The northern bald ibis Frigg made a stop on Sunday, April 19, at the facilities of the Torre d'en Mornau project, in Alt Empordà, during its return journey north. Its presence has been interpreted as a new link between the populations of Austria and Jerez and the colony that is beginning to form in the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà.
A bird with a journey between Cádiz, Austria and the Empordà
Frigg participated in 2023 in the assisted migration of the Waldrappteam, an Austrian program focused on teaching migratory routes. Before starting now its autonomous return towards the north, the specimen spent about two years in Cádiz, within the environment of the Proyecto Eremita.
The stop in Alt Empordà also connects with the reintroduction process underway in the natural park. The first specimens arrived in June 2025, with a group formed by 15 juveniles and 4 chicks from Jerez. Months later, the first release of 2026 was made public on March 23.
Technical monitoring in Torre d'en Mornau
The Alive Foundation describes Frigg as a veteran, competitive individual with a tendency to monopolize available resources. That behavior has forced the technical team to intervene in food management.
The objective of that action is to avoid dependence on supplementation and to favor that the bird resumes its displacement towards Austria. Frigg's stay in Torre d'en Mornau is thus framed in the monitoring of a key return route to consolidate the connection between nuclei of the species and the new colony in formation in the Aiguamolls.