For the 2025 season, five individuals have been born and are destined for release into the wild! Continuing the alphabetical naming system started with the first chick in 2022, the first three born are Diego, Drusilla, and Duna, followed about a month later by Donato and Dafne. This is an exceptional and unprecedented result—five chicks […]
Less than two months before completing her first year of life in freedom, Carlotta also stopped flying. She passed away after 14 days of intensive care at CRAS Lago di Vico, following an electrocution incident. She is yet another victim of a silent tragedy: every year, dozens, if not hundreds, of birds of prey die […]
On April 3, 2025, the LIFE LANNER project takes center stage at the 2nd National Conference “Protected Areas: Conservation, Connect, Restore, Value Nature,” organized by WWF Italy (link). During the event, the Monti Cimini Authority – Lago di Vico Nature Reserve presents a scientific poster titled “The Lago di Vico Reserve as a Catalyst for […]
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 […]
If February represents Valentine’s month for lovers, the Life LANNER project also takes on a touch of romance! It is precisely between the end of January and the beginning of February that courtship begins among the lanner falcons that form pairs housed in the structures of the Lago di Vico Nature Reserve. By the end […]
The LIFE Lanner project includes initiatives in the field of replicating techniques with LIFE projects and other initiatives on similar topics (action E.3). After the wonderful experience at GREFA in Madrid, the trips are not over: part of our staff, who in the LIFE Lanner project is responsible for managing breeding pairs and releasing young […]
What happened in the municipality of Osimo (AN) is a criminal act that jeopardizes the success of the repopulation project funded by Life LANNER. Like Carlotta, who is still alive in the province of Rome, and Camilla, who died from electrocution in Sicily, Calogero had also reached his autonomy after the challenging release process using […]
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 […]
From October 15th to 18th, members of the LIFE LANNER project team (Ente Monti Cimini, Regione Lazio, Provincia di Viterbo, IZS Lazio e Toscana, E-distribuzione, Ornis Italica, and Birdlife Malta) visited GREFA, the Wildlife Recovery Center in Madrid. During this cultural exchange, we were guided through their facilities for the recovery of animals in distress […]
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 […]
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