Botany
Flowers and Photography Holidays in Menorca
with botanist David Hawker and photographer Philip Dunn
Bring together your passion for botany and your interest in photography while enjoying a holiday of gentle exploration on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Menorca.
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This is a holiday for people who enjoy discovering and learning more about wild flowers, who appreciate them for their beauty and would like to know more about how to photograph them.
The uniquely preserved rural landscape and coastline of Menorca has created a habitat in which a huge variety of flowers and wildlife is flourishing. We will take you to some of the most fascinating and beautiful wildlife reserves, water meadows, sand dunes and natural gorges. There you can fully appreciate this diversity with the guidance of a renown botanist and an award-winning photographer.
Botanist David Hawker and photographer Philip Dunn will extend your knowledge of wild flowers way beyond the naming and labelling of species. They will show you how to better appreciate and record the beauty of them and the places in which they thrive.
UNESCO has declared Menorca a Biosphere Reserve – one of the places on our planet where an important natural and cultural heritage exists, and where the society has accepted economic development that is compatible with the conservation of nature. Here you will find many species of plant found nowhere else on earth.
The picture below shows the S’Albufera des Grau National Park, Menorca, one of the unique habitats you will explore during your Flowers and Photography Holiday in Menorca.
Botanist David Hawker
David Hawker is one of Britain’s most distinguished botanists, with many years experience in teaching, expedition leadership and lecturing.
Now he has combined his wealth of experience and expertise with the skills of photographer Philip Dunn, who will show you how to take better photographs of the flowers and plants you find in the field.
Photographer Philip Dunn
Philip is has a lifetime of experience working for just about every top newspaper and magazine in the UK. He was the Sunday Times Travel Photographer for many years, and now teaches photography in Menorca and Scotland. Philip will join some of the walks and expeditions to provide a holiday that will be instructive, inspirational and relaxing.
In May, much of Menorca is adorned by meadows full of wild flowers
Photographing wild flowers in Menorca
On our easy-paced walks through this fascinating countryside, you may find and photograph Squirting Cucumber, Bellardia, Tassel Hyacinth, Rosy Garlic and Yellow Centaury to name just a few.
And while you are appreciating the flora, don’t forget to look up – Hoopoes, Booted Eagles, Egyptian Vultures, Scops owls and Red Kite are just some of the species that are seen regularly in the skies above the lovely Menorcan countryside. White Egrets are a common sight in the S’Albufera National Park – one of the unique environments you will explore during your Botany Holiday in Menorca.
