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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
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 ...
Read more >First batch of nest boxes installed in Baricella (BO), Italy
15 February 2019
LIFE FALKON has provided safe nesting sites for 15 pairs of Lesser Kestrel in Baricella (BO), where one of the most important colonies of the entire Po-Plain was threatened by the restoration of the building in which ...
Read more >Meeting with municipalities and land owners about the construction of nesting towers
14 February 2019
The 14th of February, ISPRA and UMIL meet up with the technical offices of the municipalities of Mirandola in Emilia-Romagna and Poggio Rusco in Lombardia (both located within the ...
Read more >LIFE FALKON – 1st Monitoring Visit
12 February 2019
On 12th February 2019, Mrs. Chiara SPOTORNO, representative of the LIFE Programme Monitoring Team NEEMO – TIMESIS, met in Rome #LIFEFALKON to assess the project progress. The technical and administrative ...
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Upcoming Events
25 September 2019
LIFE FALKON at the Italian Congress of Ornithology
Naples (Italy)
10 September 2019
Technical meeting – Projecting the nesting towers for Lesser Kestrels of the Po Plain
ISPRA - Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna)
26 August 2019
LIFE FALKON at the European Congress of Ornithology
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
24 March 2019
LIFE FALKON presentation to local citizens
Stazione Ornitologia Modenese (SOM) - Via Montirone, Mirandola, (Modena, Italy)
14 February 2019
Technical meeting – Municipality of Mirandola (MO)
Mirandola (MO)
