The imperial heron

The imperial heron is not a bird very known in our environment, principally because its distribution is very scanty in The Basque Country.

It is a migratory bird that is fed on small vertebrates.
It needs zones of marsh like Txipio and estuary of Plentzia.

They are indispensable to its survive.

Palaeolithic site in Barrica

Apart from for its beauty and suitability for the practice of surf, beach of Barrika is notable for the Palaeolithic deposit which has been found in its surrounding areas.

This is located in the Kurtzio mountain and it has an antiquity of 80.000 years, which turns it into the only case into the whole Cantabrian cornice.

This deposit fits with a outdoor workshop of silex without a specific location and knifes and scrapers have been found.

More information about Palaeolithic: (1)
Human evolution: (2)

Thank you very much to the following web site fon its photo of silex:(3) /(4) / (5)

Animals’ party! (July, 2005. Lemoiz)

Every year the department of education of the Basque Government invests a lot of money in subsidizing importantly projects of environmental education in the schools: sensitization about the problems which appear today in day the nature, knowledge of the solutions, promotion of respectful attitudes...

While I was in festivity of Lemoniz (Basque Country) I thought what a big damage is produced against these goals when animals are used in shows for young people (look at attached images or download the video).

No animals in popular festivities!