Just over an hour’s sail from Mallorca, the Cabrera Archipelago is the best example of undisturbed island ecosystems in the Spanish Mediterranean. Since 1991, the National Maritime-Terrestrial Park has sheltered all the natural wealth of this set of calcareous islands and islets: important colonies of seabirds, endemic species and one of the best preserved seabeds on our coastline.
In this Park, woody shrubs with small, leathery leaves predominate, forming the garrigue, a thicket perfectly adapted to the rigors of the Mediterranean climate, there are several endemisms: Balearic astragalus (Astragalus balearicus), blonde (Rubia angustifolia ssp. cespitosa) , fly swallowers (Dracunculus muscivorum), Balearic hypericon (Hypericum balearicum), etc. It constitutes an important stopover point on the migratory route of more than 150 species of birds, both in the spring and autumn passage. They are neighbors of the islands from the Audouin’s gull (Larus audouini) to the Eleonora’s falcon (Falco eleonorae). The seabed also represents a very important part of the Park, with more than 200 species of fish and numerous endemic invertebrates.
Source: https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/red-parques-nacionales/nuestros-parques/cabrera/
