The Garganeys (Spatula querquedula), these little and beautiful ducks, have arrived since a few days. They are coming tired from the northern African tropic to breed in Europe. Meanwhile some of us, proud Albanians, make everything possible to exterminate them. They hunt them illegally with play backs and particularly in Important Bird Areas. With play …

Shoqata Ornitologjike e Shqipërisë (AOS), qendra për Ruajtjen dhe Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit Natyror në Shqipëri (PPNEA) dhe Universiteti Norvegjez Nord hapin aplikimin për kursin e njohjes dhe përcaktimit në natyrë të Shpendëve të Shqipërisë. Ky kurs zhvillohet në kuadër të programit të ndërtuar nga Universiteti Norvegjez Nord, në bashkëpunim me AOS dhe PPNEA, për formimin …

The Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) have started laying eggs and brooding their clutches in Divjaka-Karavasta National Park. Exactly over the beds prepared at the beginning of 2018 by the Administration of Protected Areas – Fieri Region, local communities and AOS. Over 80 individuals were present in the nesting site while other individuals are preparing to …

We are used to see them in flocks coming back from Africa during the spring migration but never so early then yesterday, on the 20th of February 2018, when a House Martin (Delichon urbicum) was spotted feeding over the Artificial Lake in Tirana. Has the spring started or it is just an individual that could …

So far it was believed that the Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) was only a migrating bird in Albania. We had very good evidences on its presence in spring and fall due to our four years bird banding camps all over Albania that managed to ring about 1800 individuals respectively in April-June and October-November of 2014-2017. …

“Hostel”, this is the theme of the photography exhibition, a selection of 50 photos, of birds and our activities, taken by Ákos Németh, Taulant Bino & Eno Gaçe thanks to a successful and multiannual collaboration for the research of reed beds through the bird banding, in a common study project in between ornithologists and photography …

139 thousands of waterbirds, 61 different species registered in 21 wetland sites from 90 participants involving national and international experts from different NGOs (AOS, ASPBM, APAWA, LIPU, OMP Kukës & PPNEA), volunteers, independent experts, Regional Agencies for Protected Areas, National Agency for Protected Areas and the staff of Natur Al project who supported and made …

How many species of ducks live in Karavasta Lagoon? How do you count the birds? Is the number of birds increasing? Today, at World Wetlands Day, together with the Regional Administration for Protected Areas of Fieri, we were again in Divjaka-Karavasta National Park with the pupils of 9-year school of Miza. We responded to the interesting …

Every nature “connaisseur” would respond that Blackbirds do not migrate from north to the south and vice-versa. They just engage in vertical migration, from the mountain to the lowland during winter and from lowland to the mountain during summer. Nevertheless, some individuals undertake long travel migrations north-south and vice-versa as one Blackbird found in Tujan (Tirana) on …

Five steps to avoid the nest flooding and to improve the breeding success of the Dalmatian Pelican in Divjaka-Karavasta National Park. Collection of nesting beds material composed of dead branches and trunks fallen down due to the latest storms, Transporting the nesting material up to the lagoon by tractor, Transporting of nesting material up to the …