Loose Bleke floods are small birds (16 cm long), wings in the form of a scythe and short tail. They often go unnoticed by their great resemblance to the Vencejo Usually, from which it differs from the clearest and lighter color against a dark background. Moreover, the pale throat is wider.
He Food and reproductive behavior is also very similar to that of the common expansionWith which it is often associated, although your wings are less likely. It is a kind of Mediterranean distribution that lives from the coast of Mauritania to the Arabian Peninsula, and on the Iberian Peninsula occupies the southwestern quadrant and the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Although the SCJ Slave School of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) is already known to all followers of live cameras, it is worth remembering, now that the new breeding season and the live start, that this school is an example in terms of “green education”. Are project “Overcome Medianeros”, It is one of the five lines of Education Learning collected in its environmental and social sustainability plan, Repair.
An educational model that is mounted on the presence of these birds in their classrooms and their courtyards. Over the years, the entire educational community, Students and even their families already know what a wedding isThey have seen them, studied and now with the cameras they have them at home every day.
It is also one Good example that co -exist with the wild fauna that uses buildings as a refuge and nesting is also possible for people.
To be able to enjoy nature, it is closely contributing to improving good work and health, as demonstrated by several studies, in addition to, in the case of The conquered, planes, swallows or bats contribute to the control of annoying species such as mosquitoes.
Follow -up
It all started a few years ago, then They benefited from the interest in the students to see the falling in the sneaky courtyard.
One of the teachers involved, Ignacio Quevedo, was clear: It would drive a great educational project “Green” for the pale expansion. And so eleven years have passed, and Vencej They don’t keep coming back alone, but they are more and more. The students not only enjoy this experience, through the live camera everyone can see how they cancel their chickens from mobile devices.
All this monitoring and care for the species by the school has paid off since lTo the Black -boom colony in the 2024 season has had a nest record with 12 nest couples and 55 flown chickens.
It is a unique camera in the world, which shows the reproductive behavior of this exciting and unknown bird 24 hours a day that only dedicates. Under the 2017 breeding season, ha may now observe Exciting, curious moments and some That they had not yet been admitted, such as Cenbas, sexual intercourse, fighting, attacks by adults, etc. The camera is in one of the holes of the old box of the school laboratory. There are three nests in that hole Vencejo pale.
Know in the foreground to overcome
HeFaded It is, among the six types of overwhelming, breeding in SpainThe first to arrive every spring on the Iberian Peninsula (February) and the last to leave in October. For more than eight months they delight us with their flights and acrobatics and thanks to the live camera we know the eggs, births and care of the young people in detail.
The Live camera shows three pale -winning nests A species that is easily confused with his close family member, the common victory. To distinguish them, good lighting conditions are needed and you have to place a short distance.
He Bleke wedding has a clearer and brightest general tone and greater expansion in the goal of the throat;Moreover, a more marked mask can sometimes be seen, a greater contrast in the lower part of the wings and more pavement appearance.
But just like with other bird species, the sound they broadcast is the clearest sign of identification, Although this option is reserved for fans of Bird Songs . For the rest, they increase in the same places and their reproductive cycle and behavior is very similar.
That is why it is very important to know the behavior and reproductive cycle of this species, Because everything that influences pale expansion is also a threat to the common expansion And other insective birds such as swallows or planes.
Connection with nature
Since 2006 they have been using it in the animal NGO they use Live cameras as a communication tool To bring the lives of birds closer to society, to spread their biology and behavior and to offer a unique opportunity to re -connection with nature from everywhere.
At the moment, It is the only nature conservation organization in Spain that maintains a network of web cameras in the natural environment,Transferring the life of birds. This project has achieved millions of visualizations every season, which proves the interest and dedication of citizens with the preservation of biodiversity.