Tablas de Daimiel National Park
Floodplain wetland of reeds and fen-sedge on the La Mancha plain
Where the Guadiana brings fresh water and its tributary the Gigüela brings brackish water, Tablas de Daimiel forms a wetland of reed beds, fen-sedge and Chara meadows. It is the smallest of Spain's national parks, set on the arid La Mancha plain in Ciudad Real.
Things to do
- WildlifeWatch for purple herons, great bitterns and red-crested pochards among the reed beds
- Try thisLook for ducks and geese passing through on migration
- Try thisSearch the water's edge for European tree frogs, Perez's frog and grass snakes in spring and summer
- WildlifeSpot otters, water voles and red foxes around the wetland
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Chara grasslands
Locally called "ovas", they can form an almost continuous carpet underwater.