The Circeo Park wetlands

Next to the dune and under the lee of it there is a wetland consisting in a series of four Coastal Lakes (Lake of Paola or of Sabaudia, Lake of Caprolace, Lake of the Monaci, and Lake of Fogliano) and of Wetlands, which are seasonally flooded. He scenery is magnificent and magic at the same time. The four coastal lagoons offer a unique and captivating scenery, plunged into a timeless and motionless landscape, among the colors of both countryside and trees that reveal themselves all of a sudden in many small suggestive corners.

The fours lakes and many interconnecting canals together with the grasslands-pastures form a group of territories which has been declared "Wetland of International Interest" according to the Ramsar International Convention (Iran ,1971): the brackish lagoons and the areas which become seasonally marshy, offer an ideal area for the different rest, wintering, or nesting needs of hundreds species of migratory birds.

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The contemporaneous presence of both the lakes’ brackish waters (very rich in fishing species) and the fresh water of bogs and canals actually creates a rich, complex micro-habitat. The three lakes correspond to a real reservoir of biodiversity: during the birds’ migrations, they accommodate hundreds of species, some of which composed of thousands of birds.

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