I wanted to stop by one of my favorite places today, “Important landscape element Butterfly Steppe”. (52 species of butterflies were observed there in diverse habitats, as well as other animals: smooth and alpine newt, the agile frog and the European fire-bellied toad.) But.
But when I stopped nearby I realised that there are two abandoned cemeteries just next to me, hidden in near small forest.
Well, the trees are growing mainly around and inside of the cemeteries, so we can say that the small forest are those cemeteries themselves. First one has quite good wall still, the second one is really lost in time and the nature. It is mainly sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus, what dominates in overgrowing the place. Others are Midland hawthorn Crataegus laevigata (my favourite), wild cherry Prunus avium, and some oak – Quercus.
I have no time to explore the place more, so I will stop by in the future.
8 degrees Celsius. The alfalfa field behind the house is empty, no more butterflies flying. Only a single clouded yellow, Colias croceus, sat motionless on a twig.
