WILDLIFE COSTA BLANCA
Where is all the wildlife in Spain's Costa Blanca ?
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Costa Blanca Wildlife - Costa Blanca Birdlife |
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Pictured above birdlife at Santa Pola salt lakes and Mar Menor, and right a "proper" lizard spotted on the way to the Crevillente tea house. |
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Vital facts : in the wildlife scheme of things.
The Spanish Community of Valenciana has around 22 natural parks (parcs naturales) and 8 protected landscapes (paisajes protegidos), around eight of these natural parks and three of the protected landscapes fall in the Costa Blanca region.
In the Costa Blanca of Spain ..
The eight natural parks are
El-Montgó, Serro de Mariola, Font Roja, Serra Gelada
El Hondo, Salinas de Santa Pola, Laguna de La Mata & Penyal d'Ifac.
The protected landscapes are Puig Campana, Serra del Maigmó & Serra del Sit.
I mention this not because these are all actual nature reserves, where the wildlife is protected ... but these could possibly be places where one could imagine some chance of an abundance of wildlife. There is so much countryside here in the Costa Blanca ... there has to be wildlife somewhere .. right ?
I have to admit that I have not been to all these Costa Blanca places yet.
But I'm willing to bet that if the likes of the wide open spaces of Guadalest, Calblanque (just outside the Costa Blanca), the area near the caves of Busot and all the other places we have visited in 5 years in Spain are anything to go by ... the rest of these places are going to be the same ... no wildlife ... no birdlife ... nothing ... unless you have microscopic binoculars with which to spot the wildlife or birdlife.
Alarming lack of wildlife in the Costa Blanca ...
Ever since I was a lad, wildlife has been an interest. To see - for example - a snake in its natural habitat, here in Spain is an ambition (BTW: I do have others). I know, a snakes a snake ... but the difference between seeing a snake in the wild and seeing one in an glass aquarium somewhere ... it's just not quite the same now ... is it ?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not one to plonk myself in a hide somewhere with a ration of sustainable's for days on end, waiting & watching wildlife ... it should be natural ...
And there's the point : a lot of these places in Spain's Costa Blanca ... claim to actually have wildlife, but you never actually see the wildlife ... naturally ... if you get my drift.
In my experience so far of places in the Costa Blanca ... only the Santa Pola salt lakes can lay claim to BE an ACTUAL nature reserve ... where you can at least see the wildlife (birds in this case) in the whole of the Costa Blanca.
Example : most of the tourist destinations out in the countryside will display signs ... supposedly inferring that this is the wildlife of the area. The one on the left is from the Fonts de l'Algar and the pictures show Hawks Eagles and even Vultures ...
Is all this wildlife kept in a zoo somewhere ?
I have seen these wildlife signs at various other places we have visited (this being the only photo I had) ...
BUT ... any sign of this wildlife ... no.
Bird life Costa Blanca - Spain ...
On our urbanisation we have a birdbath (come drinking pot) which is kept filled ... try it ... it works wonders, and quite often you can see Finches, Wagtails, Tits, Collared Doves, Blackbirds and Robins using this watering hole. One point worth a mention ...
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