Arrival at Athens Airport 15/06/2022 IMG_20220615_095910

Butterflies of Greece

15th - 22nd June 2022

Led by Simon Spencer and Alice Hunter

Day 1

Having arrived a day early Simon, Anne and Alice collected vehicles ahead of the group’s arrival

and were there to meet them in Athens airport when they landed. Unfortunately one of the flights

was delayed but the rest of the group were content to get some lunch while they waited and we

were soon on the way.

We made a stop at a service station on the way out of Athens to fill up with fuel and several

people took the opportunity to have an ice cream. Those that didn’t partake were soon wandering

the car park in search of insect life and in no time, Martin and Matt had located a Cicada, one of

many buzzing from the trees. A White fluttered past but we didn’t establish which one as we were

climbing back into the vehicles for the remainder of the journey to Delphi.

We arrived a little later than planned and so only had time for a short rest before our introductory

talk and the walk down into the town for dinner. Swifts, Swallows and House Martins swooped

overhead as we ate on the balcony of a restaurant and

chatted amiably about what we might see during the

coming week.

Day

Done