Birdwatching

Holm-oak groves, scrubland of rock-roses, rocky outcrops, streams, weirs, riparian galleries, cultivated fields, pastureland and fallow land.

Species

White Stork, Eurasian Griffon Vulture, Eurasian, Black Vulture, Bonelli’s Eagle, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Red Kite, Montagu’s Harrier, Hen Harrier, Booted Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Merlin, Common Crane, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew, Blackwinged Stilt, Collared Pratincole, Eurasian Golden Plover, Northern Lapwing, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Hoopoe, European Roller, Common Kingfisher, Calandra Lark, Thekla Lark, Red-rumped Swallow, Common Nightingale, Rufous Bush Robin, Black-eared Wheatear, Melodious Warbler, Southern Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Azure-winged Magpie, Common Raven, Spanish Sparrow.

Birdwatching sites

Interpretation Centres Vale Gonçalinho Environmental Education Centre LPN – Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (League for the Protection of Nature) Castro Verde Tel. +351 286 328 309

Entradas, Monte do Vale Gonçalinho, Barragem do Monte Gavião, Carregueiro, Casével, Barragem da Apariça, Ribeira do Cobres, São Marcos da Atabueira, Senhora de Aracelis, Monte de Belver, Monte do Guerreiro, Rolão, Piçarras.

Other attractions in the area are the flora, reptiles and amphibians, dragonflies, archaeology, ethnography.

Other areas nearby Guadiana Valley Natural Park 37º42’N 07º39’W