Mossy Earth made a great video about our butterfly meadow
Mossy Earth made a great video about our project dedicated to butterfly conservation which they supported financially. Check it out!
Ground squirrel trapping at the Bratislava Airport is underway.
As we do every year, in the spring and summer, our ground squirrel team captures ground squirrels at sites with stable populations and transports them to genetically poor or newly established sites.
This morning, 65 ground squirrels were captured and are currently being transported to sites in the White Carpathians and Podunajsko region.
Restoration of the flow of the side arm in Kráľovská lúka continues
The works in the middle part of the arm, with aim of connecting the two side branches to the stream, is already finished, the water has flowed in here and is full of life – fish, frogs, snails, dragonflies…
The summer simulated flood is currently taking place in the inland delta of the Danube
Water is currently flowing into the inland delta of the Danube due to a summer simulated flood. We reached the highest flow in the last 19 years—120 m³/sec. Such a flow was requested as part of the petition for the preservation of the inland delta of the Danube in 2020, and since then, we have raised the demand at every meeting with water management officials and the Ministry of the Environment of Slovakia, which oversees these matters.
Rare plant species are returning to the restored hillsides
Our project LIFE Endemic Panalp, aimed at the protection of several endemic species and habitats of dry grasslands, has recently moved into the second half. So, what did we achieve during the first one? First of all, in the Strážovské vrchy, Považské Inovec, Malé and Biely Karpaty, we restored a total of more than 80…
From expert study to technical projection
The revitalisation of the old Danube side arms can be called in one word “process”. Just as their degradation has been gradual, due to modifications for navigation, their revitalisation in places where it makes sense for valuable floodplain forest habitats, birds, fish and amphibians, for groundwater recharge and flood protection for us humans, will be gradual.
We are finalists of the Natura 2000 Award
We went to Brussels as finalists and we are going home as finalists. Although we did not win the Natura 2000 award, it was an honor for us to participate in this prestigious European competition and to be among the 6 nominated projects in our category. He won an Irish project where conservationists helped to change the setting of subsidies for farmers, so that they could manage Natura 2000 areas closer to nature and not be deprived.
Microtus II visit in Šumava
In May, together with the stakeholders of the Microtus II project, we went to get inspired to the Šumava National Park. The study tour was attended by representatives of the Ministry of the Environment (MŽP), Slovak Water Management Enterprise(SVP), Water Management Construction Enterprise (VV), Water Management Research Institute (VÚVH) and the Dunajská Streda district office.…
The Southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) needs Aristolochia plants. We are planting them as part of the project.
The Southern festoon, a rare butterfly species of European importance, is bound to the warmest regions of Slovakia. The development of its monophagous caterpillars takes place on the Aristolochia plant. The restoration of these plants by direct sowing is possible, but time-consuming. However, they reproduce very well by rhizomes.
Ground squirrel meadows are blooming beautifully right now
Throughout spring, meadows with the presence of ground squirrels bloom in abundance. Ground squirrel habitats are usually pastures, so this suitable combination of inter-species cooperation bears its fruit.