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The breeding range of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the central-eastern Mediterranean area is shifting northwards due to climate change. LIFE FALKON is fostering resilience by improving the conservation status of the population at the north-eastern edge of its breeding range in Italy and Greece. The project will provide increased nesting opportunities, including nest boxes and towers, promote favourable rural development and building renovation practices, and establish a network of conservationists focused on populations crucial for the species’ northward breeding expansion.
The Project
Latest News
Installation of nest boxes in the Po Plain Area
21 February 2020
Life Falkon has conducted a winter field survey to assess the distribution of potential safe sites on where to install nest-boxes for the lesser kestrel. We will install 100 boxes on recently restored buildings and ...
Read more >Winter conference at the SOM: LIFE FALKON among the invited speakers!
21 February 2020
As every year, SOM/Cisniar is celebrating the winter with a party and a scientific conference about conservation of local birdlife and biodiversity. As in 2018, LIFE FALKON is again among the invited speakers, this time ...
Read more >Nesting tower for lesser kestrel of the Po Plain
20 December 2019
Not only nest boxes: LIFE FALKON is fostering the recovery and the expansion of the northern population of lesser kestrel with the construction of small buildings entirely dedicated to the species! Tens of ...
Read more >Fieldwork and news from Greece with “HOS”-Elliniki Ornithologiki Etaireia
22 July 2019
HOS has finalised the surveys in all project areas! 2 new breeding areas were discovered in Project area 4 (Lemnos), one breeding site at project area 2 (Ioannina) has undergone a ...
Read more >New Lesser Kestrel colonies discovered in the Po Plain
21 May 2019
During the initial step of the wide survey in the Po-Plain, the LIFE FALKON team – supported by enthusiastic volunteer – checked over 250 rural buildings scattered in the area and found at least 6 new colonies ...
Read more >First LIFE FALKON nest boxes occupied by Lesser Kestrel
20 May 2019
The first nest boxes of those installed by LIFE FALKON is occupied by a pair of adult lesser kestrel! Their 5 eggs are there and we are looking forward for the chicks.
Read more >NHK japanese television shooting LIFE FALKON in Mantua
29 April 2019
Poggio Rusco (Province of Mantua), 28th Avril 2019 NHK (National Japanese Television) shooted the installation of nestboxes for the lesser kestrel within the framework of LIFE FALKON project activities and interviewed ...
Read more >EASME Evaluation LIFE Falkon 1st Monitoring visit
12 April 2019
Very positive evaluation by EASME on the 1st Monitoring Visit held in Rome on the 12th of February 2019! The first surveys and GIS analyses carried out on the project areas which already evidenced potential suitable ...
Read more >Fields surveys Po Plain – March 2019
24 March 2019
LIFE FALKON staff realized a first rush of filed survey in the Po Plain project area (Project area 1) in the last days of March. Surprisingly, we found that some of the Lesser Kestrel (estimated in ~30% of the total population) were already back to their ...
Read more >LIFE FALKON conference at the SOM (Stazione Ornitologica Modenese)
24 March 2019
The spring appointment of the bi-annual scientific conference of the SOM (Stazione Ornitologica Modenese) was dedicated to the LIFE FALKON project. We extensively presented the lesser kestrel biology, population status ...
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Upcoming Events
22 December 2019
Winter conference at the SOM: LIFE FALKON among the invited speakers!
Mirandola (MO)
26 November 2019
Communications webinar for LIFE beneficiaries
26 August 2019
LIFE FALKON at the European Congress of Ornithology
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
10 September 2019
Technical meeting – Projecting the nesting towers for Lesser Kestrels of the Po Plain
ISPRA - Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna)
25 September 2019
LIFE FALKON at the Italian Congress of Ornithology
Naples (Italy)
