Technical information
Type of route: circular hiking route
Departure point: Peralta de Alcofea
KM: 11,4
Duraction: 3 h
Gradient: 15 m
MIDE: 1-2-2-2
Difficulty:
Access
From Barbastro, take the road A-1226 to Peralta de Alcofea. In Peralta de Alcofea take road A-1227 towards Tormillo-Terreu. After climbing up the saso through a thicket of pine trees (aproximately 5 km), take the North track on the left towards Lagunarrota.
Route description
In Peralta de Alcofea we take the road A-1227 towards Tormillo-Terreu. After climbing up the saso through a thicket of pine trees (approximately 5 km), we take the North track on the left. This track leads to Lagunarrota. Before we get there, we will return along another South track, completing the circular route. The route runs on a plain with cereal fields cultivated on fallow lands, natural vegetation plots and almond crops, where we can observe European Roller, Little Bustard and Lesser Kestrel.
Main Species
Representative bird: Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanii)
Residents: Golden Eagle (rare), Eurasian Buzzard, Western Marsh Harrier, Common Kestrel, Long-eared Owl, Little Owl, Red-legged Partridge, Eurasian Stone-curlew, Dartford Warbler (rare), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Corn Bunting.
Summer migrants: Black Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, Lesser Kestrel, Little Bustard (in drought), Quail, Red-necked Nightjar, European Bee-eater, European Roller, Western Orphean Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Black-eared Wheatear, Melodious Warbler, etc.
Winter visitors: Golden Eagle (sub-adults y youngs), Hen Harrier, Merlin, Little Bustard (in lucerne), Merlin, Song Thrush, European Robin, Chaffinch, Brambling, Hawfinch, Rock Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting.
Passage migrants: Common Crane, Northern Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, etc.
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