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Parc Natural de S'Albufera
The most important wetland reserve in the balearic Islands attracts 200 species of migrant and resident birds, and an audience of bird watchers
S'Albufera de Mallorca is a wetland area, which, until the 18th century was a swamp. Much of it was drained for agriculture to create the fertile farmland that still exists around Sa Pobla today. The British owned New Majorca land company built the network of canals in the 19th century, and the land was subsequently used for growing rice and harvesting reeds for paper manufacture. It was only in 1988, as the sprawling tourist development of Port d’Alcudia began to spread south, that the Balearic government declared S’Albufera a natural park.
Cars are not allowed in the reserve - access to the park is by foot or bicycle via the Pont dels Anglesos (Englishmen's Bridge) and the entry is free, but permission must be obtained from the Park Reception Centre. Here you can pick up a map and a list of recent bird sightings, and look into the small museum with its audiovisual displays of birds. There are footpaths and cycle paths around the reserve, but most visitors stick to a short circuit around Sa Roca, with bird watchers hides overlooking a lagoon. Among the species that breed here are ospreys, kestrels, night herons, red-crested pochard and purple gallinule.
Visiting Hours: - 9:00 h to 19:00 h from April 1 to September 30. –
9:00 h to 17:00 h from October 1 to March 31.
