El Gavilán - El Pinar Negro

It is located at the north, east and south by Rambla de la Buitreras (ravine) and Argos River among gullies, crags, hills and ravines covered by rosemary, juniper, mastic and a dense pine forest. Its central point reaches in Pinar Negro (1477m).

Sierra del Gavilan may be classified as Site of Community Importance (SCI). This area has a rich range of endemism like Thymusfunkii and other species listed in Catalogo Regional de Flora Silvestre Protegida de la Region de Murcia (Regional Catalogue of Protected Wild Flora of the Murcia Region).

Among fauna species, birds of prey like the eagle owl, the short-toed eagle, the peregrine falcon, the golden eagle, the red-billed chough the common buzzard – all but this last one included in the Annex I of Directiva de Aves, 72/409/CEE- stand out. Other mammal species as boars, foxes, martens, genets and badgers can also be found in this area.