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Site description (2000 baseline):

Small ponds used for irrigation, with emergent vegetation (Phragmites, Typha, Scirpus), surrounded by irrigated crops.

This is an important site for breeding waterbirds and wintering ducks.

The main threats are from agricultural intensification, dredging, disturbance and hunting.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cinco Villas ponds (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cinco-villas-ponds-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.