{"id":2900,"date":"2025-10-21T11:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openideas.site\/manzanareselreal\/things-to-do\/observacion-de-aves\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:51:18","slug":"birdwatching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/en\/things-to-do\/birdwatching\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdwatching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<nav id=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/en\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/es\/manzanareselreal\/?page_id=2125\">Things to do<\/a> \/ Birdwatching<\/nav>\n         Pets allowed\n         Suitable for children\n         Activity\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ornament10.png\" alt=\"Dozens of birds populate our aquatic and terrestrial territories\" \/>\n\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\tDozens of birds populate our aquatic and terrestrial territories\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p>In the air, swimming, fishing, beside you while you rest on the long path, on the tree that gives you shade, in the bushes in front of you. In the most unbelievable places, there they are to be observed.<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tInformation:\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tSantillana Reservoir:<br \/>\nCoordinates UTM HUSO 30<br \/>\nETRS89 X: 427924 Y: 4509126\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comunidad.madrid\/servicios\/medio-rural\/red-vias-pecuarias-comunidad-madrid\">Red de V\u00edas Pecuarias de la Comunidad de Madrid<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comunidad.madrid\/servicios\/urbanismo-medio-ambiente\/parque-regional-cuenca-alta-manzanares\">Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parquenacionalsierraguadarrama.es\/es\/naturaleza\/fauna\/119-aves\">Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama<\/a>\n\t<a \n   data-toggle=\"collapse\" \n   href=\"#listaNormativas\" \n   role=\"button\" \n   aria-expanded=\"false\" \n   aria-controls=\"listaNormativas\">\n\t\t<h4>Normativas oficiales<\/h4>\n<\/a>\n<ul id=\"listaNormativas\">\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comunidad.madrid\/transparencia\/informacion-institucional\/planes-programas\/plan-rector-uso-y-gestion-del-parque-regional-cuenca-alta\">PRUG del Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parquenacionalsierraguadarrama.es\/es\/administracion\/herramientas\/legislacion\/347-prug\">PRUG del Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comunidad.madrid\/servicios\/urbanismo-medio-ambiente\/embalses-humedales-catalogados\">Cat\u00e1logo Regional de Embalses y Humedales de la Comunidad de Madrid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<p>The special formation of the natural area of Manzanares El Real, its variety of meadows, wetlands, mountains, cliffs, and its varied vegetation and fauna offer all kinds of birds a magnificent place to live and proliferate.<\/p>\n<p>Our birds, those that accompany us throughout the year, those that come and go, all of them are unique protected species. In few places can you see colonies of black storks like the ones here, kingfishers, eagle owls, black vultures, serins, shrikes, booted eagles or grey herons, all living together.<\/p>\n<p>From north to south, from east to west of our natural and urban areas, birds coexist in Manzanares El Real and there are many places to observe and enjoy them, always with respect and admiration, with care and reverence for these fragile forms of life.<\/p>\n\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\tThree perfect landscapes and a key spot for observation\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tManzanares El Real is so vast that it offers different areas where you can observe multitude of birds,<br \/>\neach landscape with its specific characteristics, which provide the perfect habitat for their own species.\n\t\t\t\tOn the Banks of the Santillana Reservoir\n\t\t\t\t<table cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Although originally an artificially constructed reservoir, over the decades it has become a special place that is home to a wonderful biodiversity of protected water birds. In fact, it is listed as an Important Bird Area (IBA).<\/p>\n<p>Its conservation regulations are important, as its banks are both seasonal and stable nesting areas for birds. Here you can see families of mallards, grey herons, little egrets, great crested grebes, horned grebes, kingfishers, common coots, gadwalls, great cormorants, wagtails, black-headed gulls, lesser black-backed gull, black storks, white storks and Nile geese.<\/p>\n<p>It is a privileged place that deserves all our respect and admiration, to ensure that our aquatic birds keep coming back year after year.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oa-49.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\tIn the cattle routes\n\t\t\t\t<table cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Ca\u00f1ada Real Segoviana<\/em>\u00a0runs through Manzanares El Real, and not only borders the Santillana Reservoir but also connects us with nearby municipalities, such as El Boalo, Cerceda, Mataelpino, Soto del Real or Miraflores de la Sierra.<\/p>\n<p>This glen, and the numerous cattle tracks that run from our village through the surrounding mountains, are exceptional places to observe medium-sized birds and birds of prey that hunt in open fields, such as booted eagles, red kites, black kites, short-toed eagles, magpies or carrion crows, as well as small birds that move among bushes, such as serins, robins, sparrows, great tits or shrikes.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that the cattle trails are not only the historical paths used to move livestock, but also journeys on foot that offer us another perspective of our avian biodiversity.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oa-48.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\tThe Regional and National Parks\n\t\t\t\t<table cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>These two immense parks can do nothing other than guarantee us a natural wealth, spaces so unique that hundreds of birds have declared them as their home. It is not in vain that the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park has been declared a Biosphere Reserve, the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park has important &#8216;Special Protection Areas for Birds&#8217; (SPAs) and both parks have been declared Protected Natural Spaces.<\/p>\n<p>In its foothills, or lower areas, we can find small and medium-sized birds such as wild partridges, great spotted woodpeckers, blackbirds, bluethroats, red-billed choughs, alpine accentor, dunnocks, carrion crows, crows, crested tits or coal tits. But it is when we climb to the summits that we find the large birds of prey soaring through the sky with their majestic wings: black vultures, griffon vultures, peregrine falcons, booted eagles, imperial eagles and eagle owls are some of the birds that we can admire with our lenses, binoculars or with the naked eye.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oa-50.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\tRoutes\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\tEn im\u00e1genes\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/161-scaled.webp\" target=\"_self\" data-caption=\"\" aria-label=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manzanareselreal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/161-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" 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