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Chief Inspector Demis Ouzos and The Call of the Sirens

The Lesser White-Fronted Boose Group has cometh to Greece in their odyssey. There they meet some modern Greek heroes, including a vital, local member of the group. Will the mystery of deceased goose be solved? How to safeguard the endangered Lesser White-Fronted Goose population?

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Satellite Crane Aino returning back from Africa

Finnish satellite crane Aino is returning back from Africa. Aino is now at Lac du Der Ne-France that is a very important assembly area of Eurasian cranes. Aino crane has made a round trip, her autumn migration route went through eastern Europe via Hungary and Serbia. Let’s just hope that her breeding mire has remained […]

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Birdies without Borders

Birdlife International has launched today a campaign for migratory birds. All around the world many migratory birds are in decline because of habitat loss at their wintering areas and places they stop to rest and refuel.  Born to Travel campaign aims to increase public support for conservation of birds and their migratory routes.
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Valentine from Wilderness!

In winter living is hard for Siberian Jays in Finnish Lapland. They have learnt to keep an eye on feeding big mammals in order to get some leftovers.

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Finnish satellite cranes arrive in Africa

Finnish research team studies migration routes and most important stopover sites and over-wintering grounds of the Finnish population of the Eurasian crane (Grus grus).
On 18th November the first satellite crane of the project, a young male colt named as Petteri, was discovered in Tunisia, Africa. On 19th November also a female satellite crane Aino arrived […]

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