After the extraordinary success of the first breeding platform, AOS and OST install another platform for the White Storks in Fier, offering more space and above all more security for the expected breeders. The new platform, which replaces an old but unsafe nest, offers ampler space for future breeders. To make it more attractive, AOS …

𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗜𝗗 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 conducted the succeeding sessions of the 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 on 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳-𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬. We visited familiar locations, but this time with some entertaining twists. On the third session of the course, November 7, the students once again visited the 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮.This time the focal point were the song birds that live in …

𝐃𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 (𝘊𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢) 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚? “No!” would reply anyone aware that the White Storks breed in Albania during March-August, leave the country in August-September, travel thousands of km towards Africa where they spend the winter and return in spring at the same place for nesting. Despite the above, two adult White …

This weekend, October 24-25, 2020, AOS started the Bird Identification Course, BirdID 2020 Albania organized jointly with the Faculty of Natural Sciences (University of Tirana) and Nord University (Norway), as the only official BirdID course in Albania. During the first two days of the course, the attendance was satisfactory and the students showed full interest. …

Pas suksesit të BirdID Albania 2018, AOS (Shoqata Ornitologjike e Shqipërisë) hap thirrjen për aplikime për të gjithë dashamirësit e shpendëve, natyrës dhe jetës së egër në Shqipëri, për BirdID Albania 2020, Kursi II për identifikimin e shpendëve. Kursi ka për qëllim të certifikojë njohuritë në identifikimin e shpendëve të egër nëpërmjet: Vëzhgimit të shpendëve …

To commemorate this special day, AOS in collaboration with RAPA Gjirokastër, Conservation Youth Club of Gjirokastra (CYC), and the group EcoFriend have conducted a number of activities, with the main focus being on the protection of the Egyptian Vulture’s population in the Drinos Valley.

The release of the bird took place on the morning of August 14, 2020 in Drino Valley. After the discussion with Croatian experts, we decided to release it in Drino valley due to its proximity to Greece where a colony of Griffon Vultures is located. From there Mokoš can join more quickly with other individuals of his own species. Besides, the Drino Valley and the Vjosa Valley are preferred habitats for vultures, especially the Egyptian Vulture.

If we look back at the time of its rescue, the Stork was in poor shape, weakened and frail from the lack of food. In the rehabilitation center, the Stork not only found a safe space but also the necessary food and nutrients for it to reach an optimal weight.

AOS has the great pleasure of announcing four new and exciting records regarding the recovery of the Egyptian Vulture (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) in Albania: The observation of a pair in the upstream of the Vjosa River, a territory once occupied by a single individual. AOS experts were able to monitor up close the new individual, and …

The tagged specimen of Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) with a satellite transmitter, named as Mokoš, was recaptured by the AOS field-ornithologists in Shkrodra region after we got notified by our regional partners, BirdLife Montenegro (CZIP) and BirdLife Slovenia (DOPPS), for the geographical data of the place where the specimen was located.  Mokoš was found to …