Landscapes: The Marmilla around Barumini. This picture was taken in february 2007.

Landscapes: The valley of the Tirso with the fields of rice. This picture was taken on the road from Oristano to Fordongianus.

Landscapes: A view from the plateau of Serri. In the background the mountainranges of the Iglesiente. Serri lies to the east of the Marmilla and to the north of the Campidano plains between Mandas and Isili. It was a cloudy day as I shot the picture.

Landscapes: This picture is taken from the Monte Arci towards the plateau of the Giara di Gesturi. On the Giara are the half-wild horses of the Giara, a race of small horses particular to this part of Sardinia.

Landscapes: View from the nuraghe at Santa Cristina, Paulilatino, at the southwest end of the Altopiano di Abbasanta.

Landscapes: The laguna stagno di Mistras and on the foreground the hill of Su Muru Mannu of the archeological area of Tharros.

Landscapes: The laguna stagno di Mistras

Landscapes: around the temple of Antas, the mountains of the Iglesiente

The Monte Arci in the province of Oristano. The highest peak is 812 m (Trebina Longa). The Monte Arci is an old volcano and main source for the vulcanic glass, obsidian. The sides are covered with woods. On top of the mountain a number of windmills have been placed to generate electricity.

Landscapes: The valley of the river Temo

Landscapes: a panoramic view from the town of Cuglieri with the island of Mal di Ventre

Landscapes: panorama from Cuglieri. In the fore ground the houses of Cuglieri, in the middle Sennariolo, in the background Tresnuraghes and behind that Capo Marargiu.

Beaches: The beach of San Giovanni near Tharros.

Beaches: The beach of San Giovanni on the side of the sea is composed of white sand.

Beaches: The beach of Torre di Chia

Beaches: The beach near Torre di Chia

Coasts of Sardinia: Santa Caterina di Pittinuri, s'Archittu. Chalkstone.

Coasts of Sardinia: Santa Caterina di Pittinuri, s'Archittu.

Coasts of Sardinia: Punta s‘Archittu along the coast driving from Oristano to Bosa.

Coasts of Sardinia: s'Archittu

Coasts of Sardinia: A view of the coastline from s'Archittu near Santa Caterina di Pittinuri northwards

Coasts of Sardinia: The mouth of the river Temo and the westcoast near Bosa Marina

Coasts of Sardinia: From Torre di Chia to Capo Spartivento in southwest Sardinia

Coasts of Sardinia: Capo di Pula, the peninsula where the ruins of Nora are.

Woods: The pinetrees next to the beaches of the Gulf of Oristano. An ideal place to have a picknick in the shade.

Woods: Pinetrees near the beach along the bay of Oristano.

Flowers: The delicate flower of the cactus, Fico d‘India. It flowers in june.

Flowers: Sedum caeruleum of the Crassulaceae, stonecrop, in the foreground, grows on rock and stone walls, in this case at Santa Vittoria di Serri. The white flowers are Cistus salviifolius, sage leaf rockrose or salvia cistus.

Flowers: Stonecrop

Flora: Opuntia ficus-indica (Indian fig). From april to june it bears flowers and the fruits are edible. The plant was imported and is not originally Sardinian

Flora: Rosemary bushes in february.

Flora: Part of the macchia mediterranea is the Myrtus communis, the True Myrtle, family of the Myrtaceae. Here a shrub along the road just outside the fences around nuraghe Su Nuraxi.

Flora: The berry of the True Myrtle is used to brew the famous Mirto. The leaves are also used to add flavour to roasted meat.

Flora: blossoming True Myrtle in june

Birds: Flamingo‘s can be found in several brackish lagoons around Tharros and Oristano as well as near Cagliari. In the past years they have regained some of the stagni where they had disappeared.

Birds: Flamingo‘s near Torre di Chia.

Birds: Sardinia has it‘s own subspecies of red robin (Erathicus rubecula sardus), here one found along the road near the nuraghe of Genna Maria.

Birds: Fringilla coelebs thyrrhenica, south-european chaffinch (female). She flew ahead of us for a couple of yards on our walk near Chia.

Birds: Hirundo rustica rustica, swallow. Swallowsnests at the airport of Alghero.

Birds: Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus, the kestrel. Common species in Sardinia. The kestrel uses the upward force of the wind (therefore also called windhover) to search for his prey along the coast. In this case the kestrel was hovering above our heads near Tharros on the peninsula of Sinis.

Birds: Carduelis chloris madaraszi, the sardinian greenfinch

Birds: Passer hispaniolensis arrigonii, the sardinian sparrow, female, on the beach of Bosa Marina.