The 21st Italian Ornithology Conference took place in Varese from 5 to 9 September, and has been organized by the University of Insubria, the Insubria Ornithological Group and the Italian Center for Ornithological Studies. Here Italian and foreign ornithologists exhibited their works on various topics, including bird migration, climate change, agriculture, urbanization and conservation of […]
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 […]
Our video-maker Andrea Benvenuti has accomplished the two first videos related to the project. One of these videos show the genetic works done by the IZS in the determination of genetical structure of Lanner populations in central Italy and in the rescue centres of Italy The second video shows how the ornithologists of Ornis italica […]
For the two lanners born in this 2023 breeding season at the CRAS Lago di Vico, it’s time to say goodbye to their parents, Sirio and Penelope, who were impeccable in their first breeding experience! We named the two youngsters, a male and a female, Bianca and Bernie, to continue the alphabetical order selection started […]
The 2023 breeding season brings us news that fills us with hope, but that also shows the complexity of dealing with a delicate species such as the lanner falcon. The wildlife rescue centre of Lake Vico is the only public centre in Europe that was successful in breeding the lanner, and this was possible thanks […]
There was a great turnout of both citizens and institutions at the conference on wildlife rescue centres organized by the LIFE LANNER project, held in Caprarola on Wednesday 19 April. The value of wildlife rescue centres Biodiversity, care of injured wild animals and public health were the key themes at the conference, which was organized […]
Next week, we’ll hold a conference on wildlife rescue centres and conservation Members of the LIFE Lanner project will take part in a symposium on the state of the art of the project and, more generally, the role of rescue centres in conservation. The event will take place on April 19 at Scuderie di Palazzo […]
A different kind of dissemination: specialist seminars LIFE projects envisage a plethora of options for dissemination. One of these is to inform a more selected audience, with a specific interest in areas of the project, for example the protection of open areas. For this reasion, LIFE LANNER met students of the Tuscia University taking part […]
Last week, we welcomed two representatives of the European Commission and the Ministry of the Environment On the occasion of the three years of activity of the LIFE Lanner project, the European Commission, as project co-financier, carried out a visit to the project aimed at lanner falcon conservation in the Province of Viterbo. The Lake […]
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