10.03.2021.
A young Eastern Imperial Eagle that was found exhausted on December 30, 2020, in the area of the village of Prigrevica near Apatin, died a few days later in the shelter for wild animals of the "Palić" Zoo. The Bird Protcetion and Study Society of Serbia announced that the laboratory analysis determined that the cause of death was lead poisoning.
05.03.2021.
With only a single nesting pair of the Eastern Imperial Eagles left in the country in 2016, the new data and sightings are giving us hope for another, and hopefully more permanent, rise in population abundance in Serbia.
08.02.2021.
In January, 2021, the 18th Hungarian Eagle Census was organized by MME/Birdlife Hungary in collaboration with National Park Directorates and NGOs. In order to present the “Map of Eagles” wintering in the Carpathian Basin, several partner organizations and experts joined the event from the neighbouring countries for the fourth time, all in the scope of the EU’s PannonEagle LIFE programme.
10.12.2020
In the 2020 breeding season six pairs were successful in Czechia and raised seven chicks. In total, birds occupied thirteen territories, all in southern Moravia.
09.12.2020.
With the disappearance of the native forests in Vojvodina and the ever-growing pressure of agricultural activities and illegal logging, there is less and less trees on which the Eastern Imperial Eagles could build their massive nests.
30.10.2020.
The population of Imperial eagles is growing, however, non-natural causes of death, like poisoning, is still a serious threath. Occasionally, there are symptoms of problems that threaten wildlife as a whole, such as plastic pollution: carelessly left baling twine.
30.09.2020.
Although we deal with Imperial eagles on a daily basis, in most cases we wouldn’t be able to share much more information about ringed birds than their place of birth and - thanks to a few observations - the territory of their choice.
There are special individuals however, whose life history is unconventional, so they definitely deserve a more detailed introduction.
28.08.2020.
After the discovery of a dead white-tailed eagle, a major case of poisoning in the Waldviertel (Lower Austria) was uncovered in early 2019. Now the hunter who had by then been in charge of the hunting area was convicted of poisoning and sentenced for cruelty against animals.
Czech Society for Ornithology has a new member in dog searching unit. Her name is Irbis and she is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever .
