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

The east side of the cape is especially attractive for seabirds because tectonic forces have tilted the 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 shorebirds, also known as Waders.

The long-legged Little Egret is a bird you can spot here year-round but most visiting waders are migrating birds like Common Redshank, Gray Plover, Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Kentish Plover and Eurasian Whimbrel.

Occasionally you may glimpse a flock of Black-winged Stilts gliding by, or notice a Gray Wagtail checking the rocks for small insects or other critters.

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.