dilluns, 25 d’octubre del 2010

The best Spanish places for birdwatching(Espero que aquesta redacció conti per les 3 o 4 que no havia fet ya que té 400 paraules!!)

Spain is an extensive and divers country.  Pyrenees, Cantabrian mountain-range, Sierra Nevada, extensive fields, wetlands, lakes, etc.  This diversity is very important than birds and is made become Spain on the top 10 bird watching places in the word. The best community is Andalucía. In this community exists very important places.  For example: Sierra Nevada, Doñana National Park and Gibraltar. Other important community is Catalonia. A 40% of territory is protect in Catalonia. The important places are Delta de L’Ebre, Pyrenees, Aiguamolls de L’Empordà, Aiguamolls del Llobregat and Secans de Lleida.

 Top 7 places in the Spain for Bird watching.
1-Tarifa:This place is situated front the Gibraltar narrow. In September when the birds  in the North Europe migration at Africa this point is a fantastic show because hundreds birds are concrete  during his travel. You can watch white stork, black stork, thousands of honey buzzards and sometimes some African bird: Rüppell's Griffon, Lanner Falcon and Red Buzzard.



2-Doñana National Park:  Doñana is the queen National Park in Iberia. It has 194.000 ha and is the one of the best wetlands in Europe.  In this place is the habitat of a lot of danger extinction birds(   Marbled Teal, White-headed, etc…). Doñana is the first winter area of the  Greylag goose in Europe. You can watch a lot of water and forest birds.



3-Delta de l’Ebre: This is the biggest delta in western Mediterranean. Is situated in Tarragona province and is made by River mouth of Ebro river. You can watch a lot of flamingos and gulls.


4-Cabañeros National Park: Is situate in Castilla la Manxa. This park has the  first colony of black vulture in Spain and you can watch some Imperial Iberian eagle, one eagle in danger extinction. Also it is Egyptian vulture, Great Eagle owl, Black stork, etc.

5-Monegros: Monegros is situate in Aragon. Is a desert area but there’s a lot of strange birds. You can watch the Great Bustard, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Golden Eagle, The Black-shouldered kite, etc. They are the difficult and strange birds in Europe.


6-Gallocanta: Is the lake situate in Daroca area. Is the famous winter area of Crane and is very spectacular watching this birds in the morning when flying in the South.

7-Santoña Natural Park: This park is situate in Cantabria. During the migration you can watch the birds of North Europe. This wetlands it’s the best important natural Ria in the North Spain.




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1 comentari:

  1. Hi Guillem!!
    This is a very didactic post. I haven't been to these places (just to Delta de l'Ebre) so I have lots of possibilities. Have you been to all of them?
    Best regards!!

    ResponElimina