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| The Department of the Environment invites you to learn about the aquatic birds that use this wetland as a place of rest and food in their migratory transit from central Europe to North Africa and vice versa | The Information and Visitors Reception Center of Las Lagunas de Campotéjar-Salar Gordo, in Molina de Segura, celebrates World Migratory Bird Day on Sunday, October 4.
To do this, it proposes to all those interested in knowing the natural values ??of this important natural enclave, the realization of a self-guided itinerary in which, provided with binoculars and observation cards, they will be able to identify the bird species that can be found in this beginning of autumn in the Lagoons.
Among them, the white-headed malvasia, the common coot, the black-necked grebe or the common grebe, the shoveler, the white jar, the martinete, among many other species.
Information will be provided on the characteristics and habits of many of these species, which use this wetland as a resting place,breeding and food source. World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated twice a year, on the second Saturday of May and the second Saturday of October.
This commemoration wants to make the population aware of the importance of conserving birds and their habitats, as well as raising awareness of the threats they face and the need to conserve them.
In this year 2020, the slogan of the campaign is Birds connect our world, and emphasizes the idea of ??the importance of conserving and restoring the connectivity of ecosystems, as well as their integrity, so that their balance and natural cycles are maintained.
, allowing the reproduction and life cycles of birds and other living beings. With this proposal, the Department of the Environment of the Molina de Segura City Council joins this celebration one more year and invites the population of Molina de Segura to get to know these species, so that all of us contribute to their conservation. For the Councilor for the Environment, Mariano Vicente Albaladejo, "celebrating a world day, in this case that of Birds, and in these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, is a challenge, and we want citizens to and citizens of Molina de Segura and other areas of the Region who visit Las Lagunas de Campotéjar, feel safe and, in addition, are aware of the importance of conserving birds, especially migratory and aquatic birds, as they represent an added value to the local biodiversity of this municipality, given its global importance, and its recognition in protection catalogs ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
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