Cies islands

Cies Islands form an archipelago in the Galician Rias. They are three islands: North or Monteagudo, Middle or South or do Faro and San Martino. The first two are joined by an artificial beach. They were declared a nature reserve in 1980 and are included in the National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia established in 2002. In February 2007 the British newspaper The Guardian chose the beach of Rhodes, on the island of Monteagudo, as "the best beach in the world."Deshacer cambios


In 1980 the Cies islands were declared a natural park because of its high natural value of this space and the rapid deterioration that was suffering from humanas.En activities July 2002 creating the National Maritime-Terrestrial Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia, formed by a group of islands, islands and islets that are the Cies, Ons, Sálvora, Noro, Vionta, Cortegada and Malveiras. The park has a terrestrial and maritime. Cies in underwater fishing is forbidden since 1992. Since 1988 the islands have the added consideration of SPAs (Special Protection Area for Birds). National parks are natural areas recently transformed by human action. In the Cies are excluded, therefore, all activities that disturb or endanger the stability of ecosystems.




Flora:
The scrub consists mainly of native species such as gorse, broom, asparagus, the spurge or rock rose. The forest is one that has undergone major changes, because native species have disappeared as a fig tree and others like the Pyrenean areas have been reduced to almost testimonials, to be replanted with pine and eucalyptus almost a quarter of the park area. Strong winds high in salts hinder, in turn, development of trees. In the area of ​​the lagoon is typical of marsh vegetation such as reeds.

Fauna:
22,000 pairs of gulls is the dominant species in Cies. There are many other species of raptors, pigeons, petrels, pelicans, doves, woodpeckers and other birds of different species of birds clases.Muchos hibernate or rest on their migrations. Rabbit, hedgehog, otter are the only wild mammals with some presence today. There are also field mice, shrews and bats, and some other species of small size and a lesser amount.