Parque Nacional de Doñana - Lagoons

Lagoons are distributed widely throughout Parque Nacional de Doñana, the largest ones lying parallel to the coast (Laguna de Santa Olalla, Laguna Dulce, Laguna del Taraje), the smaller ones farther inland (Laguna del Moral, de Navaza del Toro, del Sapo, del Brezo, del Caballo, del Pino, etc.). The lagoons are fringed by clumps of trees - cork- oaks (Quercus suber L.) and pines (Pinus pinea L.) - and by tree heaths (Erica scoparia L.), dwarf gorse (Ulex minor Roth.) and bracken (Pteridium aquilinum L.). The principal water- dwelling species of fauna are marsh frogs (Rana ridibunda), the European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis) and the Caspian turtle (Clemmys caspica leprosa). All the species of duck found in the Fenland frequent the