An important flight in scientific history –The first satellite tagged roller returned to Hungary

"Pétör" és párja (Fotó: Szűcs Péter).

2016.06.08 10:58

Roller numbers are declining significantly across Europe and the species has already become extinct in several Western European countries. With this is light, it is very important to protect the stable population of the Carpathian Basin to ensure the species’ future within the EU.

Popular roller conservation events within the framework of the ‘Month of the forests 2016’ programme

A dobrácsapáti önkéntesek nyárfát ültetnek (Fotó: APM).

2016.03.28. 12:30

Within the framework of the ‘Month of the forests 2016’ campaign, the ROLLERLIFE team at the Environmental Agency of Szatmár County organized demonstrations to popularize the project titled ‘Conservation of the European roller in the Carpathian basin’.

MME LIFE+ projects, and Natura 2000 programmes on the 23. FeHoVa exhibition

Az MME standja az FeHoVa-n (Fotó: Nagy Dénes).

2016.03.01. 13:30

The Fishing, Hunting and Arms International Exhibition was organised the 23rd time this year. The event was held  in Budapest between 18-21. February 2016, and BirdLife Hungary (MME) took part in it as an exhibitor.  270 exhibitors of 12 countries took part in creating the biggest FeHoVa exhibition ever. It’s huge success can be measured by the over 62 thousand visitors.  

The Hevesi Plain SPA

Hevesi sík (Fotó: Szitta Tamás).

This month, we are introducing the Hevesi Plain SPA (HUBN10004), a project site of the Bükk National Park Directorate. This region partly belongs to Heves-, and partly to Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. Its area is 49.000 ha. As a Special Protection Area (SPA), its most important natural asset is its bird fauna, including the roller among many other threatened and rare species.

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