By vehicle and on foot
Asphalt and dirt tracks
Bird habitats you will find in this area:
We will begin by heading towards the Canchos (canyons) de Ramiro on foot (recommended) or by vehicle from the vicinity of Cachorrilla, through a dehesa (o.p. 01) where Spanish Imperial, Short-toed and Booted Eagles, Cinereous Vulture, Red and Black Kites, and small birds such as Iberian Magpie, Eurasian Hoopoe, Blue and Great Tits, and Common Chaffinch can be seen. We will reach Boquerón (o.p. 02), where there is a picnic area and a few metres below an ideal place to admire the Alagón River and the canyons themselves, with their large colony of Griffon Vultures and where Golden and Bonelli’s Eagles, Egyptian Vultures, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Common Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon and Black Stork can be seen. In the waters of the Alagón we can also see Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe and wintering birds such as Great Cormorant, Common Pochard and Eurasian Spoonbill.
Afterwards we will go to the town of Portaje to head towards its reservoir through a dehesa of holm oaks, to cross the Fresnedosa valley (o.p. 03) where small birds such as Iberian Magpie, European Stonechat, Sardinian Warbler, Common Chaffinch and Eurasian Hoopoe can be seen. We continue to the reservoir’s dam (o.p. 04) to look for wintering birds such as Great Cormorant, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, Common Pochard, Northern Shoveler and occasionally Osprey and residents such as the Great Crested and Little Grebe, Mallard and Red-crested Pochard, which has one of its few breeding sites in Extremadura here.
We will skirt the reservoir to its shallow end and a small observation hide (o.p. 05) where there are breeding colonies of White Stork, Grey Heron, Little and Cattle Egret. Throughout the summer there will be Black Stork and groups of Eurasian Spoonbill. A few metres further on, a path emerges on the left that allows you to explore part of the shore on foot (o.p. 06) where, especially during autumn and winter, a range of species such as Greylag and Greater White-fronted Geese, Eurasian Curlew, Sanderling, Curlew and Wood Sandpipers, Pied Avocet, Black Tern, Common and Ruddy Shelducks. We can make a final stop on the other side of the reservoir (o.p. 07) to repeat the search for the species already mentioned.
Historical complex of Coria: walls, convents and palaces, castle, cathedral… the capital of Alagón is home to one of the most outstanding historical complexes in Extremadura.
La Encamisá: December 7 in Torrejoncillo, a festival of national tourist interest.
Marmionda Castle: in the nearby town of Portezuelo, a fortress of Almohad origin.
Barco del Tajo: tourist boat with tours to the surroundings of the Canchos de Ramiro.
Birds that remain in the territory all year round.
Breeding birds that stay in the territory during spring and summer, migrating to their wintering grounds at the end of summer.
Birds that do not breed in Extremadura but spend the autumn and winter months here.
Birds that use the region as a stopover area, migrating from their breeding grounds north of Extremadura to their wintering areas further south.
