Author: Poiana

On July 25, 2023, a team of ornithologists installed GPS radios and metal rings on eight young red kites housed in the two aviaries for acclimatization at Aspromonte National Park. These are preliminary operations to their release, scheduled for July 27, 2023. The raptors were captured in nests in Canton...

On June 10 and 12, 2023, ten young red kites born in Corsica were equipped with GPS devices that will allow their movements to be tracked. The same operation had been carried out with ten other individuals during 2021. The GPSs weigh 25 g, about 3 percent of the raptors'...

The Conservatoire d'espaces naturels Corse had the pleasure of participating in the television program Echappées Belles aired on the French national network France 5 on June 20, 2023. The TV crew's visit was an opportunity to talk about the red kite and to promote awareness of the LIFE MILVUS project....

A public meeting dedicated to the LIFE MILVUS project will be held in Reggio Calabria on July 26, 2023. It will be an opportunity to talk about the reintroduction of the red kite in Aspromonte National Park and one of the most fearsome threats to this raptor, many other animal...

Here they are, at last: eight young kites born in Switzerland are temporarily housed in the Aspromonte National Park's acclimatization center and will stay here for about a month before being free to fly. On June 23, 2023, the young birds of prey were placed in two aviaries overlooking the...

It was a lively, animated celebration, full of sounds and colors, which took place on May 31 in Condofuri and Roghudi (RC) for the awarding of prizes to as many as 900 pupils from the State Comprehensive Institutes of Bova Marina Condofuri and Melito di Porto Salvo who participated in...