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May,
2018
Ceret (30 mins away): Fete Des Cerises (Festival of the Cherry)
At Alpine level (1600-2100m)
Rearing of young peregrine falcons.
Start of flowering amidst the grass and rocks:
Columbine (aquilegia vulgaris)
Pulsatilla alpina: part of the buttercup family
Marmots come out of hibernation
Eggs of diurnal butterflies laid. Birth of crickets on the grass. Toad eggs laid. Izards born. Swarms of bees: lots of activity in the bee-hives.
Wild mountain lettuce picking and the arrival of cattle on the higher slopes.
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