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The presence of gulls in the city center has declined following the campaign to control these birds has carried out the Department of Health.

This year 199 points have been revised to curb the colonization of the yellow-legged gull, whose egg-laying takes place in the months of April, May and June.

Of the areas reviewed, 21 more than in 2011, 89 nests have been located, of which 72 have withdrawn chicks and 138 eggs have been stuck, ie, has slowed the possible evolution and reproduction of 210 adult specimens.

However, 5 nests were detected less than in the previous season.

As reported by the Councillor for Health, Ã ngel Nicolas Bernal of the 89 nests located, 47 buildings have been detected in the area closest to the sea, ie in urban space formed by the streets Quartermaster, Jara, Duke, San Diego and the harbor.

Of the remainder, 28 have been found from the previous limit to the promenade of Alfonso XIII and 12 nests have been found between the promenade and the streets and Alfonso X el Sabio Avenue Murcia.

Military Arsenal, Torres Park, mountains and Cantarranas Despeñaperros among others, are the points where it has located a greater number of nests.

Councilman Nicholas à ngel Health Bernal noted that the extracted data show that the result of increased wear in areas closest to the sea and the stabilization of the nests made ​​in the three previous seasons, the seagull population is replicating to coastal zones.

Bernal has also highlighted the decline of public notices have been collected 53 calls, 21 less than last year and half compared to 2010, indicating the effectiveness of the campaigns that the City made ​​since 2008. Campaigns are being effective and have helped to avoid a plague of seagulls in the city, he stressed.

This year, for the first time, has been applied in control techniques a chemical that acts as a repellent which have permeated areas to prevent recidivism nods gull nest.

The results of applying this modifier behavior is reproduced in future campaigns.

As for the technique remains the punch of eggs and subsequent removal of the nest, and the removal of chicks.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena