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The Department of Health of the City of Cartagena has launched a campaign to control seagulls to prevent pest birds in the city, noting the proliferation of nests that have been occurring in recent years in the area center.
For Councilman, Nicholas Angel Bernal, this issue has not yet become a problem, but could become so, and to avoid it, we have organized a campaign that will run from mid-April to late June, in order to anticipate breeding, nesting and control the time of egg laying, and using the technique of puncture the eggs and subsequent removal of the nest to prevent colonization of the yellow-legged gull, a species that is characterized by its aggressiveness.
The campaign will be disseminated through radio spots in the media and through mail shots of information leaflets in the area between Queen Victoria Street and Paseo Alfonso XII, Santa Lucia Station, so that all citizens to locate a nest is communicate to identify areas and act accordingly.
Last year, during the control campaign, the company responsible for these studies detected 26 gull nests in Cartagena, in the area from the UNED to the Wall of the Sea have now been accounted for some 8,000 pairs of this species in the region, of whom 4,000 live in the area of El Gorguel.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DETECT THE PRESENCE OF SEAGULLS
Citizens detected during this time the continued presence of gulls on their roofs, you can communicate to your 968 December 1988 17 or email sanidad@ayto-cartagena.es.
Also there have been a number of recommendations to discourage the proliferation of these birds in the city, including:
- Do not throw food in parks and squares
- Do not feed the seagulls
- Close containers when used
- Put barriers on roofs where nests have been observed in other years.
PIGEONS and starlings
Other bird species that have caused more problems in Cartagena, such as pigeons and starlings, are practically controlled by the council.
As regards the former, the actions that have taken place since the Department of Health over the past five years have succeeded in controlling the number of pigeons, which revolves around 5,000, and even in some areas has decreased the population of these birds.
The case of starlings is curious because, although the City has hired the company in charge of control, this year have not been needed their services because they have found no birds in common areas.
Apparently, grouped in flocks, the birds have moved to the area of tailings, so that if they keep this trend next year will be able to say that the problem is solved.
This fact is also reflected in a cleaner city, as the dirt that generated the starlings declined by 80 percent.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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