Like many residents of Madrid, the sapper plane, a small insectivorous bird, has difficulties finding accommodation in the city and has gone to the outskirts. The only colony that nests today in the municipal term proliferates in holes in the slopes of the Lagunas de Ambroz, an ecosystem born around an old open-air mine to the east of the municipal term, next to the M-40. Virtually abandoned, the lagoons and their surroundings have experienced an explosion of biodiversity in recent years, with more than 1,500 species of flora and fauna and more types of birds identified than the Casa de Campo. But its evolution is uncertain. While neighborhood groups and environmentalists want to protect the environment, the mining company intends to resume exploitation. The area is also on developable land, in the sights of real estate developers for more than two decades. The administrations, for their part, postpone the final decision.
