National species action plan for the Mouse-tailed dormouse
The Mouse-tailed dormouse is one of the rarest mammals in the Western Palearctic. Because of its small distribution area, it is categorised as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. It…
Tag: Balkan
Field equipment for researchers in North Macedonia
The Dutch Mammal Society donated 50 Longworth live traps to mammal researchers in North Macedonia. A small questionnaire among mammal workers (organisations and individuals) in Eastern Europe in 2016 revealed…
Mustelids in the Balkans
The Habitat Foundation is setting up a platform to collate the knowledge about mustelids on the Balkan peninsula. The platform will be the place where researchers, ecologists, volunteers and enthusiasts…
International Dormouse Conference 2020
You are invited to take part in the XIth International Dormice Conference 2020 in Svilengrad, Bulgaria. The conference will take place from September 14th until 18th, 2020. For more info…
A new species for the Greek fauna
While analysing the content of owl pellets from the district of Evros (Greece) researchers stumbled upon a very rare species: Myomimus roachi or the Mouse-tailed dormouse. The first recording of…
Field equipment for researchers in Bosnia-Herzegovina
As part of the capacity-building campaign in Eastern Europe, researchers in Bosnia & Herzegovina received field equipment from Dutch donors this summer. The equipment was handed over during the summer…
The first Mouse-tailed dormice of the year are caught
The new nest boxes were just placed and the first Mouse-tailed dormouse was already found in one of them. A few days later three more animals were found in the…
Balkan Mammal Network online
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Mammal survey in Tivat Saline, Montenegro
The Special Flora and Fauna Reserve Tivat Saline (Tivatska solila) in Montenegro is in the so-called southernmost fjord of Europe and is under pressure of the fast-growing tourism businesses in…
Balkan Mammal Network
On 10-12 May 2018 28 representatives of nature research and conservation institutes came together in Bankya, Bulgaria to talk about the conservation of mammals on the Balkans. They represented 8 countries…