The year 2025 marks a major milestone in the conservation of the Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus feldeggii). The five young individuals born at the breeding and reintroduction center are showing excellent progress, and their movements are providing valuable data on the release method used. Drusilla, the first chick born this year, has offered a particularly […]
Each year, our Lanner falcons amaze us with the distance and speed at which they traverse their territory. To increase the chances of successful independence, we continuously monitor their movements, intervening when necessary to give them the opportunity to learn how to fend for themselves. The path to autonomy is long: in natural conditions, parental […]
If this is already wonderful news, in these sunny days preparing us for spring, it’s even more important to know which pair it belongs to! Let’s talk about it right away: Sirio is the father of Bianca and Bernie, the chicks born in 2023 from him and Penelope, who unfortunately passed away in the following […]
Ambra has now been living in the wild for a year and a half, and she continues to surprise us with her adventures! We managed to meet her again, and the emotion of seeing her in her adult plumage was indescribable. Regarding the 2024 releases, five months after her first flights, Carlotta is now autonomous […]
Good or bad news first? We have chosen to tell you about other unfortunate moments of this 2024 season. Finding the right method of release into the wild for young falcons has been, and still is, a great commitment for the project operators, but it is essential to ensure the highest probability of survival in […]
We haven’t even had time to rejoice with you about the successes of the releases’s season of 2024, as we are here to tell you some very bad news.Camilla, the first falcon born in our center in 2024, and free for months now, died due to irreparable injuries caused by electrocution. The project operators, who […]
The first 3 young lanners included in the hacking of this 2024 season have started to make their first movements around the release area. A few hundred meters for Carlotta and Calogero, who then spend most of their time in the area around the box, while Camilla, the first individual born in our center this […]
In this period the operators of the Life Lanner project who work with our lanners are very busy!To keep Camilla company, the first chick born in this 2024 season in our centre, two other young Lanners have arrived, Carlotta and Calogero, purchased from a breeder affiliated with the project. Upon their arrival they were immediately […]
After some failures in the first release attempts, finally one of the methodologies used by the project to release Lanners seems to have worked out. Ambra, a female Lanner was first released in 2022 with the stardard Hacking metholodogy, but was rescued shortly after showing signs of starvation. After its first difficulties shown in hunting, […]
An overview of the past year’s progress This year, the Lago di Vico Nature Reserve attempted a different approach for the release of lanner specimens destined for reintroduction, going beyond the classic hacking method. Compared to previous years, the improvements were due to keeping the falcons close to the hacking boxes for about 40 days […]
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