Contrada Scaleri
In the hinterland of Sicily we can find this Natural reserve characterized by the presence of the Karren (picture) a sort of limestone pavements created by the superficial erosion of the evaporitic...
This reserve lies in the Erei mountains, in central Sicily and it’s crossed, in the low side, by a stream.
Because of the limestone the water, during the century, digged the rock forming many canyons.
Along the banks of the river there is a dense vegetation in poplar, oak and willow
The reserve host many species of birds among other the bee-eater, the shrike, the barn owl …
You might also meet the frog, the rabbit, the procupine …