MONITORING OF THE COMMON CRANE IN EUROPE -5TH REPORT
Imagine you are somewhere in the Iberian Peninsula without a GPS, a map, or even a compass, and you need to find your way back to Scandinavia, thousands of kilometres away. How would you...
Category: Bird Conservation Initiatives
WHY A HARRIER CENSUS IN SPAIN IS URGENT AND NECESSARY
Every year, between March and April, one of the birds of prey more linked to the agricultural sector crosses the Sahara and the Mediterranean to reach the large barley and wheat fields of the...
CRANE MONITORING IN EUROPE – FOURTH REPORT
We present our fourth tracking report about the migration of the Common Crane (Grus grus) around Europe. The analysed period covers a whole year, and we collect the tweets you have sent us from...
BRINZAL: 30 YEARS WITH THE NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY
In Birding140 we believe that the best way to celebrate Brinzal’s anniversary is to share with our readers the work and actions of this group of professionals who look after our nocturnal birds of...
COMMON CRANE SIGHTING IN EUROPE – THIRD REPORT
We present the third tracking report about the migration of the Common Crane (Grus grus) around Europe. The analysed period covers from March 2015 to January 2016, which is also the period of the...
CRANES FLY OVER HUESCA 2015: THE RESULT
A few months ago we talked about the project “Cranes fly over Huesca 2015”, carried out by the Grupo Ornitológico Oscense (GOO) (Huesca Ornithological Group). If you remember, the objective of the initiative was...
ANNIVERSARY AND NEW PROJECTS
It is incredible but it’s been already two years since the Birding140 project was born. During this time, together with bloggers, twitters and birders who have honoured us with a few minutes of their...
COMMON CRANE SIGHTING IN EUROPE – SECOND REPORT
As many of you know, in November 2014 we encouraged you to participate in the #Birding140 cooperative project to follow the migration of the Common Crane (Grus grus) in Europe. We asked you to...
CRANES FLY OVER HUESCA 2015
Today we want to talk about an important project named Grullas vuelan sobre Huesca 2015 (cranes fly over Huesca 2015). It is carried out by Grupo Ornitológico Oscense (ornithological group from Huesca), a Spanish...
COMMON CRANE SIGHTINGS IN EUROPE – FIRST REPORT
At the beginning of November we encouraged you to take part in a cooperative project to follow the migratory flows of the Common Crane in Europe. We asked you to share your sightings through...
