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Description
The Altiplano de Azoia is a windswept dry limestone plateau with wildflowers including gum cistus, green heather, yellow centaury and allseed. Butterflies; swallowtail, Spanish swallowtail. Reptiles; skinks, lizards and whiptail snakes. Mammals; beech marten, Schreiber's bat, horsehoe bats and genet.
Due north from the lighthouse (star mark on the map) there is a display of fossilised dinosaur footprints.
Breeding birds include pipíška chochlatá, shrikes, prepelica poľná, strnádka lúčna, škovránik stromový, penica sivá, penica hnedá and strnádka svrčivá. From the western headland at Cabo Espichel, sula biela, víchrovník plavý, Víchrovník plavý (skup.) and víchrovník baleársky pass by, and sokol sťahovavý, dážďovník plavý, skaliar modrý and žľtochvost domový breed on the cliffs. Also dážďovník skalný, orol jastrabovitý and škorec jednofarebný can be seen in the area.
The area is on a prime migration route. Expect sokol ostrovný, drozd kolohrivec, kulík vrchovský and ľabtuška veľká.
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Access
The Altiplano de Azoia is west of Azoia town. Car parking indicated on the map below. Click on the P in the map to get directions.