Calich Pond

The Calich is pond among the coastal wetlands of Alghero and Sardinia.
It overlooks the, extending from the outskirts of the city behind Maria Pia beach to the hamlet of Fertilia, before which it is connected to the Sardinian Sea by a canal, where the remains of the Roman bridge can be found. The pond is divided into sectors of the Calich proper, from the far western end to the Rio Barca, and the Calighet, to the far eastern end. Landward, the pond is girdled by the.
The most common diction is “pond of Calich,” but the forms “Calich pond,” “lagoon of Calich,” and “Estany del Càlic” in Algherese, as well as the form “Kalich” are equally employed. The pond gave its name to the Villaggio Calich, the first nucleus of the Fascist settlement of Fertilia, not to be confused with the Villaggio Calik Blu campsite located on the other side of the canal.
The area of the Calich pond is outside SCI ITB 010042, but included in the Capo Caccia SPA.

Flora

Along the banks of the Calich pond, halophilic species such as sea fennel, sharp-leaved limonium , helichrysum, Balearic spurge, timel, spiny cornflower, and Astragalus massiliensis grow. When the salinity of the soil decreases, shrubs and herbs such as sea rush, bushy lemon tree, sea aster, common sea lavender, common reed, and sea club rush appear. The aquatic vegetation is represented by species such as spiral pondweed and algae such as Enteromorpha intestinalis, Enteromorpha compressa, Chaetomorpha aerea, Lamprothamnium papulosum, Cladophora vagabunda'', and sea lettuce.

Fauna

The Calich pond is populated by various species of fish, although large die-offs often occur due to eutrophic conditions. The most common species are the mullet, the golden mullet, the grey mullet, the bosega mullet, and the grey mullet. There are also sea bream, white seabream, annular seabream, sea bass, sole, and eel.