Mallorca’s rugged heritage, shared with all humanity
UNESCO declared the Serra de Tramuntana a World Heritage Site in 2011. Its majestic landscape, rich in culture, earned this recognition not only for its obvious beauty but for the way traditional Mallorcan society transformed the original environment to…
The Torrent de Pareis in Hollywood
It is no news that the Balearic Islands’ landscapes win praise from everyone who comes to see them. Since the last century many well-known figures have described them as unique and extraordinary – and all within easy reach, with no ocean to cross. Foto:…
Sa Pobla’s elderly residents visit s’Albufera
On 18 February, residents of the Huialfàs care home in Sa Pobla visited the natural park. It was a lovely morning full of memories: many of them had not been to s’Albufera for years, and some had never set foot there. Foto: Miquel1004, Wikimedia Commons,…
A catalogued stone pine falls at Planícia, Banyalbufar
This week’s heavy rain brought down one of the catalogued stone pines (Pinus pinea) on the Planícia public estate in Banyalbufar, in the Serra de Tramuntana. There were originally four, included in the catalogue of singular trees in 2004; together they…
Mondragó Natural Park’s 22nd anniversary
By bike around the park Foto: AlbertoDV, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 One of the activities we organised for the anniversary of the Park’s declaration (15 November 2014) was a bike ride through the inland, northern part of the protected area. From the…
Dune planting at Es Comú with IES Joan Taix
Between the s’Albufera wetland and the sea lie the beach and the dunes. Plants hold the sand brought by the currents under very harsh conditions: wind, salt, strong sun and little moisture in the sandy soil. In summer the coast also comes under enormous…
The water mills of Sa Marjal
On 15 November we organised a walk through Sa Marjal of Muro and Sa Pobla and a visit to a wind-powered water pump (Vinromà estate, Muro). The aim was to discover the island’s most fertile farmland, reclaimed from s’Albufera over centuries, to understand…
From the cave up to Puig de Sant Martí
On the first Saturday of November we organised a walk along paths outside the boundaries of s’Albufera park but closely linked to it historically: the Camí de Poblenou, used by the first inhabitants of Gatamoix – the farming colony founded by the English…
Have you ever heard bats? Listening to the bats of s’Albufera and s’Albufereta
Bats are among the least known mammals of our islands. To get to know them better, last October we organised two guided night walks, one at s’Albufera and one at s’Albufereta. We learnt a lot about their biology and, with the right equipment, could hear…
A big push on the Cibollar Gran islet
Over three days in August, three groups of scouts from PIOCAM 2014 came to s’Albufera to do environmental volunteering. From different parts of Mallorca, Valencia and Catalonia, these young people worked on enlarging and preparing the new nesting islet…