Region: Castilla la Mancha Province: Guadalajara Declared a Natural Park: 2003 Park surface area: 8,348 hectares Local towns and villages: Sigüenza, Mandayona, Saúca, Torremocha del Campo, Algora and Mirabueno Points of interest The Barranco del Rio Dulce Natural Park is Special Area of Conservation (SACs), Special Protection Area (SPA), a Site of Community Importance (SCI) … Read more
The Egyptian Vulture Buoux hatched in 2018 and has spent a lot of its life in captivity after being rescued and released twice. Finally he’s crossed the sea and reached Africa after spending the summer in Spain and Portugal. Interestingly, Buoux is present in areas that the Egyptian Vultures from the Douro (Portugal and Spain) … Read more
Just a few more meetings and the the future National Park of the Sierra de las Nieves will be the sixteenth in Spain (the third in Anadalusia). This will allow the areas inclusion in the Spanish Network of National Parks. The Sierra de las Nieves is home to 65 percent of the Spanish fir (Abies … Read more
English: Lataste’s Viper Scientific: Vipera latastei Spanish: Vibora hocicuda French: Vipère de Lataste German: Stülpnasenotter Italian: Vipera di Lataste Portuguese: cobra-cornuda Distribution: Iberian Peninsula (except extreme north), North Africa VENOMOUS (If bitten seek immediate medical attention) Characterized by its dorsal markings the Lataste’s Viper – Vipera latastei – Vibora hocicudaa has a clear edged dark … Read more