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THE LAGUNA OF S’ENA ARRUBIA
The Village Camping faces the marvelous Laguna of S’Ena
Arrubia, which ranks as an Oasis of protected fauna, as a Site
of European Interest, and was declared protected Humid Zone at
the Covention of Ramsar in 1977.
The Convention of Ramsar was the first true intergovernamental
treaty with a global goal regarding the conservation and management
of natural ecosystems. It was born from the need to invert the
process of transformation and destruction of humid zones that are
the prime habitats for water-birds that have to bridge quite specific
migratory routes through various states and continents in order
to reach in every season the different sites for building a nest,
for sojourn, and for wintering.
The Oasis S’Ena Arrubia, the remnant of the inland swamps
of Sassu that was quite ample before it was reclaimed, has a surface
of around 300 hectares, has a rich ichtiological fauna that induced
its use as a fishpond.
The entire laguna is surrounded by thick vegetation composed of
Salicornia, Sea Rush, and Cordgrass.
Very important is the presence of marshy birds as well: the Purple
Swamphen, Pink Flamingo, Coot, Osprey, and the Great White Heron.
"The last born in Laguna S'Ena Arrubia January 2010"
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Salicornia – Salicornia Fruticosa |
Small perennial shrub, reaching maximum height
of 1 m., dark green in color ( colors to red in autumn ),
branched, with numerous branches superimposed in front of
eachother, woody at the base and fleshier at the top, built
up from a series of cilindrical articles with a few millimeters’ length.
The leaves are fleshy and reconverge like the trunk, while
fluttery at the base; the flowers are similar and come are
grouped in threes. Flowering usually takes place in July-August. |
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Sea rush – Juncus Maritimus |
Shrubby perennial plant with
rigid green trunk and cilindrical, pungent leaves. Inflorescence
is also green, with yellow or green flowers; its fruit is
an olie-brown colored capsule. |
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Cordgrass– Spartina Maritima |
Perennial plant with straight
trunks of 30 to 70 cm. altitude. It has whitish roots, smooth
leaves that are dark green and pungent.
The flowers are arranged in ears, pressed against eachother
in series of 8 to 10 cm. Flowers from July to September. |
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Pink Flamingo – Phoenicopterus
Ruber |
The pink flamingo is an amazingly social bird
that lives and procreates in big flocks. It visits shallow
laguna’s and inland waters; it builds its nest from
mud on islands of sand and clay.
It has a characteristic beak, pink and black at the tip,
bent downwards, that it uses as a sieve to push away the
water as it fishes out the organisms on which it feeds through
special seperators.
The pink flamingo, sole species that nests in Europe as
well, is recognized by its white-pink coloring which becomes
more intense on its wings, by its long pink legs and long
neck. |
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Purple Swamphen – Porphyrio Porphyrio |
It is one of the prettiest inhabitants of
the humid Mediterranean zones.
It is unmistakable for its dark blue and purple plumage
with turquoise reflections, and white under its tail; also
for its red beak and its claws with brilliant red fingers.
It is a bird strongly tied to swamp life, and particularly
where reed abounds. Here it nests in the middle of vegetation,
where it leaves between 2 and 6 eggs.
It is a severely protected species, inasmuch as the ever
more frequent projects to reclaim land, as well as the excesses
of hunting, have reduced the purple swamphen to the risk
of extinction. |
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Coot– Fulica Atra |
Marshy habitat bird that is easily recognized
by its black body, white beak and white spot on its forehead;
its feet have extended fingers connected by membrane that
render the coot an excellent swimmer.
It lives in humid zones surrounded by swamp reed, and it
feeds on plants and molluscs.
It builds its nests between the reed, from which it is constructed,
together with water plants: it lays between 6 and 15 eggs
that are brooded for approximately 3 weeks. |
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Osprey – Pandion Haliaetus |
Famous for the regal way in which it captures
fish, the osprey is a marvelous bird that is typical for
humid zones.
It is recognized for the contrast between its brown backside
and its white belly, that is only interrupted by its brown-tipped
wings, some dark spots on its stomach, as well as the irregular
dark streak on the side of its chest. Its head is entirely
white, apart from the black stripe that runs from the eyes
sideways down to the base of its beak. |
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Great White Heron – Egretta Alba |
It comes across with an elongated and slender
body, thin neck, and long legs; its plumage is entirely white
and unchangeable through the whole year. Its beak is generally
yellow, its legs blackish or off-yellow at their base.
In the mating season the beak becomes black and the legs
take a yellow-orange coloring.
Its eyes are yellow and crowned by a green ring.
The White Heron is an able hunter that feeds primarily on
fish: when it hunts, it bends its head sideways so as to
avoid the reflection of the sun in the water, while it moves
the water with its legs to scare the prey, stretching its
neck immediately to make the catch when it spots it.
It is generally quiet, screams when taking off for flight,
but becomes noisier when it finds itself in flock, or in
the company of other birds. |
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