October 16, 2023 Within the LIFE for Falcons project, Green Balkans and the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) organised the International Saker Falcon Conference in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) from 12 until 15 October 2023. At the conference species experts shared their experiences in Saker Falcon conservation and research. Over 50 participants from […]
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August 9, 2023 One of the objectives of the LIFE for falcons projects is addressing the primary anthropogenic threats in the project’s Special Protection Areas where the Saker falcon has been recorded. One of the threats is accidental poisoning by pesticides used in agriculture. The Habitat Foundation conducted research on the use of pesticides in
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Telescopes for guards of National Park Divjakë-Karavasta, Albania May 20, 2020 Divjakë-Karavasta National Park is a lagoon on the coast of Albania with one of the last breeding colonies of the Dalmatian Pelican in Albania. In the late 20th century, the colony fared poorly due to the drop in water levels in the lagoon. From
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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
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Strong increase continues February 26, 2016 The first Songthrushes and Chiffchaffs are heard singing again. Spring is approaching. Time to make plans for the coming bird counts in Southeastern Europe. Last year many people carried out bird counts, more than the year before. The number of point counts in Bulgaria and neighbouring countries increases since
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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