Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña

Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña

Country:
Spain
Site number:
1261
Area:
202.9 ha
Designation date:
20-12-2002
Coordinates:
40°53'09"N 03°15'16"W
  • Laguna Grande de Beleña. Panorámica.
  • Lagunas de Beleña. Panorámica aérea.

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This Site in an area of low population density in central Spain consists of two large and shallow freshwater lagoons. It is immersed in an agricultural landscape of extensive rainfed cereal crops, far from other important wetlands. A rich variety of plants and animals are found, with a confirmed presence of about 70 taxa, some of them endemic and/or threatened, such as the vulnerable water clover (Marsilea strigosa), European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) and common pochard (Aythya ferina). The Site is part of the Natura 2000 Network and it has been declared a Nature Reserve. The two lagoons are characteristic seasonal and endorheic reed wetlands, which accumulate water depending on rainfall, and their seasonal cycles of annual flooding and drying are threatened by climate change and associated periods of continuous drought. The Site features two wildlife observer points for public use.

Administrative region: Castilla-La Mancha

National legal designation:
  • Humedales del Inventario Español de Zonas Húmedas - Humedal IH424028-Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña. Resolución de 9 de octubre de 2018, de la Dirección General de Biodiversidad y Calidad Ambiental, por la que se incluyen en el IEZH 44 humedales de Castilla-La Mancha (BOE nº50, de 27 de febrero de 2019).
  • Reserva Natural - Reserva Natural Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña. Decreto 186/2001, de 2 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el Plan de Ordenación de los Recursos Naturales y se declara la Reserva Natural de las Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña (DOCM nº 114 de 26 de octubre de 2001)
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 17-09-2024