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Bogs of Xestoso

Silleda, Deza, Pontevedra

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Bogs of Xestoso

Nature · Silleda, Deza, Pontevedra

The brañas de Xestoso are a natural area included in the Natura 2000 network and declared a special area of conservation, extending across the municipalities of Forcarei, Silleda and A Estrada, between the Ulla, Deza and Umia rivers, and home to the lagoa Sacra de Olives, its main body of water, and Mount San Sebastián. The area combines several ecosystems: heathers and hygrophilous legumes dominate the low scrub, grasses the herbeiras, lichens and rushes the peat bogs, and heather and carqueixa the transition zones towards the wet meadows, alongside siliceous outcrops and oak woods. Its fauna includes the buzzard, the falcon, the booted eagle, the little bustard and the viperine snake, as well as various species of frogs and toads.

Photo: Martinho12. (GFDL)

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