The Ebro Delta , mine nature
Three flamingos across the sky above the sailboat Butterfly, while popular among mussel . On one of these wooden structures, a man balancing on a beam wild bream fishing without cane, just hanging on the finger wire. "This is to prevent snagging the hook in the nets of mussels ," says Lucas , the captain, his ten passengers, tourists from Barcelona and Valencia to spend a weekend away from the city noise . Downstairs , a small white wooden boat waiting for the fisherman to face weathered by the sun has filled his bucket . Away, sail kite dance in the sky . In addition , the port of Sant Carles de la Rapita seems increasingly small , lurking below the green mountains of the Sierra de Montsiá , while sailing upwind file .
Nearly 2,000 flamingos make their home in the bird sanctuary of the Ebro Delta (Spain). | TOURIST OFFICE TARRAGONE / Terres de l'Ebre
In the extreme south of Catalonia, the Ebro Delta has not seen the tourist development of the rest of the Costa Daurada . A cement plant and a salt mining factory show a desire to favor a time tourism industry . However, this green area dotted with rice fields and inhabited by migratory birds, located around the mouth of the most powerful Spanish River and formed lagoons, dunes and bays full of treasures . So much so that on May 28 , Unesco decided to classify " Biosphere Reserve " .
Nearly 2,000 flamingos make their home in the bird sanctuary of the Ebro Delta (Spain).
Nearly 2,000 flamingos make their home in the bird sanctuary which surrounds the mouth of the Ebro . They are not alone: 330 species have been recorded , including cormorants, kingfishers, the cattle egrets , white or ash swifts , hairy crab and laughing wheatear jostling near the dunes or in the middle of rice fields. The ideal is to observe through the channels and country roads by bicycle and boat, when the weather permits ( until late October ) .
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