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Doņana - Huelva natural parks
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Doñana National Park
The southeast of the province of Huelva by the moyth of the Guadalquivir
River is one of the most noteworthy places in Europe, the Doñana
National Park, declared as such in 1969 and covering an area of
50, 720 hectares, with a further 54,200 hectares surrounding the
area protected as a Nature Reserve. Doñana, also declared
by UNESCO a Biosphere Reserve and Hertiage of Mankind, is particulary
valuable because of its wealth of marshlands, preserves and moving
sand dunes of the coastline. Every year 150 bird species pass through
Doñana, the majority of which nest there. There are also
29 mammal species - the wild bore, deer, fallow deer, otter, genet,
fox, etc. - 17 reptile, 9 amphibian and 8 fish species which are
registered as breeding in the park.
For the birds, Doñana is a main stopping place on their migratory
routes between Europe and Africa, but it is also a refuge for many
species in real danger of extinction, the lynx for example, 40,000
aquatic birds and over 150,000 anatine birds usually spend the winter
here, taking advantage of the mild climate. The image of bird colonies
- herons, sponbills - perched in the large, gnarled cork oaks, the
noted "aviaries", is world famous, but also a true reflection
of what Doñana represents.
The Beach
Doñana's fine sandy beaches provide a home for large groups
of birds which live along the coast. Herring gulls and turns and
turn are joined every winter by seafowl such as scoters. Still standing
on these unspoilt beaches are watchtowers, vestiges of the past,
which provide shelter to peregrine falcons and barn owls.
The Dunes
Coastal winds have created a landscape of rare beauty with sandy
dunes populated by junipers and stone pine forests which have been
used as the setting for some of the scenes of Lawrence of Arabia.
One of its most impressive parts. El Cerro de los Ánsares,
is the tallest dune in Doñana. It attracts numerous sea birds
which swallow its sand to ease their digestion.
The Vera
A boundary limiting the cotos with the marshland and the marshland
with the dunes, in this green pastureland visitors can find cork
trees of great beauty which have significant ecological importance
because they are used by colonies of storks, herons and spoonbills
for nesting.