First Mouse-tailed dormice radio-tagged September 15, 2022 Since its rediscovery in 2017, The Habitat Foundation supports the research and conservation of Roach’s Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) in Bulgaria. In the area where the dormouse was found, we placed nest boxes, live traps and wildlife cameras. In the past five years, we learned a lot about …
The Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service, in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage supports the research on Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). In 2017 we started a fundraising campaign for the work of Nedko Nedyalkov. After 40 years without any live recordings, Nedko caught a Mouse-tailed dormouse (alive) in Southeast Bulgaria in …
National species action plan for the Mouse-tailed dormouse November 14, 2019 The Mouse-tailed dormouse is one of the rarest mammals in the Western Palearctic. Because of its small distribution area it is categorised as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. It is also include in Annex IV of the EU Habitats Directive. Because the main …
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Seven years of bird counts in SE Europe April 17, 2017 Henk Sierdsema, the co-ordinator of the project ‘Bird counts in Bulgaria’ made an overview of the results of seven years (2010 until 2016) of bird counts in Bulgaria and Macedonia. For every bird species he created a map with the locations where counts were …
Strong increase birding records since 2010 October 26, 2014 Many people have carried out bird counts in Bulgaria this year. As far as we know seven groups travelled to Bulgaria and carried out counts. Already many counts (186!) have been uploaded to the website pc.trektellen.nl. A very good result. Encouraging is that other bird watchers, …
English version of manual bird counts April 20, 2014 It already existed in Dutch, but now it is also available in English: the manual for the bird counts in Bulgaria. It explains the method used for the point counts and the use of the website pc.trektellen.nl for uploading the results of the counts. The manual …
Four years of bird counts in Bulgaria March 23, 2014 Henk Sierdsema, the co-ordinator of the project ‘Bird counts in Bulgaria’ made an overview of the results of four years (2010 until 2013) of bird counts in the Eastern Rhodopes. For every bird species he created a map with the locations where counts were carried …
Meeting Bird survey Bulgaria October 30, 2012 Last weekend some of the participants of the bird census in SE Europe in spring 2012 tested the web based data input module. The module makes it easier to add the results of bird counts at points to a database on the world wide web. You can either …
Meeting Bird survey Bulgaria October 30, 2012 In the past three years 25 people took part in the bird surveys in SE Europe. Not only in the Eastern Rhodopes, but also in other parts of the country, particularly along the Black Sea coast. So it was time to come together and share some experiences. A …
Donation by BirdLife Netherlands February 23, 2012 BirdLife Netherlands and the National Postcode Lotery donate € 3.000,- for the project ‘Bird survey in Southeast Europe’. The money comes from the Kingfisher Fund (IJsvogelfonds). This fund was established in 2011 by BirdLife Netherlands, with financial support of the National Postcode Lotery, to help small bird working …
