Turisme d’Elx :: Wildlife

El Hondo Nature Park

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This park is part of what used to be the Elche Lagoon, almost completely drained from the 18th century onwards. Today there are two regulatory irrigation reservoirs around which are a series of ponds and salt marshes and these in turn are surrounded by fields and palm plantations that together form a unique landscape. The area has been a Nature Park since 1988 and is on the RAMSAR wetlands convention lists and is classified as a Special Protection Area for Birds, or ZEPA.
El Hondo’s landscape is dominated by ditch weed (Phragmites australis), while there are fragmentary reed beds of Juncus spp. reeds while spatices (Limonium spp.) occupy the driest and saltiest areas together with marsh samphire and salton sea-blite.
Routes through El Hondo

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