Environmental review

In this mountain range surrounded by the Plains of Cáceres and Sierra de Fuentes, there is a protected area with category of ZEPA (zone of special protection of birds) and ZEC (zone of special conservation). The oak pastures of the low zones are alternated, around the olive groves and grasslands near the urban centers. There are cork oaks with little use and higher density of low forest, more sclerophyllous in the solana than in the shaded part, passing through important specimens of pine trees, arbutus and lentisks, of ages and very big dimensions, as well as the chestnut of the upper basin of the Valhondo Stream.

In it, the characteristic elements of the Mediterranean ecosystem are well represented, as they could occur in Protected Spaces as relevant as the Monfragüe National Park or the SPA of the neighboring Sierra de San Pedro (which provide shelter for the largest number of pairs of imperial Eagles and black vultures of the Peninsula). Thus, while walking through shady cork oaks, different jaras, labiérnagos or olivillas, madroños, ... it is easy to observe griffon vultures, some blacks and vultures, always kites, rock planes, swifts, warblers, rabilargos, ... or you can walk between boars of wild boar, or rocky gendarmes where quartzites emerge, showing the Appalachian relief of the Villuercas.

In the surroundings, we can find a lot of other places of ecological interest, as it’s characteristic in Extremadura, some of which enjoy some level of environmental protection are the ZEPAS of the Monumental City of Cáceres or the house of La Enjarada (for its Cernícalos Primilla), the Arenales and the Barruecos, lake areas with overflowing spring life, the Salor, Tamuja and Almonte rivers, the Los Barruecos Natural Monument, ... and, of course, as we mentioned at the beginning, the ZEPA of the Llanos de Cáceres and Sierra de Fuentes, where among the steppe, numerous birds perform their functions in a large internationally recognized community.