LOCATION: Municipality ofValdoviño, about 17 kilometres
from Ferrol.
SURFACE AREA: 490 hectares.
ACCESS: Ferrol-Valdoviño-Cedeira C-646 road.
SERVICES: Accommodation: Yes. Food: Yes.
M.A.N.: Bird-watching observatories.
The beach of A Frouxeira covers about three kilometres on the Atlantic
front and is exposed to strong waves and undercurrents. Its size and
the comfort of its dunes in front of the sea winds give it a well-deserved
reputation. Behind the sand expanse, the Valdoviño lagoon,
also known as A Frouxeira, takes shelter in an angle. It penetrates
into the interior for one and half kilometre, in a straight line,
parallel to a local track. On the other side, witchgrass and rush
abound. It is mostly narrow and shallow, but highly dynamical. In
winter, the activity of the lagoon increases with the numerous colonies
of water birds that visit the place.
FLORA: Marshy vegetation and colonised dunes.
FAUNA: Hibernating colonies of aquatic birds: Coots
(Fulica atra), Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos), Gadwalls (Anas
strepera), and plovers: Dunlins (Calidris alpina). |