The ascalaphus owl fly (Libelloides macaronius) from the Neuroptera orderThe brightly-coloured jewel of our streams, the kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) nests in burrows which it digs in steep sand or clay river banks.The hoopoe (Upopa epops) feeds on invertebrates by walking along the ground and collecting insects and worms or picks out food from animal excrement.The large-flowered sandwort (Arenaria grandiflora) is found nowhere else in the Czech Republic except for Pálava PLA.steppe cracker grasshopper (Saga pedo)emerald lizard (Lacerta viridis)Sirotčí hrad castle ruinsKočičí skála Nature MonumentThe dwarf iris Iris pumillarock sand iris (Iris humilis subsp. arenaria)greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis)VineyardsSvatý Kopeček (Holy Hill) Nature ReserveSheep and goats grazing on Kotel hillDěvín National Nature Reserveyellow pheasant’s eye (Adonis vernalis)A beaver dam on Křivé jezeroTalus and ravine forest on DěvínStolová hora (Table mountain)A common species on the Sub-Pannonian Steppe grasslands is the Italian Aster (Aster amellus)The Pálava hills from BavorySpring growths of bulbous corydalis near PavlovSpring communities at PálavaSpring at Pálavaeastern pasque flower (Pulsatilla patens)Flowering feather-grasses Stipa joannisThe orchid (grasspink)Limodorum abortivumscarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) near PavlovSvatý kopeček (Holy Hill) NR with Baroque monumentsA stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) near Pavlovnight-scented stock (Hesperis tristis) below Děvín hillbee-eater (Merops apiaster)orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines)Bulbous corydalis (Corydalis cava) on Pálavagreater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) in the St. Jiří's Church in Klentnice