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Enebrales Nature Reserve (Punta Umbria)
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Enebrales Nature Reserve
Along three kilometres of coastline stretches
Punta Umbría's Los Enebrales Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty. It consists of 162 hectares of mixed juniper and savin juniper woodland, situated amongst dunes in which live very valued species of animals and
plants.
Amongst its flora predominate the coastal juniper (a plant endemic to Andalusia's Atlantic coast), the savin juniper, the stone pine, the Montpellier cistus, the
mastic tree, the rockrose, rosemary, the blackthorn tree and Portuguese thyme (endemic to sandy coastal areas and in Spain, only found in Huelva). With regard to
fauna, there live – amongst others – species such as the subalpine warbler; the blackcap; the blue tit; the greenfinch; the goldfinch; the Algerian sand racer; the
Spanish sand racer; the fringe-fingered lizard; the ocelated lizard; and the chameleon, in danger of extinction, which finds one of its habitats here (next to the pine
woods of La Redondela and
Isla Cristina
and around Isla Canela).
It's crossed by five boardwalks leading to the beach – that of
playa de los Enebrales, also known as La Mata Negra – which make
for fine walking. What is important is to keep to the path so as not to impact the fragile balance of the ecosystem.
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