Reserva Natural de las Lagunas de Villafáfila
Printing...Municipalities covered: Cañizo, Cerecinos de Campos, Manganeses de la Lampreana, Revellinos, San Agustín del Pozo, San Martín de Valderaduey, Tapioles, Villafáfila, Villalba de la Lampreana, Villárdiga, Villarrín de Campos
Provinces covered: Zamora
Etapas:
- Zamora (Vía de la Plata desde Sevilla)
- Granja de Moreruela (Camino Sanabrés desde Granja de Moreruela)
Cataloging of Protected Natural Space: Nature reserve
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RESERVA NATURAL DE LAS LAGUNAS DE VILLAFÁFILA:
It is an ecosystem of international importance located in Tierra de Campos, whose Interpretation Centre is in Villafáfila: "La Casa del Parque « El Palomar »".
It is a large area of great natural, scenic and faunal value in an ecosystem formed by salt lakes and the salt meadows that surround them, being one of the most important wintering areas for birds in the Iberian Peninsula.
The botanical richness is conditioned by the gradients of waterlogging, salinity and climatology, which means that species characteristic of continental areas and others of marine borders can be found coexisting together. This lagoon complex, of a temporary and saline nature, is of international importance as it concentrates almost 50% of all the water birds registered in Castilla y León.
The surrounding cereal steppe is home to one of the largest populations of Great Bustard (Otis tarda) in the world, as well as other species of great interest linked to the steppe, such as the Lesser Kestrel, Montagu's Harrier, Little Bustard and Black-bellied Sandpiper. As nesting birds, the stilt, the avocet, the marsh harrier, the black-billed nightjar, the lapwing, the mallard, the little grebe, the little grebe, the white stork, the shoveler duck and the little plover stand out. The only wintering or passage birds are the Greylag Goose, Crane, Gadwall, Gadwall, Teal and Spoonbill.
There are different observatories and other interpretative resources throughout the nature reserve, as well as the Casa del Parque (Interpretation Centre) in the municipality of Villafáfila.
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