White Stork Nest on the Mudéjar Tower

A White Stork Nest Above Historic Madrigal

This camera watches a colony of white storks (Ciconia ciconia) that nest year after year on the pinnacles of the Mudéjar church tower. Viewers can follow the birds' courtship, incubation and rearing of chicks up close, a species tied to human settlements since ancient times.

The Tallest Mudéjar Tower in Ávila

The nest sits on the province's highest Mudéjar tower, part of a town famed for its brick churches and surviving medieval walls. Madrigal is the birthplace of Isabella the Catholic, one of Spain's most storied queens.

Views Over the Castilian Plains

From this commanding height the lens surveys the terracotta rooftops of the town and the vast Morañega plains beyond, an open cereal landscape that frames the settlement on every side.

A Haven for Wildlife

Beyond the storks, the setting draws lesser kestrels, peregrine falcons, eagle owls and the swift, wheeling flights of common swifts, making the tower a living observatory of local birdlife.