The Maremma Natural Park was the first park in the Tuscany Region, established in 1975. It is one of the most interesting destinations in the province of Grosseto. Inside there are some of the most beautiful and intact areas of the Maremma coast. In 1992 he was awarded the European Diploma of Protected Areas. The Park has an extension of 9800 hectares and extends, along the coast, from the village of Principina a Mare (municipality of Grosseto), to the town of Talamone (municipality of Orbetello). In its territory fall the last marshy lands near the mouth of the Ombrone, which, rich in life and still wild, are home to important colonies of marsh birds. Further south, the area is composed of the Uccellina mountains covered with dense Mediterranean scrub and to the east, at the foot of the mountains, by vast grassy expanses, where the Fattoria di Spergolaia is located, the administrative center of the regional company and home to the cowboys. The prevailing environmental typology in the 'Pianure di Maremma' SIR is given by secondary grasslands and abandoned agricultural areas, largely used as pastures for semi-wild livestock, freshwater or weakly brackish water wetlands, arable land.