A Coruña Natural Spaces
Parque Natural de las Fragas do
Eume
The Fragas del río Eume park is considered to be one of
Spain's crown jewels in terms of forestry and constitutes the
most important example of the survival of the indigenous forest
in the coastal area of Galicia.
The nature reserve extends over the townships of Cabañas,
A Capela, Monfero and Pontedeume. It is a space which is marked
by the basin of the River Eume, and the landscape could be described
as partially mountainous. It has a temperate maritime climate.
The main value of this park is that it has survived since the
Neolithic. The oak forests (called fragas) stretch over 2,500
hectares of the park, with the oak (Quercus robur) being the dominant
species. The oak has been so important in the culture of these
lands that for centuries it was the object of ancient cults. Together
with the oak, the birch, hazel and chestnut trees are also important.
Not forgetting the Pyrenean oaks, Sessile oaks, elms and cork
oaks, although to a lesser extent.The park has catalogued 15 species
of amphibians, 14 species of reptiles, 8 species of fish, 103
species of birds and 41 species of mammals. This makes it one
of the areas with the most valuable fauna in Spain. The long-tailed
salamander and the wildcat stand out as characteristic species
of the area.
Parque Natural del Complejo
Dunar de Corrubedo y Lagunas de Carregal y Vixán
Situated in the province of A Coruña, to the southeast
of the peninsula of Barbanza, the nature reserve of the Corrubedo
dune complex and the Pools of Carregal and Vixán are formed,
mainly, by crops, pine groves, swamps, salt marshes, dunes and
beaches. It measures 2.3 kilometres at its longest point and at
its widest, reaches 1.5 kilometres. The park houses an area which
floods, with pools and a string of dunes which, by its movement,
is responsible for marking the complex of the park. In said pools
there are meadows of reeds and glasswort. The birds are also very
important, with species such as the snowy plover, the common loon,
the grey heron, the little egret, cormorants and mallards. There
are reptiles such as the Galician wall lizard or the Iberian newt,
and as for the mammals, the otter, the hedgehog, the genet or
the squirrels all stand out.
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