Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park

Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park
Parque Natural de la Bahía de Cádiz
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Caño de Sancti Petri from Chiclana and San Fernando at the end
Map of Spain
Location	Cádiz Province, Andalusia, Spain
Nearest city	San Fernando
Coordinates	36.4732°N 6.17°W / 36.4732; -6.17[1]
Area	10,522 hectares (26,000 acres)
Established	1989
Bahia de Cadiz
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Bahía de Cádiz
Designated	24 October 2002
Reference no.	1265[2]

Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park (Parque Natural de la Bahía de Cádiz) is a 10,522-hectare (26,000-acre) natural park located in the province of Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain). It was established in 1989.[3]

Nature

Located at the mouth of the Guadalete river, it consists of marshland, beaches, reed and sand dunes. It has many types of shrubs and bushes, and ocean pine.

Recreational activities include bird watching, sailing, windsurfing and hiking.

It has been designated a Site of Community Importance.[4] Animals that can be found include solan goose, stork, cormorant, great crested grebe, seagull, flamingo, tern, sea eagle and avocet. The park is a Special Protection Area (Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves, ZEPA)[5]

Gallery

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  Valdelagrana
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  Salt traps
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  Biking
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  Los Toruños

References

1. "Bahia de Cadiz Nature Park". Protected Planet. Retrieved 20 May 2019.^[permanent dead link‍]
2. "Bahía de Cádiz". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. "Parque Natural de la Bahía de Cádiz". Consejería de Medioambiente (in Spanish). Junta de Andalucía. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
4. "Formularios oficiales de los Lugares de Importancia Comunitaria (LIC) en Andalucía". Consejería de Medio Ambiente de Andalucía (in Spanish). Junta de Andalucía. 2000. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
5. "Formularios oficiales de las Zonas de Especial Protección para las Aves (ZEPA) en Andalucía". Consejería de Medio Ambiente de Andalucía (in Spanish). Junta de Andalucia. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

External links

• Official site at Junta de Andalucía
• [1] at This is Andalucia