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Latest update from the Pelican’s island in Divjaka-Karavasta National Park. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฃ

While we are passing through a challenging time due to COVID-19, the circumstances have not been the same for the Dalmatian Pelicansโ€™ colony in Divjaka Karavasta National Park. The end of the breeding season for the Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) is approaching and presently, the Pelicanโ€™s island is inhabited by new offspring, the next generation …

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What should we do if we encounter a cadaver?

During these days of self-isolation, two cadavers of European Badger (Meles meles) suspected of poisoning were reported at AOS. One of cadavers was reported in Kavaja and the other in Durrรซs. However, not always finding a cadaver means that the cause of the animalโ€™s death is poisoning. To confirm this, it is necessary to take …

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Easter eggs from AOS with love

On the Easter Day, that most of us link with the ritual of red eggs as the symbol of revival, AOS provides another happy news linked with eggs and species recovery. Two species, in the focus of our work, respectively the Egyptian Vulture (๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด) and the White Stork (๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข) have laid eggs and …

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The victory story against the masive tourism complex โ€“ published in the latest issue of โ€˜โ€™BirdLife Magazineโ€™โ€™.

At the beginning of 2017, private investors โ€œMabetex Groupโ€ proposed a masterplan for the construction of a massive tourism resort, the so-called โ€œ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™Ÿ๐™–๐™ ๐™– ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–โ€ at the Divjaka-Karavasta National Park. The whole panorama of the project was staggering in terms of dimensions, especially its location (core area of the National Park) and its prospective aim …

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Monitoring of the Egyptian vulture in Albania

A joint team, AOS, PPNEA, RAPA Gjirokastรซr and our local conservation group have started the monitoring of the territories of the ๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž (๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€) in Albania aiming to find out the territories used for this year, the number of breeding pairs and the location of the nests. This monitoring process, expected to last until …

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One River / One Bird that Unites two Countries!

“๐•๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐š / ๐€๐จ๐จ๐ฌ”, our Egyptian vulture, baptized by this name and equipped with satellite transmitters in 2015, is now only a few kilometres away from its territory, lying in two countries, southeast Albania and northwestern Greece. Vjosa has so far traversed over 7,000 ๐—ธ๐—บ in 10 different countries (Chad, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudy …

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Announcing our new monthly AOS e-NEWSLETTER

We are pleased to announce the launch of โ€œAOS NEWSLETTERโ€, dedicated entirely to our actions and efforts for the conservation of the Albanian avifauna. The first issue of AOS NEWSLETTER will be sent out on the following days and it will be regularly published each month. The content of the AOS NEWSLETTER will consist of …

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