#garraf

Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh / The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh Sergio Martino. 1971

Stairs Plaça de l'Ajuntament, 20, 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain See in map

Penguins in the Mediterranean? 🐧

These are razorbills (Alca torda), the closest living relative to the extinct Artic penguins (nowadays there's only penguins in the Antarctic). Razorbills live in the Atlantic Ocean around Northern Europe, but in winter they move down south, reaching the Western Mediterranean. It's common to find them in the coast of the Catalan Countries.

Unlike penguins, razorbills are great at flying and diving (they can fish up to 7 meters deep), but they're bad at walking.

These pictures were taken in the coast of the Garraf area (Penedès, Catalonia), precisely in front of Vilanova i la Geltrú. Tens of razorblades have been seen this year in the Garraf coast.