New website online!

Our new website is online! Check it now! You will find lot of informations and pics.

Happy New Year 2019!!

MEDRAPTORS' papers in the top ten of ornithological journals

Two papers written by MEDRAPTORS' members appeared in the top ten of the most downloaded papers of Ibis (https://www.bou.org.uk/ibis/downloaded-ibis-papers-2017/) and Ardeola in 2017 (here below). This is a great result highlighting the appreciation of ornithological community towards our research activity! 

Best Wishes!!

Happy New Year

Can this new upcoming 2017 fulfill all the wishes, hopes and  projects we believe in and worked on, particularly for wildlife conservation and for a peaceful world. Let's have great expectations despite the ending year has not been  particularly promising.

I take this chance to remind you to subsribe for the project Wings over the Strait. Support raptor monitoring and conservation!

A new MEDRAPTORS paper was just published on Bird Study. It is the result of a collaboration between us and Batumi Raptor Count. You can download it here: 

• Agostini N., Baghino L., Vansteelant W.M.G. & Panuccio M. 2016. Age-related timing of Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus migration along detoured and direct flyways. Bird Study dx.doi.org: 10.1080/00063657.2016.1264362

Moreover on the BOU blog you can read a short summary of our last paper on Ibis (click here to read it!).

August 2016 - Our field team!

Here in the picture below our field team working at the Strait of Messina.

Meeting at the Strait of Messina

Ornithological meeting - L'Aquila April 2016

Happy new year!

Happy new year!

MEDRAPTORS has reached 10 years of activity! Join the MEDRAPTORS meeting

Our reached goals:

• Tens of publications
• Different new migratory flyways have been discovered  
• Observation camps
• Collaboration effort with different research organizations belonging to different countries
• 11 discussed theses (2 Ph.D., 5 M.Sc, 4 B.Sc.) in five different Universities

To discuss about what it was done and about future projects and to meet together we invite all our friends and colleagues to come at the Medraptors meeting the next September on the Aspromonte mountain (Southern Italy).
The meeting will be held in Gambarie d'Aspromonte (Reggio Calabria) on the 19th, the 20th and the 21st of September 2014.

Chronological schedule:

• 19th evening: meeting point
• 20th observations on raptor migration. In this period  the passage of Marsh Harriers and juvenile Honey Buzzards occurs. In the evening we'll have dinner in a typical restaurant and we'll have the chance to discuss together. 
• 21st observations on raptor migration

The participation is free
(dinner and accommodation have to be charged on the participants, accommodation is possible in a agreed upon bed & breakfast)

Gambarie is a small village located at about 1350 metres a.s.l. inside the Aspromonte National Park. The area is covered by forests of beech and silver fir. The area is the most important bottleneck for the autumn migration of raptors in the Central Mediterranean area and last year  30.000 raptors heading south were counted.
It is possible to reach Gambarie with a bus from Reggio Calabria where there is both the train station and the airport.
For further information contact us.

Happy New Year

Dear friends and colleagues,

we are entering in the new year that is also the 10th year of Medraptors life. We take this opportunity to wish you a happy 2014. With the invitation to go on working for the knowledge and the conservation of raptors and biodiversity (in spite of all the difficulties…).

Approaching deadline for the Grundtvig scholarship

These are the last days to apply for the Grundtvig scholarship to participate at the training course on raptor migration research tecniques. THE DEADLINE TO SEND THE APPLICATION FOR SCHOLARSHIP IS ON JANUARY THE 16th. The course will be held next May in Pachino, Sicily. There is the chance to apply for scholarships  provided from the UE (eligible: citizens of the 27 Member States of the EU with the exception of the Italian people, citizens of countries of the European Economic Area-EEA countries and of Candidate countries).  You can find the call with information about the course and the scholarship at the following link: 

http://www.raptormigration.org/MEDRAPTORS-projects2007.htm

Presentations will range among different topics of animal movement research using different methods (visual observations, long-term monitoring programs, radar tracking, GPS, GSM, GLS) and focusing their study on different aspect of bird migration (ecology, ethology, conservation, influence of climate change). Among the speakers Alejandro Onrubia (Fundacion Migres), Giacomo Dell'Omo (Ornis Italica) and the Medraptors staff. Moreover there will be the chance to visit some Important Bird Areas of south-east Sicily. For further information and help in compile the application form and write an email to: Natalia Carpanzano (legambiente.eu.projects@gmail.com).

Best wishes for the new year 2013 from Medraptors. In the hope of a better, prosperous and sustainable new year, for all of us and for our planet.

Raptor migration in the Mediterranean basin: research techniques and future perspectives

Apply for a Grundtvig-EU scholarship to participate in the training “Raptor migration in the Mediterranean basin: research techniques and future perspective” - in Sicily, Italy.

Are you interested in learning more about the topic of “Raptor migration in the Mediterranean basin: research techniques and future perspective” and how effectively integrate it in your professional field?

The training course, organized by Legambiente, an Italian environmental organization, takes place in Pachino, in the province of Siracusa (Sicily). The structure is surrounded by typical Mediterranean atmosphere of the Hyblean countryside. The course is unique in the field as it will be developed with the methodology of hands-on.

The scientific and didactic activity is supervised by MEDRAPTORS (Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network), a N:G:O: with a long experience in the field of raptor migration (http://www.raptormigration.org). Among the speakers, different researchers who have worked in the field of animal movement research using different methods (visual observations, long-term monitoring programs, radar tracking, GPS, GSM, GLS) and focusing their study on different aspect of bird migration (ecology, ethology, conservation, influence of climate change).

Browse the link below to see the detailed program. Apply for a Grundtvig-EU scholarship to participate in this training: 

http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=35044

People that can apply to the scolarship:

· the citizens of the 27 Member States of the European Union

· countries of the European Economic Area-EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Swiss Confederation)

· Candidate countries (Turkey, Croatia)

For the year 2013 there will be two courses:

- SESSION 1 : 13/05/2013 - 17/05/2013

- SESSION 2 : 30/09/2013 - 04/10/2013

The fixed application deadlines for the year 2013 are the following:

- 16/01/2013 (for training starting on 13/05/2013)

- 30/04/2013 (for training starting on 30/09/2013)

N.B. This training Scholarships can be requested for participation to this training from your National Grundtvig Agency which will cover the participation fee, transportation, accommodation and meals. Please check the list of all European agencies in charge of Lifelong learning programmes to find the agency in your country:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/national_en.htm

Please contact your National Agency because in some cases are not accepted more than two candidates for each organization (university, association, etc.).

If interested, please follow the steps below:

1) Download the application form “Grundtvig In-Service Training Application eForm 2012" on your National Agency website.

2) Fill in the application form with all information necessary to complete your enrolment request. Notify our association your intention to enroll in the course.

3) Please submit the file, print out the application form and send it out via regular mail to you National Agency.

If you need more details or support in filling in your scholarship application please feel free to contact the organisers at the contact details indicated below.

We look forward to hearing back from you soon.

Best regards

Dr. NATALIA CARPANZANO

Training Course Director - Legambiente Onlus

legambiente.eu.projects@gmail.com

Happy new year from Medraptors

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Happy New Year!

Happy new year with MEDRAPTORS staff!

On our website we have added a page with the medraptors staff, browse on the picture below:

New year, new blog

This is the new Medraptors blog's.

With the first post we link an interview to Ugo Mellone concerning our network:

http://europeanraptors.org/interviews/interview_medraptors_ugo_mellone.html