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The Department of Health of the City of Cartagena on Monday launched a new control c Ampana nests and laying eggs seagulls on decks, roofs and terraces Urban Center.
According to the Councillor for Health, Ángel Nicolás Bernal, the goal of this campaign is c heck the progressive colonization of this species in different areas of the city, based on data collected since 2006, which indicate the points that come sighting nests.
The campaign will run until June, coincideindo with the period of nesting and egg laying.
The technique used to prevent colonization is the disablement of the eggs through the puncture and withdrawal of the nests.
Through the website of the City Council shall report this initiative, and will be a byte in the areas between Victoria and Queen streets Paseo Alfonso XIII (both inclusive) and Santa Lucia and the Sector Station, where typically nests sighted.
The councilman of Health has again asked the cooperation of citizens to all citizens to locate a nest, either on your roof or in some neighboring building, make a notification as soon as possible, so you can act accordingly: the efficiency is greater than if performed when the pups have already been born.
These sightings can be reported to the Department of Health on the phone Tel 968 12 88 71 or via email: sanidad@ayto-cartagena.es
The council has recommended a set of guidelines to be observed by citizens to avoid the proliferation of such gulls, which displace other species and in some cases has manifested aggressive.
Thus asked not to throw food in parks and squares, do not give food to the gulls close containers when not in use and put obstacles in the roofs where nests have been observed in other years.
Last season, as a novelty, we applied a product whose purpose was to prevent birds perched, an initiative that will be valued in this season, after checking back or not to nest in the same places.
During the campaign of 2012 were revised 199 points in buildings and roofs, were located 89 nests, in which they disabled 138 retired 72 eggs and chicks.
These figures indicate a maintenance in the number of nests, but with an increase in the number of eggs laid.
Yellow-legged gull (Larus Michahellis)
The yellow-legged gull is one of white and gray plumage mostly, with the tips of the wings in black.
Its most striking features are its yellow legs and beak, also yellow, with a red spot on the bottom.
Although their normal habitat is coastal islands and islets, in recent years it has detected the presence of settlements in urban coastal terms, such as Cartagena.
This is because the yellow-legged gull is a bird that takes any power source you can find, their presence in urban areas is due to the increased availability of waste arising in these areas and tourism development.
Its massive presence can cause health problems such as transmission of germs, their own way of eating; trouble in tourist areas (odors, noise, intimidating attacks people); impact on flora and vegetation, and on farms, and threat other species of birds.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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