2017.12.13.  15:45

The logging of the invasive oleaster trees (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in the project sites of the southern Great Plain of Hungary started as part of the ‘C1 – Restoring steppe habitats’ project action. The aim of the action is to create ideal roller foraging habitat by demonstrative habitat restoration. 

2017.11.30. 12:48

Thanks to our colleagues at Bükki National Park Directorate, this year’s team meeting was held at a new location, at the Western Gate Educational and Visitor Centre in Felsőtárkány. 

2016.09.02. 14:50

Responding to the call for the 12th national survey, we started checking the medium voltage electric lines of the Borsodi-mezőség. As a consequence of former LIFE projects and a tremendous amount of effort, all the pole tops we checked had already been insulated. Even better, in some areas, aerial power lines are substituted with ground lines.

2017.08.31. 12:14

During the demonstration, well developed nestlings will be ringed in artificial nestboxes, allowing participants to get a close view on these beautifully coloured birds.

2017.08.31.  12:00

We organized ringing demonstrations at four locations in Hungary this year, to allow participants to get close to rollers. One of our events was held near  Apaj, another near Szeged, and at two sites near Tiszaújváros.

2017.08.22.  12:40

Although we already finished the checking of the nestboxes in July, the season still provides us with surprises…

2017.08.21.  16:26

The data collection process, targeting the migration routes, and wintering sites of the rollers breeding in the Carpathian Basin has started in 2016.

So far, more than ten individuals were tagged across the project sites of Hungary and Western Romania, making sure that the main regions within the species distribution are represented by this sample. By the end of the project we will have an adequate number of individuals tagged to enable us to better understand the  migration routes, the migratory behaviour and the wintering sites.

2017.08.20.  10:34

In order to be able to protect a species, we also need to protect its prey species and their habitat. As part of the dietary research on rollers, we record food remnants found within the nest boxes. These data have already provided us with a lot of information concerning the diet of rollers but they still hold some curiosities.

2017.07.14.  14:01

We’ve checked 250 artificial roller nestboxes between 30^th May and 6^th June, that were installed during the project in the western part of Romania. The first control targeted two main areas where the roller density is highest, whit the aim to find out the occupation rate and the stage of breeding. 

2017.07.13.  13:08

We’ve started the tagging of rollers in the Western Plain of Romania in June. On the 13^{th of} June we managed to capture three female and a male bird in Arad County, two of these four birds were equipped with satellite tags.