Interpretation center and ornithological observatory of Zaframagón
Installed in the Old Zaframagón Station, the Peñón de Zaframagón Ornithological Observatory and Interpretation Center presents its Vulture Surveillance Video Monitoring System as a great attraction. A highly sensitive digital camera, with 360º rotation, allows us to know in real time how griffon vultures fly, feed their young and arrive at their nests. The camera is camouflaged among the rocks, in an area of difficult access on the other side of the Guadalporcún canyon, just 200 meters from where the vultures nest on the steepest side of the rock.
Being a material that is especially respectful with the environment, the camera has a 300 mm motorized zoom, a high-capacity infrared night vision system and up to 99 different positions. The location and power of the equipment allows the signal to be carried -through a fiber optic network- to a digital recording and reproduction equipment of 800 gigabytes located 1 km away. away, at the Interpretation Center. There is a keyboard with a joystick for remote control of the camera and a plasma screen that shows the images in real time and also the recordings that can be viewed through the YouTube channel of the Fundación de la Vía Verde de la Saw.
The Interpretation Center also houses an interesting environmental library, interpretive panels on the Peñón de Zaframagón Natural Reserve, the Griffon Vulture and its natural environment, as well as on the Vía Verde de la Sierra, as well as a souvenir shop.
- Monday and Tuesday: 09: 00h - 15: 00h
- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- Saturdays and Sundays: 09:30 - 16:30
- Holidays: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
FROM 1 TO 17 AUGUST 2021:
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00
- Rest of the week and holidays: CLOSED
FROM AUGUST 18 TO 29, 2021:
- CLOSED FOR VACATIONS
https://www.fundacionviaverdedelasierra.es/atractivos/observatorio-de-aves-de-zaframagon/