A photographic guide to the biodiversity of the Celumbres rambla (Cinctorres, Castellfort and Portell, Els Ports, Castellón): flora, insects, birds, mammals, fungi and lichens, with texts by Francisca Julián Querol and photographs by Tadeo Julián Querol.https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/en-GBhttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/iberian-ibex/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/iberian-ibex/They climb gorges and crags on the edge of the abyss, and when the group is feeding there is always one on watch. At the first sign of danger, they all run.Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/autumn/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/autumn/Maize, grapes and quinces are gathered, the mushrooms arrive, and the trees offer a brushstroke of yellows, oranges and ochres.Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTThe ramblahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/summer/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/summer/The region has always grown cereals. The solstice marked the high point of the harvest; today the combine does in an afternoon what once took weeks.Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTThe ramblahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/spring/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/spring/The plants that have overwintered wake up, the almond trees cover the fields in white and pink, and every few days the colours change.Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMTThe ramblahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/winter/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/winter/Deciduous trees stand bare, evergreens protect themselves from the cold with their leaves, and the snow feeds the aquifers.Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMTThe ramblahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/flora/wildflowers/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/flora/wildflowers/Nearly seventy flowers photographed in the rambla, listed alphabetically by scientific name and grouped by family.Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTFlorahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fungi-and-lichens/fungi-and-mushrooms/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fungi-and-lichens/fungi-and-mushrooms/Cap, hymenium and stem; a fungal cannon that fires spores half a metre; and a clear warning: no cooking makes a poisonous mushroom edible.Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTFungi and lichenshttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/grasshoppers-and-crickets/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/grasshoppers-and-crickets/Great jumpers with incomplete metamorphosis. Some sing by rubbing their legs against their wings; others rub their wings together, and hear with their legs.Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/birds-of-prey/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/birds-of-prey/Several mornings crouched under a camouflage net at the top of the Roca Parda, until they captured the majestic flight of the vultures.Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fungi-and-lichens/lichens/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fungi-and-lichens/lichens/Two organisms that cannot live apart, so sensitive to pollution that their presence or absence tells you about the quality of the air.Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTFungi and lichenshttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/dry-stone-walls/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/dry-stone-walls/The terrace walls and huts that the people of this land raised with the only raw material they had to hand, stone, and which are now part of the landscape.Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTThe ramblahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/dragonflies/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/dragonflies/Metallic glints, iridescent wings and a helicopter's flight. They live in the pools the rain leaves in the rambla.Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/bees-wasps-and-ants/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/bees-wasps-and-ants/Societies of queens and daughters, swarms that rest while the scouts look for a home, mud nests shaped like pots, and the traps of the antlions.Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/bugs/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/bugs/Wings half hard, half membranous, and bright colours that warn of their foul taste. Among them, a North American invader that threatens the pines.Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/myriapods/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/myriapods/With no waxy layer to protect them, they lose water by evaporation and live by night under the stones.Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/beetles/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/beetles/Ladybirds, “beetles of Our Lady” since the Middle Ages, and other colourful beetles that live among the flowers of the rambla.Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/mantises/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/mantises/A mobile head, grasping forelegs and a camouflage that fools predators. The conehead mantis is named after a spectre of Greek mythology.Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/butterflies/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/butterflies/Wings covered in scales and antennae ending in a club. Five families live in the rambla; the nymphalids are the most abundant.Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/flora/the-trees/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/flora/the-trees/Scots and black pines, holm oaks, Portuguese oaks, hazels, elms and service trees. The commonest trees of the area, one by one.Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTFlorahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/flora/wild-orchids/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/flora/wild-orchids/Less showy than their tropical relatives, but more delicate and subtle. Some, like the Ophrys, are trap flowers that mimic bees.Sun, 04 May 2014 00:00:00 GMTFlorahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/moths/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/moths/A Graellsia isabellae almost as big as a hand, found at seven in the morning at the dels Bassis spring, and other moths of the rambla.Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTFaunahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/the-nature-reserve/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/the-rambla/the-nature-reserve/Where the rambla is, how the Roca Parda and the Roca Roja were formed, and why the landscape changes completely when it rains.Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTThe ramblahttps://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/spiders/https://ramblacelumbres.org/en/fauna/spiders/Near-blind weavers, hunters lying in wait, and a crab spider that hides in the centre of a flower it has arranged itself.Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTFauna