Hundreds of wintering ducks, reedbeds that are home to the last western Iberian reed buntings and beaches with hundreds of dunlins all framed within a spectacular landscape.
In winter visit this corner where the Costa da Morte and Rías Baixas meet!
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A MIÑA VIAXE
Hundreds of wintering ducks, reedbeds that are home to the last western Iberian reed buntings and beaches with hundreds of dunlins all framed within a spectacular landscape.
In winter visit this corner where the Costa da Morte and Rías Baixas meet!
This elongated and relatively narrow open estuary that has no islands at its entrance hosts numerous water birds in winter, which are concentrated mainly in the intertidal zones of Serres (Muros) and Noia, as well as on the beaches and coves. In the breeding season the reedbeds of A Serra de Outes and A Ponte Nafonso take on greater importance.
Between October and January
19 Km
2 hours
None
Noia, Porto do Son
Noia - Baroña
Key points on the route:
From autumn to spring
2 Km
2-3 hours on foot
Low
Outes
A Toxeira - A Corga - San Tirso de Cando - Meán island - Tambre river bend and return
Key points on the route:
This is a place of ornithological importance due to the reeds inside the estuary, where several dozen pairs of the threatened western Iberian reed bunting nest, and also to the beaches of O Testal (Noia) and Area Longa, thanks to the regular breeding of the rare kentish plover. The wintering of the great northern loon, black-throated loon, sanderling and sandwich tern is substantial on the south bank of the river, while waders, herons and eurasian spoonbills are predominant in Noia. At the mouth of the estuary Balearic and cory's shearwaters are common. In the Tambre river downstream from the Barrié de la Maza dam, the white-throated dipper and common kingfisher breed, while the oak groves of Outes host eurasian nuthatches.
Use waterproof boots to walk along the banks of the A Serra de Outes and lower Tambre reedbeds.
Use a telescope to watch seabirds from San Francisco beach and the Baroña castro.
Visit the ports (Porto do Son, Portosín, O Freixo, Muros) early in the morning in winter to watch gulls.
Respect the archaeological site at the Baroña castro. It is forbidden to climb over the walls.
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