The first in-person meeting of the project partners after 2 years of restrictions has been conducted on the 23rd of November in the Hungarian city of Tata. The topics we discussed were focused on the project action status, next steps, and fruitful discussions between the project partners about the best practices of using various types of flight diverters. We are very glad that we could meet personally after a long period of time.

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In November, a joint team of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and Electricity Distribution Grid West AD (EDG West AD) successfully installed 50 artificial nest boxes (houses) for the nesting of the European Roller.

The European Roller is a protected species that nests in holes in earth slopes, rock niches, stone walls, tree hollows, and in cavities of concrete electricity poles. The population of this blue-colored bird began to suffer a drastic decline in the 1950s. The use of pesticides in agriculture was the main cause.

Photo: Svilen Cheshmedzhiev

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With the help of volunteers, 15 "T" shaped wooden platforms have been installed on the land in the long-term leased under the project in Veľký Ostrov, southern Slovakia. Platforms are used primarily by birds of prey to perch on and rest or hunt the prey. 

 

On Friday, October 14, 2022, the second birdwatching camp was held in Croatia, organized by PINP Kopački rit. Students from Agricultural and Veterinary School from Osijek participated in the event. During the event, the participants learned about the project activities and the project area. We visited several sites in the Natura 2000 network Dunav Sjeverno od Kopačkog rita where students could observe numerous species of birds and learn something about them. World Migratory Bird Day was also appropriately marked with this event.