Natural History Photographs





On our way to Karataş we passed an estuary with some very nice dune habitat. Regrettably, a very unusual depression swept over Türkiye, causing clouded weather with quite a lot of rain (the above photos were made during a temporary improvement). The few photos below thus do not do justice to the value of this area.



Myrtus communis
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:mirto, mirto comune, mortella
Español:arrayán, arrayán blanco, arrayán común, arrayán morisco, astruc, jazmin de Arabia,
mata gallinas, mirto, mirto común, murtal, murtera, murtonera, murtrón
Blackstonia
perfoliata
Authority:(L.) Huds. 1762
Synonyms:Gentiana perfoliata Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Zomerbitterling, Bitterling
English:Yellow-wort
Deutsch:Durchwachsener Bitterling
Français:Blackstonie perfoliée
Italiano:blackstonia perfogliata, centauro giallo
Español:canchalagua española, centáura, centáura amarilla, centáura de flor amarilla,
clora perfoliada, perfoliada
Hyla savignyi
Nederlands:Perzische boomkikker
Dysgonia algira
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1767)
Nederlands:bruine prachtuil
Deutsch:Dunkelbraune Brombeereule, Brombeereule