1 2 Route VALLEJO RUCÁNDANO CARTOGRAPHY Cartografía: Mapa Topográfico Nacional (IGN) Escala 1:25.000 Hoja 83-IV La Costana. Proyección UTM, Huso 30N. Longitudinal profile of the route: ALTITUDE (m) 1100 Collado Gualateja 1050 3 1000 Itinerary 950 Pista del Mediajo 900 Vallejo Rucándano Campo de Los Tablones DESCRIPTION 850 Lanchares 800 The starting point of the route is marked by a spectacular oak 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.92 DISTANCE (Km) tree, which is included in the Open Inventory of Peculiar Trees of Cantabria, at the entrance of Lanchares. In this route the visitor will discover the environment in the area dividing the river Ebro FACT SHEET and the river Besaya, through Cinco Villas, in San Miguel de Duration 5 h Cumulative loss (-) 290 m Aguayo, and Campoo de Yuso, on the Northern side of the Ebro Height gained 250 m Horizontal distance 13 km 4 5 reservoir. Height lost 250 m Type of route circular The track goes through the high part of the village and leads to the beech forest of La Mina. The panoramic view of the reservoir Cumulative gain (+) 285 m Type of ground path/track is the highlight of the first stretch. The “wide plain” of the rivers Vallejo Rucándano Ebro and Virga which were mentioned in documents dated Place names UTM Coordinates Altitude before 1947, the year in which the Arroyo dam was constructed, Starting and finishing point: has since then housed a 540 million m3 reservoir. Despite its Lanchares 30 T 420853 4765380 871 m artificial origins, it is a fantastic wetland for aquatic birds, due to Vallejo Rucándano 30 T 419315 4767832 850 m its favourable topography, mild slopes, shallowness, irregular shores and the reduced activity typical of a rural environment. Campo de Los Tablones 30 T 418690 4768757 850 m The natural, environmental and ornithologic values of the area Collado Gualateja 30 T 421395 4769092 1.094 m 6 lead to its naming as a Refugio Nacional de Aves Acuáticas Pista del Mediajo 30 T 421511 4767875 910 m 1.] Aguayo pastures and panoramic view of Pico Jano (National Aquatic Birds Sanctuary) in 1983, in the location which 2.] Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) now overlaps the Red Natura 2000, the SPA "Embalse del 3.] Oak centenary specimens (Quercus Ebro" and the SCI "Río y Embalse del Ebro". HABITATS robur) The declaration as an SPA is based on the presence of at least 4030 Brezales y matorrales: Erica vagans, Erica cinerea, Daboecia cantabrica, 4.] Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) ten bird species included in Annex I of the Council Directive, and tojo (Ulex europaeus). 5.] Beech forest autumn scene it is also justified due to the importance of the wetland for 9120 6.] Common blackbird (Turdus merula) Hayedos acidófilos atlánticos con sotobosque de Ilex y a veces de Taxus reproduction purposes in aquatic birds, such as the gadwall and 7.] Spring in the beech forest (Quercion robori-petreae ou Ilici-fagenion). the great crested grebe, which nest in it, and the role it plays in 6230 8.] Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) Formaciones herbosas con Nardus, con numerosas especies, sobre sustratos migration and wintering periods for many species, including 6510 silíceos. some non-aquatic birds. 7 8 Prados pobres de siega de baja altitud: Arrhenatherum elatius, Ceantaurea After the beech forest we walk through an unusual group of hazels along the creek through the narrow valleja Rucándano. 7110 jacea, Trifolium repens. The pastures from the headwaters of Alsa allow for a wide Turberas ácidas de esfagnos. Turberas altas activas. panoramic view of the Aguayo valley. The path then leads to the foresty tops of the Mojón valley until the Collado Gualateja, which is a hill facing the Mediterranean side. During the descent Habitats Directive 92/43/CEE from 21 May 1992, relative to the preservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora. we find deciduous forest. After crossing the Lanchares creek and walking on a stretch of the Mediajo Frío track, we return to our starting point in the cornfields of Lanchares. Red de Espacios Naturales Protegidos de Cantabria [Walking routes throughout the Protected Natural Spaces of Cantabria] N A Santander Pesquera Rioseco Santiurde Santa Mª de Reinosa de Aguayo Lantueno San Miguel de Aguayo Corconte Somballe Lanchares Brañavieja Soto