Cañete la Real

Geography

The bordering municipalities with Cañete are: to the north Almargen (Málaga), El Saucejo and Algámitas (Seville); to the east Teba; to the southeast Ardales and El Burgo; to the southwest Cuevas del Becerro and Ronda and to the west Alcalá del Valle and Olvera, belonging to Cadiz. The slopes of the mountains surrounding the town are covered with groves of oak and scrub pine between limestone rocks. The vegetation is a majority of rosemary and thyme. Among the wildlife that inhabits this area one can find the griffon vulture, eagle, owl, fox, bobcat, etc. The main rivers in the municipality are the Guadalteba or Ortegícar, which crosses the south of the municipality, servicing the reservoir of the same name. The Corbones, a tributary of the Guadalquivir River, begins in the environs of La Atalaya, a hamlet of Cañete La Real.

Most-observed species

• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,627
• corn bunting

  Emberiza calandra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,254
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,202
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,200
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,155
• Eurasian Griffon

  Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) · Aves
  1,091
• European Serin

  Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,018
• Sardinian Warbler

  Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  1,001