Abantos

Alba,Luna,Pablo J y Rodrigo

Introduction

Mount Abantos is a mountain of the Sierra de Guadarrama in the Central plain, a chain that runs from east to west in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. Most of the mountain is located in the municipality of San Lorenzo del Escorial in Madrid, with part of its western slope in the Castilian-Leonese province of Ávila.

Flora and landscape

Outstanding flora: Mount Abantos was reforested at the end of the 19th century with several species of trees, with the Pine and Resinero Pine being dominant. There are several species of Ferns, very interesting mosses and a great variety of lichens.

BIRDS
Common Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
Busardo buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carob (Strix aluco)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Crow (Corvus corone)
Montesino scribe (Emberiza cia)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Common Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Royal Milano (Milvus milvus)

Fauna

MAMMALS
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Gyneta (Genetta genetta)
Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Common mole (Talpa europaea)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
REPTILES
Ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris)
Colilarga lizard (Psamodromus algirus)
Iberian lizard (Podarcis hispanica)
Ocellated lizard (Laceta lepida)

Activities

Pico Abantos/Monte Abantos/Alto de Abantos

Access

To access abantos you can go by; BUS ,CAR,WALKING, BIKE AND MOTORCYCLE.