Punta Entinas Sabinar

Paraje Natural and Reserve the Punta Entinas-Sabinar houses one of the best-preserved dunes of the peninsula, and offer miles of sandy beach in beautiful virgin.
The vegetation has adapted to the special conditions of this means: sandy soils, high temperatures, water scarcity and high salt concentrations, such as sea lilies, which is notable for its white-coated "hair" to reflect sunlight, thus preventing water loss. In the dunes near the coast dominated by Barron (Anmophila arenaria). This species colonizes the sand with their roots and preventing the movement rests, allowing that other species such as sabina black, lentiscus, etc. definitely set the substrate. To appreciate this series, we understand the formation of a fossil dune ecosystem as Punta Entinas-Sabina, where the abundance of reptiles and the Montpellier snake or lizard horseshoe ocellated. Already on the beach visitors can identify interesting species such as the Audouin's gull, whose colonies are few places in the anthropic pressure.
Performing the path of the Salinas de Cerrillo shows flooded areas in the form of small ponds, marshes and salt pans, where you can see the abundant bird life in these places, like the elegant heron, which is still pending the any fish pass close to harpoon with its long beak, or spoon the duck, which takes its name from the shape of its large beak. Already in the Flemish Charcón between Aeneas and reeds, these peculiar birds build their nests of mud, which consists of placing a single egg. Hatch when both the male and female share the care of the young chick.
In the vicinity of this nature, lies the town of El Ejido, where you can visit the fortified tower of Balerma or Daimún, a mausoleum of a Hispano-Roman family which dates roughly from the end of the third century. You can also hear the remains of archaeological Ciavieja, place of settlement of the Roman town of Murgi and contains remnants of civilizations that inhabited this land since three thousand years BC.

Natural Fact Sheet:

Extension: 1960 Ha
Declaration Date: July 28 1989
Province: Almería
Municipalities: Ejido, Roquetas de Mar

Wildlife Fact Sheet:

Area: 785 Ha
Declaration Date: July 28 1989
Province: Almería
Municipality: Ejido

Source: Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucia.