Spring migration brings rare black-tailed godwits
During their traditional migratory stopover, a flock of black-tailed godwits landed at the Ostrovik meadow in the SPA Senianske rybníky.
The European roller becomes Bird of the Year 2025
The European roller is the flagship species for nature conservation in Slovakia’s steppes—rare cultural landscape habitats whose fate lies in human hands. The future of this species and others like it depends on the actions of farmers, conservationists, and policymakers.
LIFE 4 STEPPE BIRDS at CEE InterLIFE Platform Meeting
From March 24–27, 2025, we participated in the CEE InterLIFE Platform Meeting in Balmazújváros, Hungary.
A Journey into Nature Conservation of Young Rangers has started.
The first meeting of the Young Ranger Club took place this autumn! During the meeting children engaged in hands-on nature conservation through the one-day event in the field. The children together with their teachers visited one of our project sites by boat where they took part in fun, age-appropriate biotope restoration tasks.
The sampling of ectomycorrhizal fungi has started
In the months of February and March we are collecting in selected stands of the Forest Management Units Čalovo, Gabčíkovo and Šamorín, located near the original channel of the Danube River, root samples for the investigation and subsequent testing of the application of mycorrhizae in the cultivation of seedlings that will be used for the restoration of natural forest stands.
Restoration of grazing is progressing also in the vicinity of Dobrá Voda
Dobrá Voda is one of the few villages that lie hidden in the middle of the massif of the Little Carpathians. In the past, most of their territory did not provide a very suitable environment for people to farm other than forestry, and so they settled rather on the edges of this mountain range. What…
New EMYS project aimed at habitat restoration and conservation of the European pond turtle
One of the main measures of the project will be the restoration of wetlands by creating 3 new water areas on the Slovak side and restoring 2 earth-filled cut-off river channels on the Hungarian side. These will provide suitable habitats for the European pond turtle and at the same time promote better water retention in the landscape during dry periods.
Activities of the WILDisland project continue
The first step for the successful implementation of the project in the Slovak region was the preparation of a hydrological study. From the results of the study, after several expert consultations, the designers elaborated the proposed measures in the form of technical documentation.
We are restoring habitats with the occurrence of the great burnet in the Holuby’s Kopanice site.
Wetlands with an undisturbed water regime play an irreplaceable role in the ecological stability of the landscape. In addition to their ability to effectively retain water in the landscape over the long term, they are also able to host rare and scarce species of animals and plants.
Join this year’s volunteer actions for steppe birds
SOS/BirdLife Slovakia invites you to take part in upcoming volunteer events within the LIFE 4 STEPPE BIRDS project focused on monitoring and helping steppe birds.