Javier Ruiz

javier-ruiz1Javier Ruiz is a naturalist. He knows very well the province of Cadiz (Spain) with special emphasis on the coast and the Bay of Cadiz, who knows perfectly for over 35 years. He has many publications of the natural history of the Bay of Cadiz with special emphasis on shorebirds. In 2011 he began designing the monitoring project of the spoonbill on the coast of Cadiz (southwestern Spain) with Francisco Hortas. Since 2012 both coordinate the Limes Platalea project of Cádiz Natural History Society, monitoring this species by the new migration corridor called “Playa de la Barrosa-Cabo Roche” recently discovered with this project. In addition to monitoring they are marking birds and putting GPS-GSM loggers to study this new discovery. He is coordinator and author of the book “The intercontinental spoonbill migration”.

Blog about Limes Platalea Project: http://limesplatalea.blogspot.com.es/