Lebrija Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville

Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville is a949ha reserve. Heading south of Seville on the A4 Cadiz motorway and Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville is situated at exit 3. The lakes are south of Las Cabezas de San Juan; two are located close to the left-hand side of the Las Cabezas-Espera road and the other four are just off the Las Cabezas-Gibalbín road.

Features of Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville

The features of Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville include:

  -  The vegetation is typical of wetland areas, with reeds, rushes and tamarisk (hence the name given to one lake, Laguna Del Taraje).

  -  The reserve is mainly surrounded by farmland, but there are a few remaining areas of Mediterranean scrubland.

  -  Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville has a few rare species of bird like the red-knobbed coot and white-headed duck

  -  Coots, purple herons, mallards and cattle egrets are the most common species here.

  -  You can also find great white egrets, marsh harriers, black-winged stilts, snipe (abundant in Doñana in winter), tufted ducks, purple gallinules, shovelers, hoopoes and bee-eaters in Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville.

  -  Mammals like badgers and genets, as well as raptors are found in the Mediterranean scrubland.

  -  Pilón, Taraje, Cigarrera, Peña, Galiana and Charroao, in order of size with Pilón being the largest are the six lakes that make up this reserve. These six lakes are the only ones left of a much bigger series of lakes that used to occupy this area around the Seville/Cadiz provincial border, which have dried up due to increasing irrigation for agricultural activities.

  -  The Laguna Del Taraje is the only lake with water in all year round.

  -  Lebrija-Las Cabezas Natural Reserve in Seville is a significant wetland reserve as an alternative habitat for breeding and migrating birds in the neighboring Guadalquivir delta.