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The Iberian Peninsular situated in the South-East of Europe is a land of great ecological wealth. One of these paradises is in Zamora, near the Portuguese border.
Near the village of Villafáfila there are some shallow lagoons surrounded by agricultural land. They do not make for a great view, but they are included in the international agreement on protection of wetlands. The European Union has declared them a Special Protection Area and the Spanish government has classified them as a Nature Reserve. They are of unquestionable value.
The importance of these lagoons for man has changed over the centuries. During the 10th Century they were the only salt-flats in the kingdom of León and were used for this purpose.
Industrialisation and the mechanisation of agriculture in the middle of the 20th Century caused the rural population to shrink drastically. Many villages have a lower population today than at the beginning of the 19th Century.
The times when the salt-flats were the main source of income for the region are long gone by. Today they have no economic value, but they have acquired an enormous ecological value instead. A value which becomes evident with the start of the autumn rains.
After a summer in which they have almost completely dried up, the salt-flats fill up with water again. Nature is preparing them for the arrival of their winter guests; the birds.
Grey-lagged geese, common shelducks and mallards are just some of the multitude of species which choose these salt-flats for their winter residence. Flocks arrive every year from Northern Europe to settle in the few wetlands left on the Iberian Peninsula. They stay there until the following spring, when they go back to their homelands to mate.
Villafáfila is one of the last places in Europe where the great bustard can feel safe. The protection of the eco-system and the prohibition of hunting have given this endangered bird a breathing space.
Like the geese and the cranes, the great bustards have found a place to rest in these salt-water lagoons. The lands which for Man had been a symbol of horrible diseases, have turned out to be a unique and irreplaceable eco-system for many birds, a paradise hidden among the fields of the cold Castilian steppes.
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