On August 7, 2024, 17 red kites were released in Aspromonte National Park. These were ten young individuals from Switzerland, five juveniles from Corsica, and two red kites, one juvenile and one adult, which had been found in distress in Basilicata in recent months. Thanks to the valuable work of...
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Red kites born in Switzerland and Corsica will be released in late July in Aspromonte National Park
Fifteen red kites are currently housed at the Aspromonte National Park's acclimation and release center, ready to be released into the wild. On June 20, 2024, ten red kites born in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, were transferred to Italy and joined five red kites translocated from Corsica six days...
"Red kites born in Switzerland and Corsica will be released in late July in Aspromonte National Park"Read MoreFive kites born in Corsica will be released in the Aspromonte National Park
Five young red kites born in Corsica just over a month ago are housed at the CERM Threatened Raptor Center in Rocchette di Fazio (GR), southern Tuscany, waiting to be transferred to Aspromonte National Park for their release into the wild, scheduled for July 2024. The red kites arrived in...
"Five kites born in Corsica will be released in the Aspromonte National Park"Read MoreThe movements of young red kites released in Aspromonte
As is normal for young kites during their first years of life, the specimens released in the Aspromonte National Park in July 2023 are also making erratic movements that lead them to explore vast areas of southern Italy and beyond. Four youngsters (Charlie, Sergio, Flo and Dora) have shown themselves...
"The movements of young red kites released in Aspromonte"Read MoreA documentary chronicles the LIFE MILVUS project.
The Aspromonte National Park Authority has produced a documentary that the LIFE MILVUS project. Made by White Fox Communication (Eugenio Manghi and Annalisa Losacco), the video is available in Italian, English and French on the Video page of the LIFE MILVUS project website as well as on the Park's Youtube...
"A documentary chronicles the LIFE MILVUS project."Read MoreCalabria loyalists or wanderers: where do free-roaming red kites spend the winter?
On July 27, 2023, eight kites from the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, were released in Aspromonte National Park. Both the Swiss ornithologists and the team of ornithologists from the LIFE MILVUS project were curious to find out what their behavior would be in the fall and winter period. The question...
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