Coordinator team complete
Our team of count coordinators is complete! Aki from Finland, Luis from Spain, Simon from France, Dries for the Netherlands and Rafa rom Spain will help the counters at the stations everyday to hopefully reach the million raptors in 2016! All of them are working around the clock to be ready for the massive migration in Batumi!
We still have some slots free for counters, don't miss the chance to witness the most spectacular show of raptors migration in Europe! Join us and send as soon as possible your application! It is a big help if you can share this post among your contacts. Thanks!
Raptor Migration Network has been founded
From 9th to 11th June we met with representatives from several major soaring bird migration bottlenecks of the western palearctic in Chalets d’Irati-Larrau/Lorraine, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The scientific workshop was organized and funded through EURAPMON and the European Science Foundation.
For two days we discussed the future of raptor migration counts and the potential of addressing research questions to all migration count sites. The workshop reviewed the existing protocols, management of sites, and database handling in order to draft objectives for a strategical alignment of pan-european raptor migration sites to establish a comprehensive monitoring of European raptor migrant populations.
We are proud to announce the formation of the Raptor Migration Network (Monitoring the European-African Flyways) has been successful and will strongly support the conservation of raptors.
In autumn the network's portal will be launched on raptormigrationnetwork.org to inform the public about raptor migration bottlenecks, overviews, phenologies and provides access for volunteering counters.
The following migration count sites participated:
Antikythira (Greece)
Batumi (Georgia)
Burgas (Bulgaria)
Eilat (Israel)
Malta (Malta)
Organbidexka / Pyrenees (France)
Strait of Messina (Italy)
Strait of Gibraltar (Spain)
Links:
www.eurapmon.net
www.raptormigrationnetwork.org (to be launched in autumn)
www.trektellen.org
We would like to thank all participants for their time and input, for their visions and motivation to realize the network's formation.
Sincerely yours,
the organizing committee on behalf of EURAPMON
Jasper Wehrmann (Batumi Raptor Count)
Jean-Paul Urcun (LPO Aquitaine)
Michele Panuccio (Medraptors)
Newsletter February
Dear BRC-supporter,
we are proud to present you our new refreshed website. We made these changes so it's easier for you to navigate and find the information you are looking for. The website is also more compatible with mobile devices. With it comes a new newsletter style. We hope you enjoy the new looks.
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