Necromederos Program: supplementary feeding of necrophagous birds.

The FCQ promoted the implementation of a bearded vulture feeder in the Cañones and Sierra de Guara Natural Park (Vadiello-Huesca) in 2001, of a necrophagous bird feeder (griffon vulture, Egyptian vulture, red kite and bearded vulture) in Aínsa-Sobrarbe (Huesca) in 2009 and a bearded vulture feeder in the Picos de Europa in Mirador de la Reina (Asturias) in 2015. Currently, the feeders in Aínsa and Mirador de the Queen. The Aínsa feeder operates all year round, with food contributions being made twice a week. At the feeder, control of use by necrophagous birds is carried out, through visual observations during feeding or photo-trapping cameras. The food comes from the Aínsa municipal ecological slaughterhouse. About 25,000 kg are contributed to the feeder annually. At the Mirador de la Reina feeder (Asturias), 9,000 kg are contributed annually. coming from the Mieres slaughterhouse. In recent years, these feeders have established themselves as a place that ensures predictable and clean food for scavengers, thus contributing, along with the rest of the feeders, to a higher survival rate for them. Program financed by FCQ collaborators and own funds.