Weld Daimiel tables are a unique wetland in Europe And the last representative of the ecosystem called river tables, once characteristic of the central plain of our peninsula. It is a complex ecosystem that combines the characteristics of a flood plain, produced by the landing of the Guadiana and Gigüela rivers in their congregation, with that of a groundwater dismissal from a large water -bearing layer.
Bear these floods, favored by the shortage of slope in the field corresponded to the development of a powerful and characteristic vegetation coverage That forms an exceptional habitat for all fauna related to the aquatic environment.
With the statement of the National Park, a big step was taken in the preservation of One of the most valuable ecosystems in La ManchaThis causes the survival of the Avifauna that uses these areas as a wintering, mancada and nest area, creating an integral area of water birds.
Daimiel Tables: Birds, Walks and a beautiful Wetland
He Daimiel National Park, in the province of Ciudad RealThis holy week has become an authentic Eden and nowadays he receives thousands of visitors attracted to the improvement that the swampland of Manchego has experienced, which in December has flooded around more than 1,000 hectares of the surface, which shed thousands of water birds.
He Number of visits to the Daimiel tables has begun to photograph in recent weeksUntil the point that more than 6,000 people were counted in one day, according to sources from the national park.
This year’s level of visits could be approached at the end of the year the historical register of visits of 2010, when the park registered 398,740 people by overflowing full water as a result of an intense wet period, which motivated that many decided to enjoy the wetland.
He Last year the Manchego Wetland of Tablas registered the Daimiel 153,541 tourists compared to 108,460 of the previous yearWhat 41.5% more visitors meant, according to the data from the Ministry of Ecological transition and demographic challenge (Miteco).
In the past three years, the tables of Daimiel They have registered more than 100,000 tourists every year, although the 150,000 were exceeded in 2024 Despite the bad situation presented by the park at the end of December With only 60 hectares flooded with the 1,734 hectares that form the flood surface, which meant 3% of the total area.
Placement March Van Noodputten last December to prevent mobile fires and to guarantee the wintering of water birdsTogether with the natural contributions that the tables receive from the Gigüela -River, a large part of the flooded wetland and a unique moment to visit it, Alejandro Del Moral, manager ‘Caminos del Guadiana’, explained an ecotoerism company that, together with ‘Manchego -Tours’.
Much more than holes
Del Moral has noticed that the at the latest in the press of the good condition in which the park is located “They have shot the calls of people of people who are interested in visiting visitors.
«People who have never come, and people who have come and have seen the driest daimiel tables, they want to visit; And we are pleased to accompany them like that Enjoy a wetland that when the water has, offers the best of itselfBut that we should not forget that it is still very threatened by the over -exploitation of the Aquifer that supports it and has suffered the chronic drought since the 1980s, “he said.
To have More than 50% of the surface of the flooded park has said, it is “a real madness” And it means having more alternatives to visit the park and to democate the tours outside of public use areas. “Now we can not only visit the surroundings of the island of the pan, but we can also move to the area of the Width Tower that is flooded by the Gigüela river and which gives another vision of the park,” he said.
Del Moral indicated that The following months will be a good time to visit the parkBecause they coincide with the breeding of water birds, which will be very good this year, so that it is better to enjoy the observation of birds.
He also said that this now the Start of the breeding season, «In Daimiel Tables there is a unique opportunity to see birds in courtshipEnjoy their spectacular posts and even observe them with their chicks, as is the case of geese at the moment, “he said. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM