Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site includes the Sistema Central between Puerto de Guadarrama and Gredos. Vegetation includes dehesa woodland, grassland and scrub, small areas of
Quercus and
Pinus woodland and arable cultivation.
This is an important area for breeding and passage raptors and storks.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The site is close to Madrid and is therefore highly threatened by urban and infrastructure developments and tourism. Open-cast mining is a particular threat to
Aquila adalberti.
National None
International Partial61,600 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Encinares de los ríos Alberche y Cofío, 61,600 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Escorial-San Martín de Valdeiglesias (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-escorial-san-martín-de-valdeiglesias-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
