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Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo Graeca)
RANGE: E Balklands south of Danube to Macedonia, European Turkey, Islands of Thasos, Samothrace, Euboa & Sicily, Italy, S. Spain, N Africa, Asia Minor & Middle East to Iran.
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN
1969 - Set up as a National Park
1981 - Biosphere Reserve
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.

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Pete Oxford/ Wild Wonders of Europe, +46 8-583 518 31, info@wild-wonders.com, www.wild-wonders.com
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Coto Donana, Spain
Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo Graeca)<br /> RANGE: E Balklands south of Danube to Macedonia, European Turkey, Islands of Thasos, Samothrace, Euboa & Sicily, Italy, S. Spain, N Africa, Asia Minor & Middle East to Iran.<br /> Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br /> 1969 - Set up as a National Park<br /> 1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br /> 1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br /> 1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br /> 1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br /> The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.