Access

On highway A-22 take exit 51 to Castejón del Puente. In Castejón del Puente, take the third exit at the entrance roundabout and after 415 metres take a forest trail towards the right. Continue for approximately 2 km and park the car at the start of riverbank woodland. Warning: with heavy rains the track can be impracticable for any type of vehicle. Continue on foot for 2,4 km along a small footpath, going through some small meanders until you reach Cinca river.

Descripción de la ruta

From the roundabout at the entrance of Castejón del Puente, we take exit heading North, on foot or in a four-wheeled car, across a holm-oak woodland and a low-growth cultivated area, until the begining of the rivebank woodland, where we find the parking area. From here, the route continues on the pebble beaches through the riverbank wood. The route ends after the ravine of Valpregona. In the banks nest the Western Jackdaw, Black Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, Common Kestrel and the Egyptian Vulture. In winter, in the evening, we can observe and listen to the Eagle Owl. During the migratory passages (March) it is common to observe the  Osprey.

Main Species

Representative bird: Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Residents: Little Grebe, Mallard, White Stork, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Western Marsh Harrier, Eurasian Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge, Common Moorhen, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Hoopoe, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Black Wheatear (rare), Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Sardinian Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Tits, Rock Sparrow, Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European Serin, Linnet, Cirl Bunting.

Summer migrants: Egyptian Vulture, Black Kite, Eurasian Scops Owl, Red-necked Nightjar, Eurasian Wryneck, European Bee-eater, Black-eared Wheatear, Common Nightingale, Garden Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher.

Winter visitors: Great Cormorant, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Northern Goshawk, Merlin, Black-crowned Night Heron, Song Thrush, European Robin, Chaffinch, Brambling, Reed Bunting.

Passage migrants: Anatidae (specially Teal and Northern Shoveler), Purple Heron, Little Bittern, Common Crane, Osprey, Crakes (Little Crake y Spotted Crake –rares-), Northern Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher.

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