Yesterday we visited the west of Asturias to see passed the reproduction of the shags and get an idea of \u200b\u200bwhen we would have to begin fieldwork. As usual always makes the big difference between the different partners, while some already had chickens, others had not yet performed the start. In the colony of Gavioteiro, Gilberto Jardón 've seen a couple with large chickens a week ago while others were much more delayed.
In one of the cliffs near the colony of A Force, a couple had finished nest building but had not yet performed the start. Interestingly, the female is the one that had the most developed bun was ringed with metal and could read most of the digits and surprisingly it was one of the copies older who have controlled no less than 11 years.
What most caught our attention and our main concern is the significant decrease in the number of breeding pairs. Although still have to wait to make some progress on the season for couples to start playing later, the perception is that the decline is being very sharp and very fast. For example, in this cliff where our female ringed last year raised 4 couples and this is just one.
dominant male defending the nest even though they have not made the start
colony in Castries, Dams things were not much better as one of the nests we had controlled for more than 10 years has disappeared and the total number of partners has declined.
Accidental death in fishing gear is driving this species to extinction at a rapid pace and although we have reported this problem several times, with images and data, administration officials could act to prevent it, look for other side and do nothing. At the last inspection performed beaches appeared a week ago 2 dead adult crested after swallowing a hook. Although the Ministry was advised to remain with his policy of "nonintervention" total for four black big birds, that matters. Remember that this species is found in the Red Book of birds of Spain in the category of Endangered and are included in the regional list of endangered species and has a current management plan is not being fulfilled all.
If you invest the money that is being used in the shameful campaign of killings of large cormorant shag protect the situation would be very different. Recall that the Ministry of Environment is obliged under a law passed themselves from " Establish and implement effective measures to direct protection of the species
eliminating or reducing risk factors that may threaten the survival of the colonies . "In the age of 10 recently completed term of this Management Plan has not done anything, everything has remained a dead letter . It just has a name: Malpractice .
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