{"id":11254,"date":"2026-02-16T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/nomad-blackboards-the-birds-of-marimurtra\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:45:42","slug":"nomad-blackboards-the-birds-of-marimurtra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/nomad-blackboards-the-birds-of-marimurtra\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomad Blackboards: The birds of Marimurtra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nomad Blackboards: The birds of Marimurtra<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The birds of Marimurtra
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Marimurtra is a paradise for birds. Between 8 and 12 million birds breed in Catalonia each year and 22% of these birds breed in the Marimurtra Botanical Garden area. Therefore, it is the perfect scientific project to refer to this important part of the garden\u2019s biodiversity.
In 2019, garden volunteers started a bird-watching project that continues today. In each area (the Garden is divided into three main areas) there is a bird feeder where the birds are observed once a week, always at the same time. The type of bird that has been seen and the quantity are being reported and posted every Friday on the Zarzales de los Jard\u00edns website. <\/p>

It is a citizen science platform where data like this from all over Catalonia is gathered and is available to both citizens and scientists.<\/p>

The data on the most seen birds in the garden, which you can see on the board, is from the year 2022, where the volunteers also did their own research on the question: What influences the abundance of birds?<\/p>

These are the main conclusions they drew from their research:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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RESULTS<\/th>CONCLUSIONS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
The three species of birds most seen in the garden are sedentary birds and remain during the winter in their country of origin. Other birds such as the pupilla (Upupa epops) settle in southern Africa during the winter season, so we see them less around Marimurtra.<\/td>The season influences the abundance of birds present in Marimurtra.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In the second garden there is a grass sprinkler near the bird watching site. When the lawn sprinkler is on, fewer birds are seen than when it is off.<\/td>Sprinkling grass influences bird abundance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When bird watchers tried a different type of bird food, they did not see any birds in a time and place range, where they have seen many birds<\/td>Bird feeding influences bird abundance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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