Small mammals research in Kosovo
Little is known about the mammals of Kosovo. In October 2023 four members of the Dutch Youth Nature Club spent a week in Kosovo searching for (small) mammals and bats.…
Categorie: Research
Batloggers for Wildlife Montenegro
The Habitat Foundation supports nature researchers and conservationists in Eastern Europe. The support can be simple but nevertheless important. One of the organisations supported is NGO Wildlife Montenegro. Currently, Wildlife…
Garden Dormouse Conservation Initiative
The garden dormouse is losing terrain in Europe. Since 1978 it disappeared from half of its range. Mammal Conservation Europe started a Europe-wide initiative to stop the decline. The garden…
Is the marbled polecat in North Macedonia?
On the 6th of August 2022, Jeffrey Peereboom from the Habitat Foundation visited North Macedonia to meet Aleksandar Stojanov and Aleksandar Pavlov of the Macedonian Ecological Society. The visit, which…
First Mouse-tailed dormice radio-tagged
Since its rediscovery in 2017, The Habitat Foundation supports the research and conservation of Roach’s Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) in Bulgaria. In the area where the dormouse was found, we…
Telescope for Wildlife Montenegro
The Habitat Foundation supports nature researchers and conservationists in Eastern Europe. The support can be simple but nevertheless important. Recently, a telescope was donated to the NGO Wildlife Montenegro. Wildlife…
Bat migration routes in Europe
Wind farms are being built all over Europe to provide us with energy in the future when fossil fuels run out. However, those wind farms can cause collisions among bats,…
Grant for Mouse-tailed dormouse project
The Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service, in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage supports the research on Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). In 2017 we started a…
Field equipment for Ukrainian mammalogists
The Dutch Mammal Society donated 50 Longworth live traps to Ukrainian mammalogists.
A lazy dormouse
Missing for almost 40 years the Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi Bate 1937) was rediscovered in 2017 when during a routine field survey a single specimen was caught. In the following…