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The local ornithological society Cigüeña Negra (Black Stork) is funded by members' subscriptions and by the local authority. It has its headquarters, the EOT, in an old school at La Peña, 8 km West of Tarifa beside the main N340 road to Cádiz. The EOT provides a bunkhouse, kitchen and showers for those engaged on weekend projects, as well as a library, maps and computers, a room for meetings and social gatherings, an outdoor pond and a hide for school children. The EOT lies at the hub of about a dozen outdoor observatories, carefully situated to view the best of spring and autumn raptor and stork migrations between Europe and Africa.
Cigüeña Negra's current projects and priorities are:1-Counts of migrating raptors and storks during spring and autumn.
2-Counts of common cranes (grulla) wintering at La Janda, north-west of Tarifa.
3-Improving the breeding success of local montagu's harriers (aguilucho cenizo) by working with farmers to avoid nest destruction during the cereal harvest.
4-Introductory courses for those interested in becoming ringers.
Read here Lynden Schofields essay about bird watching in Tarifa and Cigüeña Negra. |
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