INDEX

• Introduction

• Geographical location

• Fauna

• Flora

• Surrounding areas

INTRODUCTION

Doñana Natural Park is considered the largest nature reserve in Europe. During the winter its large expanse of marshes hosts numerous species of waterfowl, up to 200,000 each year. Very close to Doñana there are other natural areas, even outside the national park boundaries, that share similar landscapes and which are the habitats of a wide variety of plants and animal species. The Nature Reserve includes areas of the provinces of Cádiz, Huelva and Seville.

Doñana is a mosaic of ecosystems. The park as a whole comprises three distinct ecosystems: the marshes, the Mediterranean scrublands and the coastal mobile dunes with their beaches.

This is a meeting point for several different biological worlds: Mediterranean and Atlantic, Eurasian and African, fluvial, terrestrial and marine.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

Doñana National Park is a Spanish protected area located in Andalusia and is one of the most beautiful spots in Europe.

FAUNA

Doñana National Park is a stopping point for thousands of birds on their migrations from Europe to Africa.Doñana is well known for its enormous variety of bird species, either permanent residents, winter visitors from north and central Europe or summer visitors from Africa. Some endangered mammals such as the lynx also inhabit this area. In the following pictures we will see some of the most important species found here.

Birds

Flamingos: these migratory birds are one of the most important attractions of this nature reserve, home to many endangered species.

• The Imperial Eagle Doñana has one of the

world's largest colonies of Spanish imperial eagles

Its diet is based on vertebrates: small mammals (rabbits), birds, and reptiles.

It is in serious danger of extinction due to its dependence on forest biotopes. Hunting and power lines are factors that contribute to their extinction

Mammals

The Lynx is considered the world's most endangered feline. The scarce remaining specimens of the lynx live in the southeast half of the Iberian Peninsula,.

FLORA

• The flora is very diverse and associated with the different ecosystems.

• In the north there are forests of oaks and pines, eucalyptus, etc.

• In the following pictures we will see some dominant species.

Stone pine: This is an extremely robust tree that can reach 30 meters in height. Its growth is usually slow and it can live to an age of about 300 hundred years old.

• The cork oak: is a medium-sized tree, evergreen, native to Europe and northern Africa and anthropomorphically widespread as the exploitation of its bark is used to obtain cork

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Andrea Martos y Marta Castro 4ºC