The Cíes Islands hosted a guide dog training session organized by ONCE over the past few days. The dogs used the paths and boardwalks of the archipelago to continue their training in an environment different from the one they are normally used to.
To amplify informationOns Island continues to be one of the main tourist attractions of the Pontevedra estuary. Between January and July 2026, it received 72,913 visitors, more than one thousand above the figure recorded during the same period last year. Visitor numbers remain within the National Park's regulated access model, with a maximum of 1,300 visitors per day to prevent overcrowding.
To amplify informationMore than 15,000 conyza shoots were removed from the Cíes Islands during conservation actions carried out as part of the environmental volunteer camps of the Atlantic Islands National Park.
Cortegada Island hosted an environmental volunteering day last 9 August, in which young people interested in learning about and contributing to the conservation of this area of the National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia took part.
The islands of Sálvora and Ons now have new information signage for the Life Insular project. The new panels provide visitors with information about the conservation actions being carried out on these islands and about the objectives of the project.
On July 1, 2002, Law 15/2002 was approved, declaring the Maritime-Terrestrial National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia, the main protected natural area that encompasses the Natura 2000 areas of Galicia included in the LIFE INSULAR project.
As a continuation of the synergies established between the LIFE INSULAR and LIFE On Machair projects, a drone flight was carried out in Lurgabrack Nature Reserve, in the Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC, with the aim of strengthening the technical exchange between both projects and...
To amplify informationOn the beaches and rocky areas of the Cíes Islands archipelago (Galicia), very close to the LIFE INSULAR action areas, a massive arrival of thousands of Henslow's swimming crabs (Polybius henslowii), a swimming crustacean that can be...
During the spring of 2026, new technical monitoring drone flights were conducted in Murvagh (Co. Donegal), within Donegal Bay SAC (Ireland), to assess the progress of the...
To amplify informationDuring the spring of 2026, new technical monitoring drone flights were conducted in Lurgabrack (Co. Donegal), within Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC (Ireland), to assess the...
To amplify informationDuring the spring of 2026, new technical monitoring drone flights were conducted in the Ards Forest Park area (Co. Donegal), within Sheephaven SAC (Ireland), to assess the progress of the...
To amplify informationA new monitoring and ringing action was carried out in the Maritime-Terrestrial National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia for the sand plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) in the Cíes Islands, a species closely linked to the conservation of island habitats.
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