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Valencia regional authorities has introduced 12 osprey chicks from Scotland to the Marjal de Pego-Olive pure park, as a part of a venture began 5 years in the past with the Iberdrola España, Migres and Roy Dennis foundations.
The hope is that they are going to make sure the conservation of the species on this area, the place numbers have declined in latest a long time, by nesting and establishing a inhabitants that may join between these in Andalucía and the Balearic Islands, defined the regional director normal for the atmosphere, Raúl Mérida.
They’ve been introduced right here so younger as a result of the species is very philopatric, in that they return to their homeland to breed as soon as they attain sexual maturity, he mentioned.
The chicks are solely about 30 days outdated however are already in a position to feed themselves with meals that their mother and father present.
Any further, monitoring consultants will take over caring and feeding duties, with out direct contact, for a few month, because the chicks end their growth within the synthetic nests.
The chicks, supplied by the Roy Dennis Wildlife Basis, arrived from the Scotland Highlands on July 13, having travelled below the supervision of consultants from the Migres basis.
All however one of many dozen have already flown and a few might return to their wintering space subsequent yr when they’re adults.
Now on the Marjal de Pego-Oliva pure park, their growth will proceed to be monitored till they’re match to be launched and migrate to Africa (Senegal and adjoining nations).
The osprey is among the most generally distributed birds of prey on the planet, current in each continent besides Antarctica.
Though the species will not be threatened on a worldwide scale, European populations, particularly within the Mediterranean basin, suffered a big decline on the finish of the twentieth century.
“Though up to now it was thought-about a well-distributed species within the Iberia Peninsula, it grew to become extinct as a breeder within the Eighties, leaving it diminished to some dozen in populations of the Balearic and Canary Islands,” added Sr Mérida.
