Protection Status
The protection designation aims to conserve an extensive, continuous, and largely undisturbed wetland area surrounding Fitjaá, where marshes and fens alternate across the landscape. The designation seeks to protect habitats and ecosystem types, while strengthening the conservation of rare or threatened species.
The objectives of the reserve also include maintaining species diversity, preserving ecological processes, promoting a favourable conservation status for species, and supporting education about the wetland environment.
The reserve plays a diverse ecological role and serves as an important habitat for plant and bird species. It also helps to reduce the effects of flooding and pollution, while improving the water quality of freshwater systems flowing through the area.
The wetland soils are organic, rich in carbon, and have high water-retention capacity. The dominant vascular plant species are common sedge (Carex nigra) and yellow sedge (Carex viridula), which together form one of the most extensive marsh vegetation communities in the area. A variety of other wetland vegetation communities and aquatic plants are also present.
The sedge marsh ecosystem, which forms the principal wetland habitat of the reserve, holds very high conservation value.
At the mouth of Fitjaá, visitors can also find diverse birdlife, and particular emphasis is placed on preserving the ecological integrity of this unspoilt wetland system.
The reserve covers an area of approximately 0.88 km².