There is an exhilaration to swimming over beds of Neptune Grass (Posidonia oceanica), though can leave one feeling a little sea sick. #seagrasswatch @SeagrassWatch #posidonia #SeagrassSpotter @ProjectSeagrass #seagrass #teamseagrass #Posidoniaoceanica #CapePalos #Spain
22/22
More Echinoderms at #CapePalos, the Sea Cucumbers (holothurians), clockwise from top L.: Patchy (Holothuria sanctori), Common (H. tubulosa) AND PARASITIC ISOPOD! & Sandy (H. polisea), the last with characteristic pile of poop. Did a Cotton Spinner (H. forsalki) make the web? 9/21
See the gill ring along rim of (v eroded) Limpet, top L.?
Think ones on rock overhang at water line are Rough Limpet (Patella ulyssiponensis).
The others, including the one decorating a Rock Urchin, Mediterranean Rayed Limpet (Patella caeruela)?
#CapePalos #MolluscMonday
6/21
On Cape Palos, Playa de la Calafria is another beautiful beach presided over by the 19th century Faro (lighthouse).
Sad to see a plastic bottle in one of the caves but generally plastic pollution isn't that bad on Cabo de Palos. #CapePalos #LaManga #Cartagena #lighthouse
6/7
land. #Shags #Lizard #CapePalos #BirdsSeenIn2022 2/7
Also thrilled to see my 1st Common Dentexes (Dentex dentex) at Playa de la Calafria, off the N tip of Cabo de Palos & an hour's walk from #CapePalos at Playas de Calblanque where also saw my 1st Bogues.
Met Black Seabream at Cala Roja & Red Seabream at Playa de Levante.
3/25
