From 23 to 26 May 2022, three Anti-poison Dog Units (UCA) of the Carabinieri forest rangers, consisting of three handlers and four dogs, carried out inspections in the Aspromonte National Park to verify the possible presence and use of poisoned baits in the area. The MILVUS operation was conducted by...

In March 2022, E-Distribuzione started insulation works that will make 263 supports of the medium-voltage power lines located in the vicinity of the red kite release area, in the southern part of the Aspromonte National Park, safe for birds. Electrocution, in fact, is one of the causes of mortality for...

The documentary on the LIFE MILVUS project, which will describe the actions being carried out for the conservation of the red kite in Italy and Corsica, is currently being made. Documentary filmmakers Eugenio Manghi and Annalisa Losacco, from White Fox Communications, are visiting the various project areas and shooting the...

In February 2022, three important and sensitive operations were carried out to protect seven red kite nesting sites in the Regino Valley (Corsica) thanks to the collaboration established between the Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Corse and a number of local breeders, the Corsican Agricultural and Rural Development Office, the Community...

At the end of 2021, two field trips were organised in Corsica with classes from the village of Belgodere (Balagna). 13 December was an exciting day in which the middle school class in the morning and the primary school class in the afternoon were able to discover and observe the...

'Milan info' is a periodical of the French ornithological association Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux LPO in which ornithologists and researchers publish articles dedicated to the red kite, its conservation status, the problems affecting the species and the initiatives undertaken for its protection. The head of the LIFE MILVUS...

The red kite at the Science Festival organised in Corsica As part of the cultural-scientific event "Science Festival", promoted by the Collectivité de Corse, on 9 November 2021 at the Médiathèque U Animu in Porto Vecchio, Corsica, the CEN Corse association organised an information event dedicated to the island's "heritage"...

The census of red kite nests in Basilicata, which began in spring 2021, continued until late summer and provided positive information on the conservation status of the species. A total of 34 nests and 42 territories were identified in a very limited area of the region, equal to 2.8% of...

During the spring of 2021, expert ornithologists, commissioned by the Aspromonte National Park Authority, carried out intensive fieldwork to locate and census red kite nests in a large area of Basilicata. Basilicata is the Italian region that hosts the largest breeding population in the whole of Italy and was therefore...

A study conducted in the southern part of the Aspromonte National Park identified medium voltage power lines potentially dangerous to birds and assigned each of them a priority code for the implementation of isolation measures under the LIFE MILVUS project. Electrocution is one of the most important threats to the...