Argüeso La Población A Santander-Burgos Proaño Servillas Villapaderne Abiada Espinilla Fontibre Cañeda La Costana Monegro La Riva Celada Naveda Aldueso Quintanamanil Entrambasaguas Reinosa Requejo Orzales Bustamante Mazandrero Embalse del Ebro Significant Matamorosa Población de Suso Suano Bolmir Izara Arroyo SPECIES Villaescusa Celada La Loma Olea Marlantes Mata de Hoz Bustasur · Aquatic birds: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Common moorhen 2000 Sta Olalla Matalaja 1800 Espinosa (Gallinula chloropus), Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Gadwall (Anas Quintanilla Reinosilla 1600 Aldea de Ebro de Rucandio strepera), Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Great cormorant Arroyal 1400 Mediadoro Ruanales (Phalacrocorax carbo), Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), 1200 Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus), Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans), 1000 Hormiguera Acera Cejancas Mataporquera Loma Somera Valdeprado Espinosa Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius). 800 del Río Reocín de de Bricia 600 Cuena los Molinos A Palencia Bustillo · Birds of prey: Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Egyptian vulture Bárcena delMonte 400 Navamuel de Ebro (Neophron percnopterus), Short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), Ruerrero Villaescusa de Ebro San Cristóbal San Martin del Monte Ruijas Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus), Common buzzard (Buteo buteo), Ruijas de Elines San Andrés de Polientes Red kite (Milvus milvus), Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Barn owl 0 1 2 3 4 Km Valdelomar Castrillo Susilla Polientes Villanueva ro Eb (Tyto alba), Little owl (Athene noctua), . ío Rocamundo de la Nía La Puente R del Valle · Other birds: Eurasian jay(Garrulus glandarius), Red-backed shrike Special Protection Area for Birds (Lanius collurio), Woodchat shrike (Lanius senator), Great tit (Parus (SPA) Embalse del Ebro major), Marsh tit (Parus palustris), Linnet (Carduelis cannabina), Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis), Common house martin (Delichon urbica), Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava), White-throated dipper (Cinclus ROUTE VALLEJO RUCÁNDANO cinclus), Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Black redstart ROUTE 17 (Phoenicurus ochruros), Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata), Blackcap Vallejo Rucándano Start of the route (PR-S.32) (Sylvia atricapilla), White stork (Ciconia ciconia). · Mammals: Stoat (Mustela erminea), Beech Marten (Martes foina), European pine marten (Martes martes), Least weasel (Mustela nivalis), Printed on 100% European otter (Lutra lutra), Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), European recycled paper 1 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). 1 0 2 · Amphibians: Common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans), Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita), Iberian frog (Rana iberica), Common frog (Rana temporaria), European tree frog (Hyla arborea), Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), Alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris), Palmate newt (Triturus helveticus), Marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus). · Reptiles: Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi), European green lizard (Lacerta viridis), Common wall lizard (podarcis muralis), Baskian CONSEJERÍA DE GANADERÍA, PESCA viper (Vipera seoanei), Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca), Grass redCantabria cánt abra de desa Ruralrrollo rural Y DESARROLLO RURAL Dirección General de Montes y teimagen y Shutterstock • DL:SA-669- r snake (Natrix natrix). Conservación de la Naturaleza · Invertebrates: Southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale), Stag otos: No beetle (Lucanus cervus), Quimper snail (Elona quimperiana), Marsh F fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), European freshwater crayfish Leaflets for public use: information and bookings (Austropotamobius pallipes). Tel 942049438 · 695594450 · Fish: Brown trout (Salmo trutta), Bermejuela (Chondrostoma arcasii), [email protected] Diseño: Creática • Freshwater blenny (Salaria fluviatilis). [Walking routes throughout the Protected Natural Spaces of Cantabria].