Butterfly watching

There are few beings in nature as graceful, as beautiful and as seemingly fragile as butterflies. But in all reality, they are actually fighters capable of overcoming the worst of droughts, the harshest of winters or the longest of storms and doing it all at much less than one gram in weight.

Mountain goat fights

Stags, roe deer, fallow deer, wild boars, mountain goats, otters, mongooses, martens, genets, wildcats and, who knows, there might just be a few lynxes left in the province. Some of these mammals can be seen with binoculars or telescopes.

Ornithological Route through Candelario

A good way to end the day is to get closer, on foot or by car, to the Dehesa de Candelario. We will see that it is a route with some of the most outstanding and unique natural treasures in the province.

Ornithological Route through La Honfría

This region is a real paradise for birds. Very prominent bird populations as rare as the black stork, the black vulture, the Egyptian vulture, the golden eagle, the rock thrush and the bluethroat thrive here. Its rocks offer a safe haven to the eagle-owl and the peregrine falcon.

Ornithological Route through Lagunilla

This region is a real paradise for birds. Very prominent bird populations as rare as the black stork, the black vulture, the Egyptian vulture, the golden eagle, the rock thrush and the bluethroat thrive here.

Ornithological Route through San Miguel de Valero

Dippers and kingfishers dive into its rivers; its rocks offer a safe haven to the eagle-owl and the peregrine falcon; the European honey buzzard and the golden oriole find everything they need to raise their families in the many forests and the list goes on and on.

Ornithological Route through the Puente del Congosto

Dippers and kingfishers dive into its rivers; its rocks offer a safe haven to the eagle-owl and the peregrine falcon;

Roe deer barking

But in order to see many others, you’ll need to use that ancestral technique of searching for the tracks that reveal their secret lives.

Stag bellowing

Would you like to know what you can discover along our guided mammal watching routes?

The Hundred-Year-Old Chestnut Path

Enjoying nature is a pleasure and everyone’s right. Fortunately, more and more routes and activities all the time are becoming fully inclusive. Using all our senses, we’ll get up close to the wonders found in this region.