Nature Links from Provence-Beyond (Beyond the French Riviera) ® [ Cities | Côte d'Azur-Provence | Culture | Education | Food/Health | Lodging | Media | Nature | Newsgroups | Regions | Science | Search | Sports | Travel ] (links verified 24 Oct 1999) Birds and Butterflies Birding (Warton, UPenn) Birding - Europe Links (Warton, UPenn) Birding on the Web Butterflies of Europe - Common Butterflies of Western Europe and Great Britain, with great photos, and many names translated into different languages. the Canadian Peregrine Foundation - has live camera coverage of peregrine falcon nests. Electronic Resources on Ornithology Raptor Centor at the Univeresity of Minnesota Flora The Alpine Garden - good photos and good information; among other things, learn how even you can create a rock garden. Our World Flora of our region of Provence (by Eric Rowe, contributor to the flora in Beyond) Fleuriste branché (a unique service) This Canadian site will remind you when your important dates are immanent (French, English) INRA - Antibes (French, English) (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) - the institute has a research center on the Cap d'Antibes, with a botanical garden open to the public. The Lavander Museum - their own web page (French, English) The Lavander Museum - the Beyond page, with basic location and opening-hours information (English) Links for Plant People Mary's Gardens (Home Page) - "founded in 1951 ... to research the hundreds of flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the life, mysteries and privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary... (Gardening ... Mail Order "Seeds" is a good page) Mary's Gardens - Alphabetical Seed List - Gives Botanical name, Common name and Religious name for a lot of flowers. Monkton Nature Reserve - includes some good orchid photos Orchidées de Provence - very thorough and technical information about the Orchids of Provence, with excellent photos. Sweet Violets and Violets - This site is devoted to the subject of Violets....and will contain information on all things to do with the Violet, including Wild Violets,Parma Violets,Devon Violets and of course Sweet Violets. Taxonomy of Flowering Plants (Hugh D. Wilson) - Fagaceae - Beach, Oak Warp Zone - a Finnish web with lists of scientific names and common (English) names for plants, mammals, birds, fish and others. Nature 123 Greetings - Landscapes - Electronic Greeting Cards with a travel-landscapes theme Monte Bego Petroglyphs Iron-Age rock art in the Vallée des Mervilles (English, Italian, French) Nature - Provence-Beyond The Beyond web includes sub-sections on Birds, Flora and Fauna of this region Parc National Port-Cros (Iles d'Hyères, by Porquerolles)