Access

From highway A-22 take exit to Liesa/Torres de Montes (A-1222) until Blecua (10 km). Then take A-1217 until Torres del Alcanadre (16 km). In Torres del Alcanadre, park your car in the town and lead up to the hermitage where begins the itinerary. 

Route description

The route begins at the Hermitage of San Bartolomé, in the highest part of Torres del Alcanadre. The 2 km circular route accesible on foot or by bike, goes by the riverside of the Alcanadre River in a landscape of cultivated fields (lucern and corn) and riverbank woodland. During spring and summer it is possible to observe Blue Rock Thrush, Alpine Chough, Western Jackdaw, Common Kestrel, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Golden Oriole and even European Roller.

Main Species

Representative bird: European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Residents: Mallard, Grey Heron, Red Kite, Eurasian Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, Common Moorhen, Water Rail, Eagle Owl (rare), Long-eared Owl, Little Owl, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Hoopoe, Kingfisher, Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Black Redstart, Sardinian Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Paridae, Alpine Chough, Western Jackdaw, Rock Sparrow, Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European Serin, Linnet, Cirl Bunting, Corn Bunting.

Summer migrants: Purple Heron, Egyptian Vulture, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Black Kite, Eurasian Scops Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, Eurasian Wryneck, European Bee-eater, European Roller, Black-eared Wheatear, Common Nightingale, Western Orphean Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher,etc

Winter visitors: Northern Goshawk, Merlin, Lapwing, Song Thrush, European Robin, Chaffinch, Brambling, Hawfinch, Rock Bunting, Reed Bunting.

Passage migrants: Common Crane, Northern Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Common Redstart, Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, etc.

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