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Description
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 Хохлатая лысуха .
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 Савка when flooded and for Малый зуёк and Ходулочник around the margins. It can attract good numbers of hirundines & swifts. Чернокрылый дымчатый коршун 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 Савка , Красноносый нырок , Султанка and, occasionally, Хохлатая лысуха. The irritatingly thick screen of tamarisk that limits the view does, however, hold Western Olivaceous Warbler (generally absent or scarce at the lagunas de Espera nearby) and can have large numbers of roosting Черногрудый воробей
Details
Access
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.
Terrain and Habitat
Reedbeds , Lake , Scattered trees and bushesConditions
FlatCircular trail
NoIs a telescope useful?
YesGood birding season
Spring , Summer , AutumnBest time to visit
SpringRoute
Unpaved road , Paved roadDifficulty walking trail
EasyAccessible by
CarBirdwatching hide / platform
NoExtra info
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).