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Cabañeros National Park

Montes de Toledo, Ciudad Real  >  Spain

Wild, remote and superb area of natural beauty. One of Spain's fifteen national parks. Mediterranean woodland, "Raña" landscape and scrubby mountains.

Tillagd* av Mats van Kasteren
Senast uppdaterad 17 juli 2023

Beskrivning

The huge Cabañeros national park lies in the heart of Spain. The area is very sparsely populated and is one of the few areas in Western Europe that is truly wild. With the wildlife to match it! The park hosts the world's second largest colony of grågam (286 pairs in 2019), a healthy population of spansk kejsarörn, stortrapp and many more endangered species! It is one of the few places in the world where nearly all the typical species of the mediterranean ecosystem still occur. Amongst the mammals, the Iberian lynx (rarest wild cat in the world) has a growing population in these hills and red deer is very numerous (especially on the Raña). All in all, plenty of reason to visit!

This route consists of 2 main areas: the scrubby and wooded heart of the National Park and the Raña savannah just outside the parks borders. On the route through the heart of the park, you can expect to see the typical species of the Spanish heartland "Monte". grågam breeds, so does spansk kejsarörn, ormörn, rödhöna, Härfågel, herdesångare, sommargylling and many more species. This is also the part of the area where the Iberian lynx occurs, but chances of actually seeing one are pretty much zero. This area does not have viewpoints, but it is very possible to pull up along the road and scan the area. Check the skies especially carefully for raptors (all characteristic species may be seen).

The second part takes you over the Raña, starting from Santa Quiteria in the direction of Casa Palillos (the second visitor centre). Again you can stop along the road to scan the steppes, but there is also an observatory (Observatorio de Cigüeñas) from which you can see vit stork, red deer and steppe birds. At the visitor's centre there is also an observation platform and -tower. The main species here are: stortrapp, småtrapp, tjockfot, vit stork, iberisk blåskata as well as several raptors; gåsgam come down from the mountains to feed, sometimes joined by grågam or smutsgam. spansk kejsarörn, kungsörn, ormörn, dvärgörn and several harriers may be seen as well. In winter and autumn, Trana is very numerous and may be seen feeding on the acorns underneath the holm oaks.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

The first half of the route is about 30 km long and starts in Retuerta del Bullaque and ends at the Visitor's centre in Horcajo de Los Montes. Follow the road south, straight through the heart of the National Park. Stop anywhere you like and can to look for birds of prey.

The second part is about 8 km long and takes you over the Raña, starting from Santa Quiteria in the direction of Casa Palillos (the second visitor centre). Again you can stop along the road to scan the steppes, but there is also an observatory (Observatorio de Cigüeñas) from which you can see white storks, red deer and steppe birds. At the visitor's centre there is also an observation platform and -tower where you can again look for steppe birds, big game and raptors.

Terräng och habitat

Skog , Platt , Berg , Stäpp , Jordbruk , Slätt , Spridda träd och buskar

Förhållanden

Bergigt , Ingen skugga , Kulligt , Torrt , Öppet landskap , Dammigt

Rundtur

Nej

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vinter , Höst , Vår

Rutt

Asfalterad väg

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Bil , Cykel

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

Extra information

Note that this is an area of extremes: summers are very hot and winters very cold. Dress accordingly!

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