During August, Milvus Group organized the environmental education camp for youth between ages 9-15, in the Rigmani Nature School (Mures County. The participants – through outdoor activities – had the opportunity to come to know the not only the flora and fauna of this Natura 2000 site, but also elements of cultural and architectural heritage and traditional crafts of the area concerned.
The project will continue in September with indoor presentations to 30 groups of preschoolers and schoolchildren from classes’ I-VIII, in Mureş County.
The exhibition of the 2nd International “Milvus” Nature Photography Contest was opened on the 1st of August, 2010 in the Kromart Gallery in Mures Mall, Târgu Mureş and can be visited during August. On the same occasion the winning ceremony took place.
The exhibition contains the winner pictures (Grand Prize and prizes I, II, III, highly commended in two categories, Milvus special award) and other 40 pictures selected for exhibition.
Ringing of White Stork nestlings in Dumbrăvioara and Ernei localities was carried out in 25th of June, 2010. As all stork nests are located on the electric power poles, we were helped with a special car from the Tg.-Mureş Electricity Company (thanks for them). The ringing was carried out by the team: Alfano Niccolo, Daróczi Szilárd, Kósa Ferenc, Peris Cabre Marta, Papp Tamás, Szabó D. Zoltán and Szállassy Noémi. Read the rest of this entry »
The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) is one of the raptor species with an unfavorable conservation status. Its Romanian population is particularly significant from a conservational viewpoint, as almost a quarter of the European breeding population lives in Romania. Within the frame of the project that views the conservation of the species, entitled “Conservation of Aquila pomarina in Romania” (LIFE08 NAT/RO/000501), members of “Milvus Group” Bird and Nature Protection Association managed to capture two adults Lesser Spotted Eagles on May 10, in one of the project’s target areas. Read the rest of this entry »
Association Milvus Group is organizing for the second the “International “Milvus” Nature Photography Contest”.
Photos can be sent for two categories:
A category – Free topic – any nature photo can be submitted (landscape, animal, plant, macro, etc.) B category – Predators – only pictures related to predators (birds, mammals, etc) can be submitted .
Deadline for photo submissions is 30th of May 2010.
More information on application procedure can be downloaded here: (pdfEN), (pdfRO), pdf(HU).
A total of 22 projects were sent for financing from the Mivus scholarship in this year. 6 projects were chosen as winners, these are the following:
Imecs Istvan- Study on Misgurnus fossilis populations in Ciuc basin and developement of an efficient management plan
Kovacs Zoltan Zsolt-Estimation on Austropotamobius torrentium populations in Valea Mare (Halmasd) brook
Sugar Szilard-Large scale habitat preferency of Spalax sp. On Someş plateu and Transylvanian plain
Buria Istvan- Estimation on conservation status of the only population of Colias myrmidone from Romania
Bolboacă Lucian Eugen-Owls from forest habitats in Romania
Aczél-Fridrich Zsuzsanna-Study on ditribution and habitat of southern birch mouse
In February 2010, “Milvus Group” Bird and Nature Protection Association received in custody three Special Protection Areas (SPA). In order to gain custody of these Natura 2000 sites, members of the association have submitted detailed documentation and also a management plan of these areas to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Of these three sites, one (Iernut and Cipău Fishponds) is in the range of Mureș county, while the other two (Alceu Valley and Barcău River Meadow) are located in Bihor County. Read the rest of this entry »
The starting ceremony of the “Conservation of Aquila pomarina in Romania” LIFE+ project was held at 10th of February 2010 in Sibiu at the Continental Forum Hotel.
Participants at the meeting were the three partners of the project: the Regional Environmental Agency from Sibiu, the Milvus Group and the Romanian Ornithological Society. Read the rest of this entry »
