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La Mata Natural Park

La Mata-Torrevieja park, one of the Wetland variety, nestles into an area of 3,700 hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 m2) between the expanding N332 motorway and the surrounding urbanisations.

You might be surprised to learn that in the Valencia region,famous for its building boom that stretches along the coast and spreads inland, there are 23 Natural Parks. Located in a variety of habitats including: Inland (which has the most) Coastal Mountain Regions, Wetlands, and even one Mediterranean Riparian Forest plus an Island. These `parcs naturals´ are gems in a land where perhaps too much concrete has been poured during recent years.

SANTA POLA SALINAS

  No internal access to the Salinas is permitted, which is, on balance, no bad thing, in view of the sensitive nature of the breeding species, but, with patience, most birds can be seen from the neighbourhood of the road.

A preview can, incidentally, be obtained, in the form of a walk around the 'salt museum's' reserve on the outskirts of Santa Pola. Depending upon water-levels, the pools at the opposite side of the road can hold good wader numbers, too.

The large breeding colonies of some birds are of great interest. The avocet, the black-winged stilt, the snowy plover, little tern or common tern, are just a few examples of the great variety of fauna in this natural enclave. We should also point out the presence of the nesting bird of the common shelduck and the marbled teal, a species very difficult to find in Europe.Other birds, attracted by this zone that provides them with food and water at any time of year, also settle temporarily at the salt works.This is the case of the flamingo, which can be observed in the Reserve in concentrations of up to 8,000 individuals, the Anatidae such as the northern shoveler, red-crested pochard, the common pochard or the green-winged teal, and Limicolae such as the avocets, the black-winged stilt, the plovers, black-tailed godwit, sandpipers of different varieties

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