[3]Only a 40-minute boat ride away from Majorca [4] sits the island of Cabrera [5], the fourth largest in the Balearic Islands [6], and the heart of an important nature reserve. The Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Cabrera [7] is the best example of unchanged insular ecosystems in the Spanish Mediterranean, home to a rich variety of marine and terrestrial flora and fauna, including a large number of species endemic to the Balearic Islands [8], not a few of which are only found in the archipelago and its waters. Access to it is limited to 200 visitors a day (300 in August), and planning ahead is strongly recommended, whether you intend to take the golondrina or visit in your own boat. Read more [9] or visit Cabrera [10].

The star feature of Cabrera [11] is its remarkable birdlife (in addition to being a national park, the archipelago is classified as a ZEPA, area of special protection for birds). Of these, seabirds are the most important group, including Audouin's gull, yellow-legged gull, Cory's shearwater, Balearic shearwater, European shag and hundreds of pairs of storm petrels. Although it is said that "the resources cannot support a great number of animals," and "the food chains are fairly simple with few predators," Cabrera [12]'s birds of prey include osprey, peregrine falcon and the rare Eleonara's falcon, which seems like quite enough predators to me, especially from a seabirdy point-of-view. Read more [13].