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Ponteliñares floodplain

Porqueira, Limia, Ourense

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Ponteliñares floodplain

Nature · Porqueira, Limia, Ourense

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A special area of conservation of about 160 hectares divided between Porqueira and Rairiz de Veiga, in the floodplains of the upper Limia, south of the former Antela lagoon; also included within the A Limia Special Protection Area for birds. 226 bird species have been recorded there, thirty-two of them listed in Annex I of the European directive. It combines hay meadows and riverside woodlands of alders and ash trees alongside oligotrophic waters, with heathland and, among the aquatic vegetation, one of the few Galician populations of the marsh thistle. Among its fauna, with 23 taxa of interest, notable species include the Euphydryas aurinia butterfly, the smooth snake, and birds such as the Tawny Pipit, the Short-eared Owl and the Little Bustard. It was declared a site of Community importance in 2004 and a special area of conservation in 2014.

Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez from Vigo, Spain (CC BY 2.0)

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