The field work for A New European Breeding Bird Atlas – EBBA2 in Albania rediscovers the Rose-colored Starling (Pastor roseus). The black wings, the rose-colored body, the black head and the rose beak show off as a perfection of nature and as a dream come true for every birdwatcher or friend of nature. Some people make that …

Vjosa river is for AOS not just one of the rivers of Albania. For about one week, Vjosa was our field home where together with Slovenian colleagues we explored in details, from Permet to Narta, the birds of the river and the Vjosa valley. Field observations lasting more than 14 hours per day (5 am-9 …

While the summer and the heat start to empty the streets of the city, in our coastal wetlands, where the sun burns even more, life has started to bloom again. This time with hundreds and thousands of nesting birds that use islands surrounded by water, islands of sand of trees, to build the nests and …

“CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE”! There is a surprising number of people, businesses and communities that would like to do more to preserve and protect our natural resources. But part of them lack the knowhow on where to start to become environment friendly. Getting acquainted with environmentalism and environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology and …

What to expect from Tropoja? Mountains, clean river, lakes, forests, meadows, green vegetation, snow at the mountains’ tops, bird songs in the morning. Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Warblers, Nightingales, Thrushes, Buntings, Doves, Plovers, Tits, Dippers, Hoopoes, Wagtails, Cuckoos, Swallows, Golden Eagle, Honey Buzzards, Kestrels etc. We have mapped the birds in transects covering all habitats and we …

Yesterday, at the premises of Divjake-Karavasta National Park, the second press conference involving representatives of international and national environmental organizations was held on the impact of Mabetex project on the above indicated national park. EuroNatur, AOS, EcoAlbania and PPNEA expressed in unison the concern over the project and reiterated their committment in defending by every …

Together with Tibor Mikuska and Adrian Tomik, from Hrvatsko društvo za zaštitu ptica i prirode (HDZPP). in the north and nort-eastern part of Albania for the collection of the latest data on breeding birds in Albania. Up to now, the joint team has provided some very interesting and surprising data on the distribution and abundance …

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Our work on the Atlas of Breeding Birds in Albania goes on today in Elbasani region through the great support provided by our colleagues from vogelwarte.ch and  NABU Bundesverband. Apart from the surveys in riparian habitats of Shkumbini river and lakes of Dumreja, most of our attention was devoted at mountainous habitats in the highlands of Shpati …

More than one hundred breeding birds in Macro Prespa Lake. Those are some of the preliminary results of our work in this National Park in the framework of the Atlas of Breeding Birds in Albania and Europe. The field activities are going on and the first results are pretty amazing. Our warmest thanks go for …