It is a spectacle to contemplate the flight that these birds make from northern Europe, a round of 4.000 kilometers, Extremadura up to winter. Ornithological tourism is increasing and is creating a culture and tradition around environmental campaigns, festivals and other activities in order to carry out the watching cranes, as it attracts all kinds of people and all ages, so it can be referred to as another tourist resort.
It is wonderful to watch the cranes go for food from its resting place.
Crane Sighting Concentration
The past Festival of the Cranes They concentrated more than 3.000 Park visitors the Peri Conservation and Recreation Dehesa de Moheda Alta, Navalvillar Pela (Badajoz), according to the newspaper 20 minutes More than 120,000 cranes from northern Europe spend the winter in Extremadura., thanks to the combination of large areas of freshwater, meadows and pastures provide ideal conditions to spend the winter. This entire area that includes Las Vegas Altas del Guadiana and the region of La Extremadura Siberia It is classified as a Special Bird Protection Area (ZEPA).
In addition to the cranes, arriving by the thousands in the early autumn and leave in spring, no permanent species, others migrate to winter elsewhere, and backwards.
From the Farm house cats and dogs We try to disseminate and promote the natural resources of our region and we try to go hand in hand with the environment by making these different activities known to ornithology fans who want to plan a trip to our town to carry out these activities. bird sightings.