Summer has progressed and for many bird species the breeding season has been completed. Collared Pratincoles, terns, gulls, Oystercatchers, Spur – winged Plovers, Mute Swans, Shelducks, ducks and waders have already raised their chicks in the Evros Delta. The Management Body’s scientific monitoring program includes ringing of various species, such as Spur – winged Plovers. This year, several nestlings were ringed and we expect them to come back in the next few years to make their own families too. During…

On June 3rd, a ringed Stork was observed in Soufli, sitting with another conspecific, on an electric pole. A local immediately sent the information together with photographs that show the exact ring number.   It was very pleasant news for the Management Body of Evros Delta and Samothraki Protected Areas, as the ring number revealed that the Stork was marked with an ELSA ring during the Stork Festival in the European Stork Village of Poros on June 10th, 2016!  …