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...

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 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...

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...

Newsletter No. 1 outlining the main activities since the start of the LIFE MILVUS project until September 2023 is now available. The newsletter can be downloaded here

The eight red kites that were released on July 27, 2023 in Aspromonte National Park are making significant movements that are being monitored thanks to the GPSs with which they are equipped. After release, for about a month and a half the young raptors have made only limited movements, exploring...