The Central European traditional orchards with their full standard trees of apples, pears, plums and cherries have a counterpart in Southwestern Spain - the gnarled holm and cork oaks in the vast Dehesas. At first sight the light cover of large fruit trees in the traditional orchards and the holm and cork oakwoods are not dissimilar in character. Indeed these two natural regions are interlinked through international bird migrations. Many of the inhabitants of the traditional orchards such as the Redstart and the Wood pigeon spend their winters in the Spanish Extremadura. Spotted flycatchers and Woodchat shrikes take a rest in Europe's largest 'parklands' on their way to Africa. Here again nature conservation and food production are closely interlinked. An unusual looking regional breed of pig, the Cerdo iberico or Iberian swine, is kept in the oakwoods and fattened on the acorns. It produces the exceptionally good Extremadura ham which is much sought after and attracts high prices. This again is to the advantage of the 60,000 or so cranes which winter every year in the Extremadura and also feed on the acorns produced by the big knobbly oak trees. These interconnections are an impressive example of how a sustainable economy can bring ecological benefits. This type of conservation through well-adapted land use is what the participants of "Gourmets for Nature" strive for.