Results of the 2nd Pannonian Eagle Census
05.02.2019.
In January, 2019, the 16th National Eagle Census was organized by MME/Birdlife Hungary in collaboration with the National Park Directorates and other NGOs.
Another mass poisoning of eagles, but now in a different way
14.10.2019
In recent years, numerous illegal poisonings were discovered, and as in the last case that occurred three weeks ago, all of those targeted almost exclusively predators. MME/Birdlife along with nature conservation organizations and concerned authorities managed to step up against it with success in several cases, thus its occurrence has been significantly reduced compared to the period of 2011-2013.
First house search with Carbofuran dog in Austria
30.09.2019
In January a dead white-tailed eagle was found by a jogger in Lower Austria. The female was found on a freight road. The dead animal was lying on the ground without any indication of a natural cause of death. A complaint was filed and the bird was sent to the laboratory for examination. The analysis proofed poisoning by Carbofuran.
Three Eagle Owl chicks brutally killed and hastily buried
08.05.2019 - BirdLife Austria reports a horrific discovery from the Western Weinviertel region in Lower Austria. On 6th May a passionate birdwatcher notified the bird conservation organisation of a sad finding: Three five-week-old Eagle Owl chicks had been brutally punched to death and burried nearby their nest. The police have been notified and are currently investigating this case.
BirdLife Austria is using tracker dogs to help protect Raptors
The main cause of death for raptors in Central Europe is illegal persecution from humans. Even species which are endangered and strictly protected, such as the Imperial Eagle, are regularly shot or poisoned. In addition to the international PannonEagle LIFE Project, Birdlife Austria is financing the education of two Nature Conservation Dogs to train them to become tracker dogs for the search for animal corpses and poisonous baits.
An entire Imperial Eagle family was poisoned
17.09.2019.
On the 17th of August, the Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park Directorate was notified about the death of a few raptor birds. The ranger identified an adult male and female Imperial Eagles, he also found their two fleglings in the vicinity, which means that an entire eagle family is perished.
Czech Imperial eagles in 2018
17.9.2019
In the 2019 breeding season five pairs were successful in Czechia and raised six chicks. In total, birds occupied ten territories, all in southern Moravia.
Somebody shot a White-tailed Eagle juvenile. The bird died
15.8.2019
Somebody shot a White-tailed Eagle juvenile in the Litoměřice area. Unable to fly, he suffered for several days, until two mushroom pickers found him. The next day he should undergo the operation. Unfortunately, the young eagle died during the night.
Habitat restoration activities
2019.07.22.
In the spring and autumn we are keeping busy with habitat restoration work within the framework of the PannonEagle LIFE programme.
Imperial eagle siblings met again after months being separated
4.6.2019
In summer 2018 two chicks of the Imperial eagle got backpacks equiped with hi-tech GPS-GSM loggers to track their activity and detect potential dangers. We watched their journey as one siblings stayed exclusively in Central Europe, the other went straight to the south on the Greek island of Crete. Now they are both again in the Central Europe.