The Biodiversity Foundation collaborates with the City Council of Alfaro in the post-production and distribution of an informative documentary about the white stork, in order to raise awareness of this protected species and raise awareness among the local population, especially the little ones, of the uniqueness of its presence in the urban area of the town.

On Saturday, June 4, Ana Leiva, director of the Biodiversity Foundation, visits the Riojan town of Alfaro, where the largest urban colony of white storks in the world is located on the same building. It is the colony located in the Collegiate Church of San Miguel, one of the most representative historical-artistic monuments of La Rioja, which has also gained international fame for housing this family of storks.

The documentary, which narrates the life of a stork born on the rooftops of the Collegiate Church of Alfaro, was filmed in 2010 by the German television BR (Bayerisches Fernsehen), and will be shown both among schoolchildren in La Rioja and other Autonomous Communities, contributing to raising awareness for the conservation of the largest colony of white stork in the world in urban areas.

The presence of white storks on religious buildings is common in the landscape of many towns in Spain, a territory that is home to one of the most important populations of white storks in Europe. In La Rioja, the species is mainly distributed in the north of the Community, in towns located along the Ebro River valley, with the colony located in Alfaro being the most important.

In this way, the natural and cultural heritage becomes an important tourist resource for these populations, and its enhancement requires actions that include knowledge of this natural and cultural heritage, such as the dissemination of this documentary.