Lago d'Orta

June 2022

A short recap of a nice summer holiday in Italy. As always, I took a lot of pictures, especially of nature. Here are some of them.

Lago d'Orta

Mrs. Loth

A coypu that swam by each night

The lake was a very welcome cool down after a hot day in the relentless Italien sun. We spent a lot of time there, swimming and relaxing during the afternoons. The water was very clear and full of fish and crayfish.

Quiet and hot villages

The villages around the lake were very quiet and peaceful. As soon as you left the busy lake area, the relaxing Italian rural environment took over and tourists were nowhere to be seen.

Blazing hot sun

A quiet village

Kingfisher, slightly suspicious of camera clicking...

We have seen a lot of gorgeous wildlife in the reserve. There were some good lookout-points and we were able to get some nice shots of the birds.

We saw the most spectacular animals the second morning. A group of wild boars came out of the woods and started to eat the grass. They were very close to us, but they didn't seem to notice us.

The unmistakable leader

Little hop

Lots of fighting going on

One of the many honey buzzards we saw

Beautiful scenery all around

Clearing skies after a thunderstorm