These coming weeks millions of migrating birds will leave Europe and fly to their wintering places in Africa. BirdLife Cyprus invites people to take the opportunity to discover the fascinating world of bird migration during Eurobirdwatch on 2 October 2016. EuroBirdwatch is an annual event which takes place on the first weekend of October (1 – 2 […]
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BirdLife Cyprus participated at the Birdfair, the biggest wild life event in the world, for the 3rd consecutive year, which took place on 19 – 21 August 2016 at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve in England. The aim of the Fair is to get birdwatchers together to celebrate birds, to develop a commercial fair for
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Participating at events is an excellent way for BirdLife Cyprus to raise public awareness on the importance of protecting and conserving nature and wildlife. BirdLife Cyprus will be once again participating at the NGO Fair to inform the public about its projects and activities and also exchange ideas. The NGO Fair aims at presenting and
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Tracking wild bird populations is an excellent way to monitor the state of our countryside and an understanding of whether these populations are stable, increasing or decreasing is fundamental to bird conservation efforts. A recent BirdLife Cyprus report covering ten years of the Cyprus Common Birds Monitoring Scheme (CBMS) includes indices on the population trends
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The raptor count is a major survey taking place every Autumn and this year is no exception with the surveys beginning on 27 August 2016 and lasting up to 9 October 2016. Raptor counting is very specialised and difficult, however we have a great team of dedicated experts who will provide an excellent coverage of
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The hunting season for the Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) and Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) started on Sunday 21 August 2016 and will last till the end of October. Hunting is permitted in most hunting areas on all Sundays from 21 August to 18 September. Moreover, in some areas hunting is also permitted on Wednesdays till 28
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A big and warm thank you to everyone who took part in the ‘153 birds’ drawing competition and congratulations to the lucky winners! We received over 300 drawings and the difficult task of selecting the winners was undertaken by a committee comprised of BirdLife Cyprus staff and members of its Council, who chose the following:
Congratulations to the ‘153 birds’ drawing competition winners! Read More »
The Game and Fauna Service carried out a Public Consultation on 5 August 2016 regarding the law proposals that it had brought to the Environment Committee of the Cyprus Parliament for discussion in late June. The public consultation was carried out after the Environment Committee had ordered the Game and Fauna Service to carry out
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