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Chica Lagoon, Villafranca

Villafranca de los Caballeros, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo

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Chica Lagoon, Villafranca

Nature · Villafranca de los Caballeros, La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo

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The second of the municipality's protected lagoons, covering 37 hectares, with subsaline calcium-magnesium sulphated waters. It contains reed beds, cattail marshes, spike-rush meadows and rush beds, and is home to species such as the red-crested pochard, the tufted duck, the common coot, the white-headed duck, the mallard and the common pochard. It was declared a natural reserve in 2003 and, together with the Laguna Grande, a wildlife refuge in 2006; access is restricted and dogs and motor vehicles are not allowed.

Photo: Malopez 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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