Las Lagunas de Las Canteras y El Tejón

By Jo Williams

This 210ha reserve has two lakes, the Laguna de Las Canteras and the Laguna El Tejón, both of which are prone to drying up in summer.

Access
Take the A381 from Jerez de la Frontera. The reserve is situated some 18km from Jerez on the right-hand side of this road.

Flora On the lake shores are reedmace, rushes and reedbeds.

Fauna
The most significant bird populations are those of the coot and the snipe. In winter there are white-headed ducks.

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