Cim d’Àligues (Eagle’s Peak) is a centre created for the study, breeding, exhibition and free-flight of birds of prey.

Objetives of the centre:

Information:

By our informative sessions at the cages area, before each flight session, and by the explanations throughout the exhibitions, we show our visitors the characteristics and peculiarities of each species of these amazing birds. The flight sessions are conducted at a natural viewpoint, located near the edge of a cliff.

Schedules

Education:

In order to achieve greater sensitivity and respect towards nature, we have developed several educational programs, addressed to the children that visit us with their schools. Although our work focuses on the study of birds of prey, it also points to the other elements that make up the ecosystem, and to their interactions. The contents of our programmes for school groups are always adapted to the children’s ages. They include four different levels of workbooks.

 

Conservation:

The centre runs a permanent breeding programme which aims to build the numbers of birds of various species, including those currently under threat of extinction. We also co-operate with several public and private institutions engaged in different projects which aim to house and protect birds which have been injured in some way and assist the recuperation and release of injured birds into the wild.

The music of this video is the author David Salvans. This included on the CD Hidrogen - Espais Naturals de Catalunya - vol II with the title  Cim d'Àligues. 

A little history:

Cim d’Àligues (Eagle’s Peak) is a centre unique in Spain in its kind, created for the study, breeding, exhibition and free-flight of birds of prey.

The idea to create Cim d'Àligues arose from Rafa Farriols who has been passionate about birds of prey since he was a little boy. Time went by and, after visiting several centres throughout Europe, the project began to take shape.

In March 1994, after nearly three years of searching for a place, applying for authorisations, filling forms, and doing preparation work, Cim d’Àligues opened its doors. Although the official opening did not take place until June that year it was the first specialised centre for birds of prey created in Spain.

In the beginning we had a work-team of four and twenty birds of prey. Nowadays six persons work full-time. In addition to this support personnel (instructors) work during the school terms, and we also have some enthusiastic volunteers. We now have about 100 birds of 28 different species at the centre, organised in two different zones: the cages and exhibition area, for their exhibition and flight, and the breeding area.