Armenia 4 June 2014, Ararat Region

On our third day in Armenia with Danish Botanical Society we went to the mountains east of Yerevan. On our way we had a very impressive view to the Ararat Mountain (well know from the tale from the Bible of the stranding of Noahs ark), situated just on the other side of the border in Turkey.

View from our hotel window towards the Aragat mountain

Ararat

Capparis spinosa, the caper bush, also called Flinders rose, Kapers

Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina (?)

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Biæder

Ararat was visible most of the day

This picture shows see the difference between the natural vegetation in the dry landscape and the irrigated agricultural land

Evighedsblomst, Helichrysum rubicundum

Black-headed bunting, Hætteværling

Black-headed bunting, Hætteværling (Emberiza melanocephala), male

Thistle (Cirsium sp), Tidsel

Giftig Kronvikke (Securigera varia)

Onobrychis (Esparcet sp, Holy-clover, Sainfoin)

Phelypaea tournefortii

Orchid (orkide) and Equisetum (padderokke)