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Animals such as otter, hedgehog or the rate of water have gone to people around the river Segura.
The Department of Environment and Urban Quality, who runs Adela Martinez-Cache, and the Association of Southeast ANSE Naturalists have conducted a study on the species now living in the river and have found that species have reappeared as the otter (Lutra lutra ), whose presence has been proven through his fingerprints on the sampling stations, and other mammals like the water vole (Arvicola sapidus) and the hedgehog (Aterelix algirus).
Among birds, it has been able to detect the presence of species such as common mosquito (Phylloscopus collybita), white wagtail (Motacilla alba), Zarcero Berber (Hippolais opaca) and even migratory species in large communities that are in place to accommodate the contrapasa as daśrica swallow (Hirundo daurica) or Sand Martin (Riparia riparia).
Finally, among the reptiles found highlights the terrapin (Mauremys leprosy), listed as vulnerable by the Red Book of reptiles and amphibians in Spain.
Various municipal activities aimed at environmental restoration and fauna of the Segura river environment have allowed the recovery of this area and the reappearance of species typical of these environments river, which had long since no longer being observed.
The presence of these species is now more than noticeable in the river as it passes through the town, including the section of the town of Murcia.
In addition, the insurance was for decades a river passing through the city of Murcia showed great environmental degradation, lifeless.
But now is the main center of urban biodiversity.
Many animal species such as mallards, herons, coots, egrets, common perch, catfish and carp are examples of extinct species in our city that have become common again.
In more remote areas can be seen warblers, heron, kingfishers and bittern, as well as other bird species that feed near the watercourse.
Between actions by the City Council is the control and prevention of industrial wastes, which has enabled 100% of urban waste water produced in the municipality are purged adequately in sewage plants, to be discharged under conditions acceptable to the receiving environment.
This initiative is resulting in increased water quality in the Segura River and has made it possible for the animal community to re-colonize these environments recovering these places at the same time, the fluvial environment of the municipality.
Moreover, the recent recovery of the Segura River Butte as an open space where all citizens can partake in various activities such as biking, playing sports or just walking, can rescue these spaces of oblivion, and raise public awareness on the importance of wetlands and learn about the wildlife that lives associated with them.
The Department of Environment and Urban Quality has placed in various parts of Segura, in the urban section and in the spots of the river, several posters identifying the most characteristic species of birds can be observed by citizens, thus contributing to better understanding and respect for them.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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