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Take part in the public consultation of the European Commission and prevent the environmental crime threatening the ‘Galapagos of the Mediterranean’! An unprecedented...
Launch of EU-funded project raises awareness and strengthens national capacities to fight the problem of wildlife poisoning in the Balkans, which is one of the most important...
During June, waterbirds belonging to protected species were discovered dead in three occasions, due to collision with power lines inside the protected area of the Mesolonghi...
  “Athena” is a special –and valuable– partner for the Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece; this female Turtle Dove, tagged with a satellite transmitter in...
April 5th to 6th was a disastrous night for migratory birds. Very strong northerly winds and low temperatures followed several days of adverse spring weather and persistent rain...
The Hellenic Rarities Committee, at its January 2020 meeting, decided to accept the resignations of its members Theodoros Kominos and Maria Dimaki, which thanks for their long...
In a joint letter to the Prime Minister of Greece and the Ministry of Environment and Energy, 12 environmental NGOs and Scientific Societies call for the cancellation of...
The Hellenic Ornithological Society has been working non-stop on Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation for approximately 20 years now, as Greece has been the most important...
Long term conservation work of the Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece in the Aegean has resulted in a great discovery for the most enigmatic bird of the Aegean...
A new report released by BirdLife Europe & Central Asia confirms that the EU will fail to hit its own deadline to reverse the decline of biodiversity, as outlined in its...
In ancient Egypt, the small vulture was considered the symbol of Isis, goddess of fertility, motherhood and magic. In Eastern Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) it was named ‘the...
One more year, true to their annual meeting with us, as they have done for thousands of years, the Egyptian vultures flew all the way from Africa breed in Greece. According to...

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