Garbiker: High Environmental Performance
Second Integral Plan for Urban waste management of Biscay
Why recycle? How is it done?
Garbigunes
Yellow recycling bin
Packaging materials recycled
Definitions
Types of packaging materials
The significance of the symbols
Advice for reducing the use of packaging materials
Separation Plant
Recycling Bins Placed Araba
Recycling Bins Placed Bizkaia
Amounts collected - Municipios
Amounts collected - Garbigunes
Amounts collected - Otros Centros
Controlled Landfields
Companies taking part
Visitor application form
The Jata landfill (Lemoiz) is visited regularly by about 5,500 seagulls during their biological feeding cycles.
In spring and summer there was a predominance of the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans).
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans)
This is the largest and most common gull in the Mediterranean and certain areas of the Cantabrian coastline. It measures 55-61 cm in length. The male is larger than the female. Its head, neck, tail and lower parts are white; its bill is yellow with a red mark at the angle of the lower jaw and its legs are yellow.
It is a strong flyer and adapts to all heights, both at sea and on land. It can be seen many kilometres inland in search of food on landfills and cultivated fields.
It is omnivorous and preys on all kinds of animals, be these birds, mammals or even molluscs. It will attack rats, mice and even rabbits without hesitation and it is difficult for other kinds of birds to prosper in areas where this species forms colonies due to its liking for eggs and chicks, even those of its own kind.
It breeds along the entire coastline and in some places its excrement is harmful for buildings and monuments.
Habitat: Rocky islands and cliffs.
In the autumn, the Yellow-legged Gull can be seen in the company of a significant number of the subspecies, the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus).
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Balck-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a scavenger on beaches and follows fishing boats in search of scraps of food and frequents harbours and rubbish dumps. It measures 55 cm in length. the male is larger than the female.
At the end of the summer, this gull can be seen flying along the coasts of the Cantabrian sea, especially in stormy weather. Later, the number of migrant birds increases, many of which disperse along the coasts, rivers and estuaries, etc, to pass the winter.
It has a greyish back and its beak is not as strong as in other species of gulls. It feeds on carrion and rubbish, fish, molluscs, worms, insects, rats, mice, birds and eggs - also algae and grain.
Habitat: Open sea, coastlines and estuaries.
Lesser Black
