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Read more about the article EuroBirdPortal meeting in Brno

EuroBirdPortal meeting in Brno

  • Post published:November 30, 2023

Across Europe, more than 120 000 birdwatchers record sightings with mobile phone apps and upload them to online databases. Almost every ornithological association or institution in different countries has its…

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Read more about the article Conservation without borders: bridging the gap for vultures!

Conservation without borders: bridging the gap for vultures!

  • Post published:November 30, 2023

Leading experts in the field of vulture conservation and research spoke at the second European Vulture Conference in Cáceres (Spain) in mid-November. The event was organised by the Vulture Conservation…

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Read more about the article Counting wintering birds of prey

Counting wintering birds of prey

  • Post published:November 28, 2023

On the 29th of November we will start the monitoring of wintering birds of prey. The first phase of the programme runs until 12 January. This monitoring programme was launched…

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Read more about the article Support for nature, support for people!

Support for nature, support for people!

  • Post published:November 24, 2023

We live and feed off the land and are therefore dependent on the land. Nature is also dependent on the same land.  We believe that much of our landscape can…

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Read more about the article New changes to OpenNatureMaps databases

New changes to OpenNatureMaps databases

  • Post published:November 23, 2023

Since last year, the OpenNatureMaps databases have been enriched with a unique, renewed front page, where users can see daily data on a map. In addition, various statistics about both…

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Read more about the article A population of meadow vipers, thought extinct, confirmed after 61 years

A population of meadow vipers, thought extinct, confirmed after 61 years

  • Post published:November 20, 2023

On 25 April 1962, N. Roman immortalised with his camera a Hungarian meadow viper. The literature later referred to the locality as Boncida and Sic, in Cluj county. Although some…

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Read more about the article 14th Monitoring Meeting in Cluj Napoca

14th Monitoring Meeting in Cluj Napoca

  • Post published:November 16, 2023

11 November was the day when the Romanian Ornithological Society and the Milvus Group organised the 14th Annual Monitoring Meeting. After a break of two years, this event was reorganized…

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Read more about the article More than 50.000 data in the OpenHerpMaps

More than 50.000 data in the OpenHerpMaps

  • Post published:November 13, 2023

Less than 5 years after the launch of the OpenHerpMaps database, we have managed to collect 50,000 data points. As of 4 May 2019 our members have uploaded over 22,000…

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Read more about the article Environmental education with Andrea Miholcsa

Environmental education with Andrea Miholcsa

  • Post published:October 31, 2023

A passionate teacher can change lives and instill love and passion for a subject. That's what happened to Andrea Miholcsa, our new colleague, who has been supporting environmental education activities…

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Read more about the article Another counting of the Red-footed Falcons!

Another counting of the Red-footed Falcons!

  • Post published:October 27, 2023

The autumn gathering of the Red-footed Falcons is a common phenomenon. In the western part of Romania, in the regions Crișana and Banat, Milvus Group has been following the evolution…

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Read more about the article Bird ringing near Cluj Napoca

Bird ringing near Cluj Napoca

  • Post published:October 20, 2023

On two weekends in October we organised bird ringing and bird watching activities in the Natura 2000 protected area between Lita and Săvădisla, near Cluj-Napoca. On 7 and 14 October…

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Read more about the article International project for vultures

International project for vultures

  • Post published:October 17, 2023

In Romania, vultures have disappeared almost a century, while in Bulgaria, due to the disappearance of grazing livestock, the poisoning of wildlife and an inappropriate policy of systematic destruction of…

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Read more about the article Atlas of Eurasian and African Bird Migration

Atlas of Eurasian and African Bird Migration

  • Post published:October 13, 2023

We all want to enjoy the results of our work as soon as possible. But in some cases it takes thousands of hours spent in the field, tens of thousands…

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Read more about the article Back to the Wilderness

Back to the Wilderness

  • Post published:September 27, 2023

Kinga Kovács and Andi Boancă, our young ambassadors, talk about their experience in the Wilderness Camp Youth Exchange, organised in Slovakia. Within the framework of the Game On project, we…

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Read more about the article A day at Chituc

A day at Chituc

  • Post published:September 25, 2023

A decade of work on the Chituc spit is cause for celebration. That is why we have prepared a short video about our work and that of our volunteers in…

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Read more about the article Bear Facts 10: Feeding bears

Bear Facts 10: Feeding bears

  • Post published:September 22, 2023

In the public space, too much information fluctuates between truth and misbelief. There are too many opinions and too many emotions, often without any kind of background. We aim to…

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Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)

In 2010 Milvus Group Association began installing the first artificial nestboxes for Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) in the Călimani Mountains. During the following years we have continued this activity in other areas such as Gurghiu Mts, Giurgeu Basin and Ciuc Mts mounting several ten nestboxes. The nests are yearly monitored in order to know the occupancy rate and the breeding success.

Member of Milvus Group since 2005, at the same time founder of the Mammal Conservation Working Group, with main fields of interest in research and conservation of small mammals and large carnivores. Volunteer in the majority of ongoing activities, working in projects with aims to study mammal (bear, wolf, lynx, otter) populations in Natura 2000 sites for drafting management plans.

