23. 9. 2018
This year’s breeding season of Imperial eagles looked promising at its beginning. In total, birds occupied eight territories, all in southern Moravia. Sadly, only two pairs were successful and raised four chicks (two chicks each). In July, two young eagles got backpacks equipped with hi-tech GPS-GSM loggers.
24.07.2018.
After four months of daily monitoring and prevention of disturbance around the nest of the only remaining breeding IE pair in Serbia, the program was successfully completed with the fledgling named Nada (Hope)!
25.6.2018
The series of illegal attacks on birds of prey around Zistersdorf (Lower Austria) has still not ended. After passers-by reported a number of dead animals in February, the results of the investigation are now in: one strictly protected Marsh Harrier and a house cat were shot, one stone marten was poisoned.
24.05.2018.
The international high-level jury announced the „Partnership to stop the poisoning of imperial eagles” project as the winner in the Conservation Award category from the listed 35 applications.
22.05.2018
On May 22, we celebrate the International Biodiversity Day proclaimed by the United Nations in order to increase understanding and awareness of the importance of biodiversity as one of the basic preconditions for sustainable economic and social development.
05.05.2018
Zora and Štefania are young imperial eagles that fledged in 2017. They are tracked by ornithologists from Raptor Protection of Slovakia using GPS transmitters within a framework of the LIFE PannonEagle Project. Both females prove to be surprising travelers.
09.05.2018.
Wildlife crime is a serious issue worldwide, negatively impacting several already threatened species. The European Commission also aims to prevent and tackle wildlife crime primarily within the European Union. Many LIFE projects – such as the PannonEagle LIFE – focus on mitigating illegal killing, poisoning, trapping and trade of species.
12.04.2018
The director of the Czech Society for Ornithology Zdeněk Vermouzek, together with the Pannon Eagle Life dog handler Klára Hlubocká and the representative of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, Arnošt Cetkovský, participated in the regular training of criminal police specialists.
26.03.2018
On December 12th, 2017 MME/Birdlife received a report from a citizen regarding an Eastern Imperial Eagle run over by a car in the Mátraalja. A ranger from the Bükk National Park collected the body of the adult eagle. The bird was a female, weighing four kilograms and having a wingspan of two metres. MME’s experts took DNA samples and transferred her to the National Animal Health Institute.
14.03.2018
The Hungarian population was estimated to be around 230 pairs, which is a result of a steady increase in the past decades while being on the brink of extinction in the 1980s.
