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Ría de Foz-Masma

Foz, Mariña Central, Lugo

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Ría de Foz-Masma

Nature · Foz, Mariña Central, Lugo

A Galician natural area listed as a special area of conservation that includes the Masma river from its source in the Sierra do Xistral to its mouth in the Cantabrian Sea, the ría de Foz, and occupies 643.21 hectares across the municipalities of Barreiros, Foz, Lourenzá and Mondoñedo. At the mouth of the ría are notable stands of Spartina maritimus and reed beds of Phragmites australis, along with an endemic species, Cochlearia aestuarica; further inland there are coastal heathlands and peat bogs on calcareous soils. It is a stopover for birds such as the spoonbill and for waders, and a wintering site for ducks, as well as a habitat for Atlantic salmon in the Masma. It was declared a site of Community importance in 2004 and raised to special area of conservation status in 2014.

Photo: Pablo Mañente (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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