2. INDEX
• Introduction
• Geographical location
• Fauna
• Flora
• Surrounding areas
3. 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.
4. 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.
6. 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.
9. • 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
10. 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,.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. • 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
