Dogs can be really helpful when comes to the protection of birds. How so? Watch the short video about the cooperation between our project partners in Austria: Austrian Federal Railways OEBB and National Park Donau-Auen
Project Management Board Meeting, Advisory Workshop and Conference - all these events we have experienced during last week. On the 17 - 18 October, the fourth Project Board Meeting took place in Gyöngyös, Hungary. During the meeting, the representatives of the project partners meet in person to discuss the project progress, results, and next steps that are planned to ensure the successful project implementation.
In September, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), in collaboration with Electrodistribution Grid West ЕAD and Stefania Kamenova from the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, successfully collected samples from occupied nests of European Rollers (Coracias garrulus) for an upcoming study and analysis of the food spectrum of this attractive species. This activity is carried out within the framework of the LIFE Danube Free Sky project.
Tracking individuals of various bird species by satellite or radio telemetry has yielded many valuable insights. This year, six juvenile Saker Falcon chicks in southern Slovakia were tagged with satellite transmitters, which will provide up-to-date information on their location. Click on the Read More button and watch a short video directly from the installation! Using this method, where the movements of individuals can be tracked essentially continuously in an online environment, we can get unique data on movements, hunting territories, migration routes, as well as the dangers that mostly juveniles have to face.