Out for the Day… in Eyne, the Valley of Flowers. Need a tonic? How about fresh mountain air, kaleidoscopes of wild flowers, serene mouflon and shy izzards grazing, bubbling water features, bumblebees, butterflies and beetles, maybe even a little late snow?
At this time of year the P-O transforms into a kaleidoscope of wildflowers. Lesley McLaren takes us through a few of the more common ones to be found in the verges, hedgerows and rocky slopes of the Albères and Vallespir.
Why Sharks Are Returning to the Mediterranean Coast of Catalonia
It’s all go! Migrant birds are returning from their winter homes and mammals are getting frisky; reptiles are emerging and bugs are flying. There are territories to be claimed and defended, mates to attract, nests to build, setts to clean, burrows to renovate, young to feed. And the backdrop to this frenetic activity is a landscape transformed into countless shades of green.
Too many cherries? Cherry Brandy anyone?
During the months of May and June in particular, foxtail barley and similar species of grass growing in the PO can be very harmful to your dog
Record mosquito-borne disease cases have put France under enhanced surveillance
A forgotten storm in May 1868 in the Pyrénées-Orientales still shocks more than 150 years later.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave… but no attempt at deception here! Find out the truth about the spiders in and around the P-O
A rather ugly brute compared to the delicate creatures that flit around our lamps at night.