The second European Breeding Bird Atlas (EBBA2) has been published today, 3 December 2020. This is probably the largest citizen-science project in Europe, involving some 120,000 volunteer fieldworkers across the continent and covering 96% of the whole territory. EBBA2 provides up-to-date information on the breeding distribution and abundance of all 596 native and non-native bird […]
Early in November, the police raided a notorious trapping site in Larnaka district, acting on information supplied by BirdLife Cyprus and CABS (Committee Against Bird Slaughter). During the raid, the police also searched the suspects’ homes and as a result, 5 nets, 5 calling devices and 366 dead birds – all of which protected species
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The Game and Fauna Service (GFS) and BirdLife Cyprus condemn the recent shooting of two iconic birds of prey, found in the Cypriot countryside only days apart. We recognize that no conscientious hunter would stoop so low and bring shame to the hunting community, but unfortunately such isolated incidents do occur, the result of irresponsible
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Ο Πτηνολογικός Σύνδεσμος Κύπρου, το Ενάλια Φύσις Περιβαλλοντικό Κέντρο Ερευνών και ο τουρκοκυπριακός οργανισμός για την Προστασία των Χελωνών SPOT, σε συνεργασία με το Δημοτικό Μουσείο Θάλασσα στην Αγία Νάπα, προσκαλούν το κοινό σε έκθεση φωτογραφίας με θέμα «Ιστορίες Ψαράδων, η σχέση τους με τη θάλασσα και η επίλυση της παρεμπίπτουσας αλιείας στην Κύπρο». Η
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