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🦌🇮🇱 Meet Israel’s native icon: the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella).

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🦌🇮🇱 The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) . Graceful, lightning-quick & perfectly adapted to the Judean Hills, Galilee and the Golan, this gazelle is widely regarded as Israel’s national animal & a living symbol of the land’s wild heart. Sadly, it’s Endangered & found mostly only in Israel - threatened by habitat loss, road collisions, poaching & dogs. Every crossing, corridor & protected wadi matters. Where to spot them: dawn/dusk in open hills & Mediterranean scrub - try Gazelle Valley (Jerusalem), Judean foothills & the Galilee. If you’re lucky, you’ll see the white rump flash & that bold side-stripe as they bound away. #MountainGazelle #GazellaGazella #IsraelNature #IsraelWildlife #NationalAnimal #GazelleValley #Jerusalem #GolanHeights #Galilee #WildlifeConservation #EndangeredSpecies #UrbanNature #Levant #MediterraneanEcosystem #NaturePhotography #INPA #SPNI #imagineisraeltours #simonostertourguideisrael #visitisrael #tourgui...
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🌼Meet שור דקיקה (Shor Dakika)🐝

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Shor Dakika, (שור דקיקה) , is a delicate wildflower that thrives in the dry landscapes of Israel. Its tiny golden b looms may seem small, but they play a huge role in the ecosystem, providing nectar for pollinators like bees & butterflies. It is known in English as Slimleaf Heliotrope or Heliotropium suaveolens (a member of the Boraginaceae family). Native to Israel and the surrounding region this plant grows close to the ground & is often found in dry, open areas. It can be identified by its tiny yellow flowers clustered together in a coiled shape, typical of the Boraginaceae family. It has fuzzy stems & leaves with fine hairs; the red-tipped structures on the calyx are another distinguishing characteristic. #wildflowers #israelnature #floraandfauna #imagineisraeltours #simonostertourguideisrael #visitisrael #touringisrael #israeltourguide #heliotropium #wildlifephotography #desertbeauty #naturelovers #floraofisrael #botany #ecology #pollinatorfriendly At I...
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