Counting wintering birds of prey
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…
Support for nature, support for people!
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…
New changes to OpenNatureMaps databases
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…
A population of meadow vipers, thought extinct, confirmed after 61 years
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…
14th Monitoring Meeting in Cluj Napoca
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…
More than 50.000 data in the OpenHerpMaps
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…
Environmental education with Andrea Miholcsa
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…
Another counting of the Red-footed Falcons!
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…
Bird ringing near Cluj Napoca
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…
International project for vultures
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…
Atlas of Eurasian and African Bird Migration
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…
Back to the Wilderness
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…
A day at Chituc
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…
Bear Facts 10: Feeding bears
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…
Artificial nestboxes, home for the European Rollers
Our work continues after a project is completed. “Conservation of the European Roller in the Carpathian Basin (LIFE13/NAT/HU/000081)” project, which ended in 2020, has resulted in a significant increase in…
A new begining
Third graders of the Reformed College in Târgu Mureș searched for the inhabitants of the deciduous forests. At the first educational activity we had all the key ingredients for a…
