2015.06.05. 12:05
The 15th annual Szeged Bridge Fair was held in May 2015. Birdlife Hungary (MME) was there too amongst a wide variety of exhibitors. The fair is run as part of the Wine festival, the biggest annual event in the city. The Bridge Fair and the Wine Festival bring thousands of visitors to the city of sunshine (as Szeged is referred to) from all over Hungary, and across the world.
A press conference on the „Conservation of the European Roller in the Carpathian Basin” project was held in the Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park, Hungary on the International Mother Earth Day (22.04.2015.).
2015.05.18. 15:03
The games help us introduce rollers to the younger generations. Whilst playing, children will become more familiar with the species, they’ll get to know what habitat they prefer, what they feed on, what sort of dangers affect them and how nature friendly farming works.
2015.05.16. 11:20
We’ve seen the first colour ringed roller in Hungary. The adult female was ringed by Béla Tokody and Orsolya Kiss near Szatymaz in 2011 on the 22nd of June near Szatymaz .
30.04.2015. 15:00
A press conference dedicated to the „Conservation of the European Roller in the Carpathian Basin” project was organised in Satu Mare, Romania on the 26th of March 2015. The conference was held in the „Green house” in the Kossuth-garden. The event was organised by the Environment Protection Agency of Satu Mare County (APM), and attendees included APM staff, project staff and representatives of the local media.
The biggest Hungarian fishing, hunting and arms exhibition, FeHoVa was organised the 22nd time this year. The event was held in the HUNGEXPO Fair Centre in Budapest on the 12-15. February 2015, and BirdLife Hungary (MME) took part in it as an exhibitor.
BirdLife Hungary (MME) organised an international workshop as part of the " Conservation of the European roller in the Carpathian Basin" (LIFE13/NAT/HU/000081) project. The workshop was held in Szatymaz, Hungary, on the 8th of November 2014.
Over 60 professionals gathered - including MME staff, researchers, project and national park staff, and volunteers - to discuss the technical and practical details of the new „ROLLERLIFE” project, which started in the autumn of 2014.
The EU Life+ funded project, the „Conservation of the European Roller (Coracias garrulus) in the Carpathian Basin” has been launched in September 2014. Romanian and Hungarian conservationists will join forces to protect and further strengthen the roller population.
