Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

SAC AND SPA E MBALSE DE O RELLANA AND S IERRA DE S AN P EDRO

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LOCATION The reservoir of Orellana is the biggest in the halfway through the Guadiana river, thus being regulated by the reservoirs of García Sola and Cíjara rivers further up. La Sierra de Pela is a huge mountainous range-isle in the middle of a varied landscape of fertile lowlands and plains where the crops that need irrigation, cereal lands, dehesas and thickets mix. Therefore, it is one of the enclaves with most biodiversity in Extremadura. To the south, the wide pastures of La Serena enhance the silhou- ette of the mountainous range which rises from the plain. It has an extension of 42,600 hectares, including the municipal terms of Orellana la Vieja, Orellana de la Sierra, Acedera, Navalvillar de Pela, Casas de Don Pedro, Talar- rubias, Puebla de Alcocer, Esparragosa de Lares and Cam- panario. The navigation in the reservoir is limited in some stretches from 1st January to 31st July in order to protect the birds which nest in the isles, very sensitive to any human presence. It is recommended not to use other routes apart from those suggested, specially in the zones of the mountainous range. You must avoid going up to the rocky places of quartzite, specially from January to June, period when the most sensitive species (Black Stork, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Bonelli ´s Eagle) are nesting, in order not to cause a failure in the reproduction. Going camping is not allowed in Extremadura. How- ever, there is a big campsite in Puerto Peña. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VISITS

OBSERVATORIO PUERTO PEÑA

CASAS DE DON PEDRO

CAMPING

NAVALVILLAR DE PELA

OBSERVATORIO PRIMILLAS

OBSERVATORIO

ACEDERA

PEDRIZA VIEJA

LA CIMURGA

ORELLANA DE LA SIERRA

TALARRUBIAS

PEÑÓN DEL MORRÓN

PUEBLA DE ALCOCER

ORELLANA LA VIEJA

EMBALSE DE ORELLANA

CASTILLO DE LA PUEBLA

ESPARRAGOSA DE LARES

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In 1989, after applying the Directive of Birds (79/409/ CEE), it is classified as Special Protection Area (ZEPA), thus according to the compulsory European rules. Later, after publicizing the Law 8/98 of “Conservation of Nature and Natural Areas of Extremadura” is included in the Group of Protected Areas of Extremadura with the figure of Special Conservation Area (SCA), having the same limits as ZEPA. The reservoir of Orellana, completely included in the protected area, is the only one humid zone of Extremadu- ra which belongs to a list of wetlands of international importance established in the Agreement of Ramsar, in addition to other well-known places such as Las Tablas de Daimiel, Doñana or Delta del Ebro.

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