Mediterranean November

 

Torrenostra

Dead Aleppo Pines

Lots of dead Aleppo Pines in 2024. This photo is from Sagunto, near Valencia.

Swathes of this white brassica appearing.

A mud cliff at Villajoyosa. We saw a pair of Black Wheatears here (Oenanthe leucura).

Peter Jones' fascinating article about them:

https://www.andaluciabirdsociety.org/article-library/the-black-wheatear-oenanthe-leucura-leucura/

We're a bit later in the Med than usual. So I never caught the dramatic blooming of Cape Honeysuckle before. 

Books I read or acquired during our trip. Most of them I've only dipped into.

Contes per a tot l'any is a Catalan children's book (Stories for all the year round). The only thing I've taken in is the intriguing way of differentiating certain double-L type words, e.g. il·lustració, col·lecció ...

I had to download the Catalan keyboard to my phone to type that.