Day 2 - Dinaric Alps (Part I)
Deep canyons, crystal-clear streams, alpine meadows, high altitude woodlands, steep valleys, gorges and green mountain lakes characterize this area - these are the majestic Dinaric Alps, one of Europe's most unexplored mountain ranges where nature is still mostly preserved and intact.
The long chain of the Dinaric Alps, stretches from northwest Croatia through the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina and into Montenegro, finishing on the Albanian border. Herzegovina and eastern Bosnia host the highest and wildest of this mountain range.
Goosander
Mergus merganser
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
Late spring floral displays in Dinaric Alps.
Apollo
Parnassius apollo
Rock Partridge
Alectoris graeca
This mountain range is the natural boundary of the Mediterranean and continental Alpine climates. The warm Adriatic temperatures clash with the harsher Alpine ones, producing one of the most diverse and unique eco-systems in all of Europe.
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos
Cvrsnica mountain – realm of Rock Partridge, Golden Eagle and Alpine Choughs.
Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
Smooth Snake
Coronella austriaca
Alpine Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra
Balkan Green-veined White
Pieris balcana
Sombre Tit
Poecile lugubris
Late spring floral displays in Dinaric Alps.
Common Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
Late spring floral displays in Dinaric Alps.
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Elder-flowered Orchid
Dactylorhiza sambucina
Blidinje Nature Park in Dinaric Alps.
Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia
Nose-horned Viper - male
Vipera ammodytes
Nose-horned Viper - female
Vipera ammodytes
Cvrsnica mountain in Dinaric Alps.
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
Blidinje Nature Park in Dinaric Alps.
Eastern Green Lizard
Lacerta viridis
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Dinaric Alps.
