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The Vega of Ponteliñares

Rairiz de Veiga, Limia, Ourense

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The Vega of Ponteliñares

Nature · Rairiz de Veiga, Limia, Ourense

A Galician natural area classified as a special area of conservation that brings together the veigas of the plains of the upper course of the river Limia, south of the vanished lagoon of Antela, spread between the Limia concellos of Porqueira and Rairiz de Veiga. It covers 160 hectares of hay meadows and riverside woods of alders and ash trees, with heathlands of Erica ciliaris and tetralix, and is home to one of the few Galician natural areas where the marsh eryngo (Eryngium viviparum) grows. Its fauna includes the little bustard, the short-eared owl and the smooth snake. Declared a site of community importance in 2004 and a special area of conservation in 2014, it also forms part of the Limia SPA, the Natura 2000 network and the Área de Allariz biosphere reserve.

Photo: Carlota Díaz (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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