The audouin gull

The  Natural Park of the Lagoons at La Mata and Torrevieja are homes to the second most important colony of the gaviota de audouin (the audouin gull). The largest colony is on the Ebro delta.

Yesterday the Councillor for the Environment, José Ramón García Antón, the Mayor, Pedro Ángel Hernández, and the Director of the park, Concepción Torres helped to ring 200 chicks.

Twenty four  chicks have been transferred to the Columbretes Islands where they can be raised in safety.