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Brazo Del Este Natural Area in Seville is located 20 km. south of Seville in the Guadalquivir river estuary area. This is an area with one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the entire Iberian Peninsula. This former brazo or branch of the Guadalquivir is located to the este or east of the river. It is now a reed-fringed lagoon and wetland area surrounded by rice plains and farmland.
Features of Brazo Del Este Natural Area in Seville
- Brazo Del Este Natural Area in Seville is simply awesome if you consider the ornithological richness of the place.
- Till now, a whooping variety of over 230 species of birds have been recorded here.
- The place deserves special mention for its high numbers of waterfowl especially during the time of winter.
- During the times of drought, birds from the nearby Doñana National Park flock here.
- Within the protected area, Isla Menor is located.
- It is an island and it was created when the Brazo del Este became cut off from the Guadalquivir River.
- The vegetation comprises mainly of reedbeds, rushes and reedmace, which fringe the lagoon.
- The area is surrounded by fields of rice paddies and it is a rich source of food for the birds flocking to here.
- Bitterns, glossy ibises, egrets, spoonbills and purple, night and squacco herons are the most common types among the most plentiful species here.
- Purple gallinules can be spotted easily and in huge numbers.
- During the winter months, the species of waterfowl rules the area.
- There are great reed warblers and Savi's warblers in the reedbeds.
- There are little crakes and spotted crakes around the border of the wetland.
- You can find the rare red-knobbed coot breeds.
- Brazo Del Este Natural Area in Seville is easily accessible. You can take the Exit 2, Los Palacios de Villafranca or Exit 3, Las Cabezas de San Juan from the A4 Sevilla to Cádiz motorway which provides access to the area which is situated west of the A4.
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