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Wild animals aren’t in abundance in this area due to the locals’ love of hunting.

If you’re really lucky you may spot wild boar in inland forested areas, but sightings are rare as they will probably hear you coming first and flee. They’ll only attack if you disturb them when they’re with their young.

Take an early morning or dusk walk and you may spot rabbits, foxes and badgers. You’ll also see wild goats in the mountainous areas. At certain times of the year goats are brought down to the villages to eat the weeds and vegetation.

There are many species of bats in Spain, which you’ll often see swooping around the garden just before it gets dark.

There are plenty of birds in this region, from the hungry seagulls at the beach to birds of prey such as eagles, hawks and even vultures in the mountainous areas. You only need to be a few miles inland where you may be fortunate enough to observe a giant bird of prey hovering gracefully on the air currents.

Swifts, swallows, sparrows and even robins (not just at Christmas!) can be spotted in your garden. The swallows often drink from swimming pools at sunset.

If you enjoy bird watching there’s the Costa Blanca bird club at www.costablancabirdclub.com, who run a programme of field trips.

And finally, don’t be fooled by the strange coloured birds you may see flocking in the sky. They are pigeons (palomas), with their wings sprayed bright colours to identify them. Pigeon racing is a big thing in some of the villages in this area, and you’ll often see the Paloma lorry transporting the birds. The birds are released and the locals then chase them from one landing spot to another. This is a highly organised exercise involving walky talkies to contact each other, sporty cars to keep up with the birds (not essential but seems to do the youths’ street cred some good) and the usual Spanish shouting and gusto that takes place at any leisure event.

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