Member of Milvus Group since 1994. Founder and leader of the Mammal Conservation Working Group. Biologist with main interest in the biology of the wolf and the brown bear, studying predominantly the problems arising from their interactions with humans.

E: zoltan.d.szabo@milvus.ro

Biologist, graduated at Babeș-Bolyai University. Obtaind his PhD degree at Debrecen University, studying the dispersal behaviour of Sand Martins. Member of the Milvus Group since 1993. Worked as university lecturer teaching ecology, ornithology and conducted field practice. Produced nature documentaries as cameraman and director. Initiated and coordinated the Romanian Common Bird Monitoring Scheme between 2006-2018. Licensed bird ringer.

E-mail: anna.denes@milvus.ro Tel: 0743-994.578

I graduated as a biologist at Babeş-Bolyai University, where I am currently doing my master studies in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology. At the university I study dragonflies. I have loved nature since childhood and have been involved in nature conservation in the Vargyas Gorges Nature Reserve. I met the Milvus Group in 2016, and since then I have participated in several of their activities as a volunteer. It is a pleasure for me to work in this team for the birds, for the conservation.

E-mail: lorinc.barbos@milvus.ro Tel: 0723-201.344

Member of Milvus Group since 2011. Biologist, graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, currently master degree student at the same university. Interested mainly in raptors, he is the coordinator of a national monitoring program for nocturnal species. Licensed ringer of the Romanian Ornithological Centre for raptors. Currently employed at Environmental Protection Agency Satu Mare.

E-mail: reka.kiss@milvus.ro

Member of Milvus Group from 2002. Her main activities are linked to raptor conservation and monitoring (mainly Golden Eagle and Peregrine Falcon conservation, raptor migration count). At the same time she participated in several surveys and monitoring programmes of different bird species. As an active member of the Environmental Education Working Group, she organizes different environmental education activities, excursions in kindergarten and primary schools, activities in Forest School for children. From 2009 she has been a licensed ringer, ringing birds with the aim of environmental education and bird monitoring in different ringing camps.

E-mail: zsolt.hegyeli@milvus.ro Tel: 0735-878.518

Member of Milvus Group since 2003, with main activities within the Mammal Conservation Working Group. His main fields of interest are biogeography and conservation of steppic mammals, and conservation of diurnal raptors. Involved in projects concerning mammal research and conservation, as well as activities regarding protection of raptors. Also working on the implementation of the Natura 2000 network in Romania.

E-mail: csaba.domokos@milvus.ro Tel: 0720-538.422

Member of the Milvus Group since 2004. Biologist, with an MSc in Wildlife Management Engineering. Currently a PhD student at the Roth Gyula Doctoral School of Forestry and Wildlife Management Sciences, University of Sopron (Hungary). Interested in large carnivore conservation, management and research, with a focus on brown bears.

E-mail: judith.papp@milvus.ro

Member of the Milvus Group since 2000, she is acting in the field of ecological education, ecosystem services, fundraising. Since 2009 she has been involved in the organization of the Milvus International Nature Photography Contest.

E-mail: laura.turdean@milvus.ro

Has a B.A. in Humanities and is deeply fascinated by our cultural and natural heritage. She got involved into several grassroots movements and awareness raising campaigns, such as: Save Roșia Montană and no fracking of shale gas. Now at Milvus, she communicates in writing and visually about nature and conservation, revealing this has always been her dream job.

E-mail: attila.dosa@milvus.ro Tel: 0743-994.579

With a degree in economics, birding was just a hobby for him until he joined to the Milvus team. Since then, he has been involved in ornithological surveys and monitoring programs.

E-mail: szilard.daroczi@milvus.ro Tel: 0720-537.066

Member of Milvus Group since 1992. Graduated from the Faculty of Forestry (game management section) in Transylvania University of Brașov. His main activities are the study and conservation of raptors and owls, being involved in most projects regarding raptors, also coordinating some of them. He works mainly with species like Lesser Spotted Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard but he is interested in Long-eared Owl, Ural Owl, Tawny Owl, and Pygmy Owl too. He regularly visits the wetlands from the Western Plain, Transylvania and Dobruja. He doesn’t hide the fact that he likes to twitch rare birds, even if on the other side of the country. He is interested in migration of birds, especially raptors and has been a licensed ringer of the Romanian Ornithological Centre since 1995. He coordinates the Milvus Group’s database of ringed birds and recoveries. Szilárd is one of the administrators of the Rare Birds of the Carpathian Basin database.

E-mail: istvan.kovacs@milvus.ro Tel: 0728-303.898

Biologist, with master’s degree in terrestrial and aquatic ecology. Licensed bird ringer of the Romanian Ornithological Centre. His main fields of activity are the coordination of bird surveys and monitoring programmes like the Wintering birds of prey monitoring in Romania, the Romanian breeding bird atlas, the Monitoring of nocturnal birds in open habitats, the Monitoring of Golden Eagles in Romania and several local surveys. He is also one of the responsibles for the administration of the OpenBirdMaps database.

