The environmental SEO / BirdLife has warned of the "destruction of nesting sites of protected species" that is occurring in the reservoir of Orellana (Badajoz), which in his opinion, "the high altitude has been reached by the waters affected one of the main colonies of herons "in the province.
As explained SEO / BirdLife in a press release, last April 29 members of this organization, during the fieldwork for the national census of herons, 2011, "found that the level of the reservoir had filled Orellana about 50 percent of the nests of a large heron colony located in the tail of that dam, near the campsite 'Puerto Peña' ".
also saw the rise of distance" had exceeded the level of the artificially created islands in the reservoir to house colonies of wading birds, making them disappear. "
Given this situation, organization reminded that this whole Orellana reservoir area is protected as an Area of \u200b\u200bRegional Interest (ZIR), Special Protection Area (SPA), Site of Community Importance (SCI) and as a Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar Convention.
He added further that the colony of herons affected by the rising waters consists more than 1,500 nests of several species, including cattle egret, egret, herons and heron, and "at least half of the nests of this colony are already flooded and the rest are seen placed in incubation and chickens" .
is why the organization has not ruled out that the rising waters due to reservoir management "has resulted in the loss of an undetermined number of spawning of these species and threatens to wipe out the entire colony."
this situation SEO / BirdLife has said that it "has handled the complaints related to the situation created by the reservoir management", since according recalled, conservation association indicates that the document of the Master Plan for Use and Management (PRUG) of the protected reservoir of Orellana and Sierra de Pela in the pipeline, set to a specific aims "to prevent changes in water levels in the reservoir Orellana affecting wildlife populations existing on the shores and islands. "
also recalled that the Group for Research in Conservation Biology at the University of Extremadura, as part of a project to improve habitats in the reservoir of Orellana, sent a series of recommendations for the management of the blade water, "in order to avoid possible negative effects protected species during the breeding season.
adds that "such an attitude would be permissible only to law enforcement needs in the management of reservoirs in the Guadiana basin," said SEO / BirdLife, which has seen Orellana managers to "have options to manage these impacts waters without cause and without harming the resource."
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