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Collados del Asón Natural Park

October 16, 2023 by clive

Region: Cantabria
Nearest village: Soba, Asón
Declared a Natural Park: 2006
Park surface area: 4,740 hectares

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A unique area of great interest the Collados del Asón Natural Park is located in an area that has traditionally been scarcely populated and is characterized by its limestone outcrops, small beech forests and unique Cantabrian oak groves along with man-made meadows for livestock use.

The small neighborhood of Asón (in the municipality of Soba) is the only population center that is within the limits of the park.

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Santoña Victoria y Joyel Natural Park

October 16, 2023 by clive

The Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Natural Park is an estuary in Cantabria, protected as a natural park. It is one of the wetlands of most ecological value in the north of Spain

Region: Cantabria.
Province: Cantabria.
Declared a Natural Park:
Park surface area: 6,500 hectares.
Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
ZEPA (Special Area for Bird Protection).

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The Santoña Victoria y Joyel Natural Park is an estuary in Cantabria, protected as a natural park. It is one of the wetlands of most ecological value in the north of Spain. It is used as a winter refuge and migratory passage by many species of birds.

The marshes are formed by the Asón River and the park occupies over 6,500 hectares distributed among the municipalities of Argoños, Bárcena de Cicero, Colindres, Escalante, Laredo, Limpias, Noja, Santoña and Voto.

Macizo de Peña Cabarga Natural Park

October 16, 2023 by clive

Region: Cantabria
Towns and Villages: Medio Cudeyo, Liérganes, Penágos and Villaescusa
Declared a Natural Park: 1989
Park surface area: 2,588 hectares

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Although the Macizo de Peña Cabarga Natural Park has been a protected area since 1989 it unfortunately lost this protection in 2005 due to the lack of plans and regulations needed. Various administrations have blamed each other and as of the writing of this article the area lays in a type of limbo waiting for clarification of its status.

Iberian spiny toad – Bufo spinosus – Sapo comun Ibérico

October 12, 2023 by clive

Iberian common toad - Bufo spinosus - Sapo comun Ibérico

A relatively large toad with a total maximum length of about 21cm, though males are rather smaller at 9-10cm and the average female is 15cm. The head is longer than wide, with a short rounded snout, and the area between the eyes is either flat or concave. The tympanum is barely visible, measuring about half the diameter of the eye. The fingers are short, the third being the longest, followed by the the first and then the second and fourth, these latter two being of equal length. There are two tubercles on the palms. The toes are relatively long and flattened.

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