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 […]
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 […]
Finally, Vega the female lanner arrived in our centre Remember the injured female lanner whose egg was brought to our rescue centre thanks to the collaboration with CRUMA Livorno? At the beginning of last year’s breeding season, a lanner falcon was found with a serious injury to her left wing. This happened in northern Tuscany, […]
Today we have very sad news: the wild lanner falcon egg in our incubator failed to hatch. Here’s the background story for those who haven’t followed our latest updates. A wild Lanner egg in our captive breeding lab: background In March, LIPU Livorno (CRUMA) rescued a wild female Lanner. She was unable to fly due […]
Last Monday, LIPU recovered a female Lanner who had been wounded in a wing that was hospitalized at CRUMA, a centre for the recovery of marine and other aquatic birds in Livorno managed by LIPU. A few hours after arriving at the center, the bird unexpectedly laid an egg. As part of the existing collaboration […]
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