Access

From Huesca or Barbastro, take the A22 motorway to the Abiego/Alquezar exit next to the River Alcanadre and continue along the A1229. Just before Abiego take the turning eastbound to the village of Azlor along the A1231.

Route description

Circular 4 km walking route. From the village of Azlor take the eastbound track that forms the start of the “Huerta del Vero” route. It ascends parallel to the “Peña del Cuervo” gully and surrounds “La Guardia” hill returning on the opposite side.

The route traverses hilly countryside of sandstone escarpments and cultivated fields, predominantly almond orchards, oak groves and patches of rosemary. As you progress along it you cross the Las Planas and Peñas del Cuervo gullies, colonized by the poplars and brambles typical of more humid environments. It is possible to see a great variety of passerines (goldfinches, greenfinches, long-tailed tit, etc.) and two large species of birds of prey, the short-toed eagle and the booted eagle, perpetually on the hunt.

An ascent to the top of “La Guardia” hill (607 m) is recommended for the spectacular mosaic view of Mediterranean oak and almond groves.

Main Species

Representative bird: Short-toed eagle

Residents: Western marsh harrier, Long-eared Owl, Stone Curlew, Red-legged Partridge, Griffon Vulture, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Rock Dove, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Eagle Owl (rare), Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Hoopoe, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Crested Lark, Wood Lark, Crag Martin, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Wren, European Robin, Black Redstart, Blue Rock Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Eurasian Blackcap, Sardinian Warbler, Common Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Jay, Magpie, Eurasian Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Common Raven, Spotless Starling, Common Starling, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Chaffinch, European Serin, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Linnet, Cirl Bunting, Rock Bunting, Corn Bunting.

Summer migrants: Short-toed Sanake Eagle, Booted Eagle, Egyptian Vultare, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Black Kite, European Turtle Dove, Common Cuckoo, European Nightjar, Red-necked Nightjar, Common Swift, European Bee-eater, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, House Martin, Common Nightingale, Black-eared Wheatear, Common Rock Thrush, Melodious Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Western Orphean Warbler, , Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Woodchat Shrike.

Winter visitors: Men Harrier, Merlin, Rock Bunting, Red Kite, zorzal común, zorzal real (raro), zorzal alirrojo (raro), curruca capirotada, mosquitero común, estornino pinto,

Passage migrants: Willow Warbler, Common Redstart, European Honey Buzzard, Common Crane, Eurasian Woodcock (rare), Tree Pipit, Water Pipit, Common Redstart, Northern Wheatear, Redwing, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat,  Pied Flycatcher.

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