E-mail: iulia.vizi@milvus.ro

From December 2015, Julia takes care of the external communication of the association. It has entered the nongovernmental sphere after more than 12 years of television and radio journalism. Passionate about reading, excursions and animals, Julia believes that only through communication we can change the little universe we live in.

E-mail: gabor.bone@milvus.ro Tel: 0722-533.815

My interest for nature and nature conservation led me to study environmental sciences and later ecology MSc. Main interests are application of computer studies in ecology. I am member of Milvus Group since 2012 June, and mainly I work with data evaluation, GIS and field work. Beside this I help in other activities of the Group.

E-mail: reka.szilagyi@milvus.ro

She has been a member of the Milvus Group since 2020. She studied computer science and environmental protection in Cluj-Napoca. She deals with programming, data processing and data visualization, and helps at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

E-mail: krisztina.havadtoi@milvus.ro

Licenced in biology at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca în 2010, and since then specialized in botany, vegetation survey and habitat mapping. Collaborating with Milvus Group since 2019.

E: enikő.daboczi@milvus.ro T: 0724-063.514

Accountant of Milvus Group.

E-mail: katalin.kelemen@milvus.ro Tel: 0722-437.863

Member of Milvus Group since 1994. She is interested in agro-environment, ecosystem services and ecological education activities and courses.

E: istvan.komaromi@milvus.ro T: 0720-527.565

Vicepresident of Milvus group with degree in biology-geology and geography of tourism. He is involved in most of Milvus Group’s activities such as: raptor conservation and research programmes, bird population monitoring, migration study and others. His main fields of interest are related to birds of prey.

E-mail: zsuzsanna.aczel-fridrich@milvus.ro Tel: 0720-018.088

Member of Milvus Group since 2007. She studied ecology at Babeș-Bolyai University. Her field of interest is small mammal research based on owl pellets and diet analyses of diurnal raptors. In addition, she takes part in environmental education programm

E-mail: attila.marton@milvus.ro Tel: 0725-533.086

Ornithologist, member of Milvus Group since 2010. He obtained his Master’s Degree at Babeș-Bolyai University from Cluj-Napoca, and at the moment he is a PhD student at the University of Debrecen. His main research area in brood parasitism, studying the coevolutionary relationship between cuckoos and great reed warblers. Licensed ringer since 2013, he takes part in the ringing activities of the group and coordinates the ringing at Chituc Ringing Camp.

E-mail: robert.zeitz@milvus.ro Tel: 0735-878.520

Founder and employee of Milvus Group. Ecologist, graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, licensed ringer of the Romanian Ornithological Centre. His main activities are related to raptor conservation and study Working Group but he is actively taking part in many of Milvus Group’s bird-related programs such as countrywide research, monitoring or conservation projects.

E-mail:  attila.nagy@milvus.ro Tel: 0728-303.868

Became a member of Milvus Group in 2002. Attila is coordinating several activities carried out in the western part of the country. He is the coordinator of our Red-footed Falcon conservation program. Beside of this, Attila is activating in conservation and research activities related to other species as the Great Bustard and the European Roller. He is responsible for two Natura 2000 sites from Bihor County, which are in the custody of Milvus Group. At present Attila is coordinating a POS project aiming to elaborate management plans for seven Natura 2000 sites. He is the leader of the branch of Milvus Group’s from Oradea.

E: tibor.sos@milvus.ro T: 0735-878.519

Biologist with master degree in applied ecology. Member of the group from 2003, mainly interested in amphibian and reptile biology and conservation (www.tiborsos.webs.com). Founder of the Amphibian and Reptile Protection Working Group. Initiator of the Trachemys Adoption – Romanian Coalition (www.freewebs.com/trachemysadoption), a group which popularizes the problem of released exotic turtles in nature. Member of the Natura 2000 team.

E: reka.komaromi@milvus.ro T: 0725-226.174

Member of Milvus Group since 2001. She studied biology-geology at Babeș-Bolyai University and horticulture engineering at Corvinus University Budapest. She takes part in environmental education programs within the Environmental Education Working Group and she works at the Rehabilitation Center. At the same time she takes part in financial administration and everyday duties in the office.

E-mail: andrasattila.nagy@milvus.ro Tel: 0720-018.089

Member of the Milvus Group since 2005. Mainly interested in the protection of freshwater fish and management of the protected areas. Ecologist, graduated at Babeș-Bolyai University from Cluj Napoca. Currently he is studying the ecology and protection of the fish fauna of the Transylvanian rivers and is a PhD student at the Babeș-Bolyai University (Faculty of Biology and Geology).

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E-mail: tamas.papp@milvus.ro

Tel: 0720-530.117

Founding member of Milvus Group and president of the organization. Graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University as biologist. Licensed bird-ringer. Coordinates the work of the organization, so despite the fact that he likes field work, spends most of his time in the office. He likes to work on topics which have a major impact on nature, even if they are not popular, such as bird electrocution or agro-environmental measures. Represents the biodiversity conservation policy of the organization at various national or international forums. Board Member of the Romanian “Natura 2000” NGO Coalition.

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