BALDAIO-RAZO
 
  
 
Baldaio is known for its huge ecological value since this humid area
is a refuge for thousands of birds in the migratory routes
of Autumn and Spring.
 
National Natural Area 

Baldaio is a 4 km long beach formed by a long sand bank, dunes and a lake. There is a high wealth of aquatic birds counting with more than 33 different species. The biggest European colonies of Charadrius alexandrinus can be found in Baldaio as well. 
  
Baldaio-Razo natural area is a habitat for mammals like the Lutra lutra, Meles meles or the Vulpes vulpes, which uses to go to the beach looking for remains of food left by the sea. Other animals of Baldaio are reptiles like Lacerta lepida, Vipera seoanei and amphibious like the Hyla arborea 
  
Baldaio's botanic variety includes the rough Phragmites australis and Juncus maritimus, and aquatic plants like the Typha latifolia. The dunes shelter as well the Atlantic Linaria polygalifolia subsp. polygalifolia, and the Omphalodes littoralis subsp. gallaecica, only found in the northwest of Galicia. 

 
 
 
The historical Monte Neme 

The Neme mountain rises from the village of Razo providing a wide view of Baldaio, Malpica and the Sisargas Isles, Buno, Carballo, and, far away in the north-east, the Cape Prior in Ferrol. Neme and Baldaio's sky is watched over by the Corvus corax and Falco peregrinus. 
  
According to history, early Galicians chose this place for religious rites, as it is pointed out by the place name " Neme " that means sacred in the old Galician-Celtic language. In the summit of the mountain there was a cromlech known as "Eira das Meigas" (land of witches), about which traditional tales say that the stones were used as seats for the witches who met there. The stone circle was destroyed in the wolfram mining works during the II World War.