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Sacred Ibis - Ebro Delta (1 Viewer)

John Fordham

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Hi all,
Quick question.
Saw Sacred Ibis in Ebro Delta today - no ringing that I can see on ptures I took. Is there a chance it may have flown up from Africa.

Cheers
John
 
I think that there is a population of Sacred Ibis at the Camargue.... not sure if they are natural, introductions or escapes....

Not so far away from Ebro I guess.....
 
There is a growing population in France originating from birds that escaped the Zoo of Branfere (They were kept free-flying, so escape wasn´t difficult).

The population in France is mainly at the atlantic cost and, if I remember correctly, there are about 2000 pairs in france now (or even more?).

There are also some birds at the french mediterranean coast and small colonies and breeding have also occurred in spain.

Predation on Tern eggs has been reported and there is a big debatte on culling going on. Difficult to say how big the problem is, but some people seem to be totally against any action against the "Ibis sacre"; while others would love to shoot the breeding colonies. A somewhat heated discussion, I think.

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OK, thanks everyone. I´ll assume introduced. A quick Google showed that others have seen this Ibis at Ebro as well.

Cheers
John

P.S. I think it´s a long way from Camargue to Ebro (as the crow or ibis flies)!!!
 
I don't know if they are still there but I saw two sacred ibises at the S'Albufera reserve in Mallorca in 2000 and 2002. These two were regulars there.
 
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