Nature, Tradition and Life

Location: Umbralejo is a rehabilitated uninhabited town in the province of Guadalajara, located on the eastern slope of the Sierra de Ayllón, previously independent, It was annexed from the first half of the 19th century to the municipality of La Huerce, a community autonomous of Castilla-La Mancha. Activities: Hiking route and knowledge of nature. They will be proposed different routes around both the facilities where you will stay the group as well as other spaces with the purpose of making known the values natural environment. - Visit to different nearby locations: . Valverde de Los Arroyos: one of the most beautiful towns in Spain . Galve de Sorbe: with its famous medieval castle (visit exterior) . Cogolludo: impressive Renaissance façade of the Doge's Palace and a very good preserved main square - Initiation workshops in ornithology. This workshop aims to give introduce participants to the world of ornithology. - Workshop on nest boxes and shelters for bats. This activity aims to make known the different ways to help biodiversity and more in concrete with the construction and subsequent placement, if appropriate, of shelters for bats and nest boxes for small birds. - Workshop on bird feeders and waterers. This workshop aims to to make known how birds can be helped through the construction of feeders and drinkers. To do this, different types of packaging will be reused and packaging. - Bird sounds workshop. This activity aims to bring the world of birds through the sounds they emit, for this there will be a talk and a subsequent activity of listening to bird songs in nature. - Workshop on the fight against Garbage. It is proposed to carry out an activity that will have Two parts. On the one hand, a short introductory talk about the problem of the Garbage and later a cleaning and collection raid will be carried out of data using Elitter, a citizen science application that allows take data on the garbage that exists in a place. - Traces and footprints workshop. Many times, it is very difficult to observe first hand the fauna that exists in a certain place if it is not for the footprints and traces they leave in the places where they pass, feed or breed. With This workshop is intended to introduce the group to this “world“ of Identification of fauna through the footprints and trails left by the fauna. **These complementary activities may undergo some modification due to organizational needs.