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 […]
A great achievement for the LIFE LANNER project, told through the exciting journey of this specimen, which celebrated one year of wild life last March 23rd. Ambra is one of the Lanner released in the 2022 season with the hacking method, carried out in close contact with the operators. This method differs from the classic […]
After the releases of the past years, we realized that the instrumentation available on the market was not completely suitable for our purposes. VHF radios used for “close” surveys have proven useless in the long term due to their limited lifespan. GPSs, on the other hand, suffer from the problem of being able to send […]
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, […]
After the first months of relative stability in the same territory in the west of Rome, the Lanner Ambra, a juvenile female release in March 2023 has started exploring central Italy. Probably also pushed by the scorching heat of the summer, she explored the mountains of Rieti and then moved to the hills in the […]
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 […]
A successful recovery in southern Italy Ambra is the second lanner which we released this year. She was constantly monitored via GPS as planned for all released specimens, and she was additionally equipped with a VHF transmitter to facilitate any possible rescue operation. After her release, she headed South until she reached the Aspromonte National […]
Aida reaching for the sky: her first flights around her hacking box Aida, our beloved lanner falcon we’ve talked to you about, took off for her first flights around her hacking box in mid-June. Just a few days later, she was sharing her gradual path back to the wild with Ambra, another lanner at the […]
You know everything about Aida, and you’ve read about Ambra and Alfio. Today we present you the last two lanners to join the hacking team in the nest: Adele and Achille. These two young lanners come from the breeding centre of Franco Gaeti, who has partnered with the LIFE Project since its start in 2020. […]
Young Aida is not going into the hacking box alone As we anticipated last week, our beloved young lanner Aida is not going to be released from the hacking box alone. Right now, she is growing up under the careful scrutiny of the Lake Vico Natural Reserve’s personnel, and slowly becoming more and more independent. […]
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