Descripción
Of the three lagunas in this small complex that are viewable from the track or nearby road, one is often completely dry, another is choked with reeds and the third difficult to view. However, they are relatively easy and quick to access and, on a good day, hold most of the species associated with the better known Lagunas de Espera nearby (inc Focha Moruna .
Arriving from the north on the SE 6201 the first laguna you reach is the Laguna del Pilon (c1.5 km from the turning off the SE 5207). This is the shallowest laguna and is usually bone dry in the summer months and sometimes so in winter when rainfall is low. Check for Malvasía Cabeciblanca when flooded and for Chorlitejo Chico and Cigüeñuela común around the margins. It can attract good numbers of hirundines & swifts. Elanio Común occur in the area.
Another 1.5 km along the road turn right along a reasonable track (going left here takes you to the Lagunas de Espera). After c1km you reach the first laguna (on your right) - Laguna de la Galiana - which is usually so choked with reeds that little can be seen. A few hundred metres further on you reach the larger Laguna de la Cigarrera on the left. Although difficult to view this can hold Malvasía Cabeciblanca , Pato Colorado , Calamón Común and, occasionally, Focha Moruna. The irritatingly thick screen of tamarisk that limits the view does, however, hold Zarcero Bereber (generally absent or scarce at the lagunas de Espera nearby) and can have large numbers of roosting Gorrión Moruno
Detalles
Accesso
The first of three viewable lagunas, Laguna de Pilon, is next to a minor road SE 6201 (which connects Las Cabezas de San Juan and Gilalbin) and easy to view. The other two are c1.5km along a reasonable track off the same road.
Terreno y habitat
Cañizos , Lago , Árboles y arbustos dispersosCondiciones
PlanoCamino circular
No¿Se necesita telescopio?
SíBuena época para el avistamiento de aves
Primavera , Verano , OtoñoMejor momento para visitar
PrimaveraRuta
Camino sin asfaltar , Camino pavimentadoCamino difícil de andar
FácilAccesible vía
CocheEscondite de observación / plataforma
NoInformación extra
There are two additional lagunas in this complex - Laguna de Vocesa and Laguna de la Peoa - but both are on private land (although a small part of the latter can just be seen from the embankment overlooking Laguna de la Galiana).


