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In this series of photographs in La Vanguardia’s Readers’ Photos we can see how the storks take over the roofs of the houses and crown the churches of Artés, in the Bages region.
In Artés, the Romanesque apse, part of the Gothic nave and the bell tower of the old parish church of Santa Maria, where the storks gather, are still preserved.
In the modern part of the town is the new church, which is the second largest in Bages and was completed in 1912.
Storks are migratory, but more and more are staying in the Segrià, probably due to climate change or because they find food in this area.
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large species of bird. Its plumage is mostly white with black on the wings. And the legs and beak of adults acquire a red color.
It measures an average of 100 and 115 cm from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, and its wings can reach a span between 155 and 215 cm.
