Cabo de la Huerta sports a Mediterranean climate (dry, warm summers and mild winters) with an associated fauna.

The south and east sides of the cape are especially attractive for seabirds because tectonic forces have tilted a limestone layer horizontally.
Here long fingers of rock, separated by parallel shallow channels extend into the sea.
There are a couple of flat plateaus that become submerged at high tide, thus serving a continually refreshed banquet for hungry birds.

Most birds you see here are gulls, but other water loving birds also make a presence, like Great Cormorant, Common Shag, White-Breasted Cormorant and Common Kingfisher.

A comprehensive guide of all fauna and flora in the Alicante region is here.
See this list for all birds observed at the Cape.

The photographs are from April 2024 through December 2025..