouse boat
Pub on the docks
Pub on the docks
Gloucester town centre
Gloucester town centre
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Fountain
Fountain
Gustav Holst Statue
Gustav Holst Statue
Imperial Gardens
Imperial Gardens
Imperial Gardens
Imperial Gardens
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water
Bourton-on-the-water St Lawrence church
Bourton-on-the-water St Lawrence church
Hillfield House Gloucester
Hillfield House Gloucester
Kings Board Gloucester
Kings Board Gloucester
en route to Chipping Campden
en route to Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Chipping Campden
Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower
Anchors aweigh, cup of tea required...
Anchors aweigh, cup of tea required...
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