“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” These famous words by Dr Martin Luther King motivate us to keep fighting, no matter the difficulties that may stand in our way. For the team at […]
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The European Roller is an iconic species of European farmland. This summer visitor suffered large declines in the past in its breeding grounds in southern and eastern Europe and has already gone extinct in several central European countries. The main causes of decline are habitat degradation, due to intensification of agriculture and abandonment of traditional
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The first days of 2017 saw two more positive opinions given for projects that are planned to materialize inside or near the SPA (Special Protection Area) and SCI (Site of Community Interest) of Akamas peninsula by the Department of Environment. These two positive opinions are related to the expansion of the quarry within the quarry
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On 8 December 2016 the European Commission announced through a press release that it is taking France to the EU Court of Justice for failing to address continued violations of the legislation on the conservation of wild birds. The Birds Directive (2209/147/ΕC) prohibits activities that pose a threat to birds, such as deliberate killing or
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BirdLife Cyprus is looking for highly competent, experienced and hard-working fieldworkers to visit the island as full-time volunteer bird surveyors, to help with the monitoring of breeding bird species and Atlas survey work. Only one or two volunteers will be accepted for 2017, so early application is advised. What sort of person are we looking
Ζητούνται έμπειροι πτηνοπαρατηρητές για εθελοντική εργασία Read More »
Have you been out bird watching in 2016? Then please don’t forget to send all your 2016 sightings in to the Recorder if you haven’t already done so. They can be sent either via the Global portal of the BTO BirdTrack database or on the excel form available for download here or the Recorder can send to you. Email
Μην ξεχάσετε να στείλετε τις καταγραφές σας για το 2016 Read More »
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