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With 2021 coming to the end, it is time for a little sum-up of the achievements we were able to accomplish with our common effort so far :)
- 82 field assistants trained
- 1500 km of power lines searched
- more than 1500 cadavers found
The 12th MAVIR Bird Conservation Conference was organized by our project partner MAVIR in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (AM), the Herman Ottó Institute (HOI), BirdLife Hungary (MME), and LIFE Danube Free Sky project. The Conference took place on the 25th of November 2021 and was held online due to the worsening pandemic situation at the time being.
On the 24th of November, the Second Project Board Meeting was held with the participation of the project partners. Our colleagues from all project countries had the opportunity to present the results achieved so far, thus ensuring the exchange of information and experience among all project beneficiaries.
Today we installed 3 notice boards in Slovakia (near cycling roads in Čunovo, Bratislava, Klížska Nemá, and nearby Environmental Education Centre Dropie) that will inform passers-by about the main activities we are working on under our project. Together, 22 info boards will be installed in all project countries. Check the design HERE!
Our project was presented at the 1st International Conference DANUrB+ held on 11.10.2021. At this event, we learned about different initiatives and interesting projects which have one thing in common - the area of implementation - the Danube region. The main goal of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme project - DANUrB+ is to create a comprehensive spatio-cultural network,
Just as schoolchildren start school, autumn is also the time of year when many birds start their migration. In particular, the species that winter furthest from us - the so-called sub-Saharan migrants - have already left for their journeys. We won't see storks, cuckoos, or earthworms on our territory until 2022.
On the 4th of August 2021, the press conference of organizations Raptor Protection of Slovakia and Slovenská elektrizačná prenosová sústava/Slovak electricity transmission system, Plc. (SEPS) was held nearby transmission power lines and pylons, on which the nest boxes for the Saker Falcon are being installed during the last decades.
