Aida is becoming independent of her parents Young Aida, the lanner born at Lake Vico rescue centre, spent a couple of weeks being cared for by her parents, Gea and Atlante. We made sure their lack of parenting experience would not put the life of their chick at risk, and everything went indeed smoothly. We […]
Challenges of genetical characterization for the lanner The lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) is not easy to characterize genetically: there are many genetic similarities with the other species of the Hierofalco group, for example the sacred falcon (Falco cherrug) or the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). In fact, these are very similar species because they are evolutionarily recent, […]
Meet Patrick, our first and only Lanner chick for the year Meet Patrick. Patrick is the only Lanner chick scheduled to be released by the project this year. As explained in our last post, the 2021 breeding season has been difficult for this species all over Italy, with wildlife rescue centres and even breeding centres […]
A difficult year for many bird species The 2021 breeding season has been remarkable, in a negative way, for many species. Egg laying in many seabird colonies has been delayed, migration was shifted for both passerines and raptors. Our favourite raptors have struggled this year as well, threatening our goal of Lanner falcon release. LIFE […]
Replenishing the lanner falcon population in Lazio One of the main objectives of the LIFE Lanner project, supported by the Italian Ministry of the Environment, is to replenish the lanner falcon population of Lazio, and hopefully of central Italy. As stated in our mission, we plan to do so by releasing captive-bred lanners over the […]
We are happy to announce a new release site in the regional park of Marturanum, province of Viterbo. Works started at the beginning of the summer, and are now complete. A new hacking box was placed on top of a specifically built tower, and equipped with two videocameras that will transmit data thanks to a […]
On Thursday 29 October a partners’ meeting took place at the Urbeveteris Falconis falcon farm in Orvieto, central Italy. Our project managers, Dr. Stefano Picchi and Dr. Giuseppe Puddu, attended together with Dr. Giampiero Tirone (manager of the wildlife rescue centre at the Lake Vico Natural Reserve). Dr. Marco Martini, veterinarian who specializes in birds […]
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