Project Support for 2020
The trustees of LIPU-UK have examined candidates proposed by Claudio Celada (LIPU Conservation Director), and decided with enthusiasm to raise the funds needed for the following projects in 2020. 1....
Collared Pratincoles in Sicily
The Piana di Gela is one of the most important agricultural areas of Sicily. Named after the city of Gela (an ancient Greek settlement), it was famed for its wheat...
A visit to La Fagiana Recovery Centre
On a recent visit to Italy we visited LIPU Head Office in Parma but, on our way there we were fortunate to call in at the CRFS La Fagiana and...
News from Cave di Gaggio LIPU Reserve, near Venice
The conservation area located in the Marcon municipality keeps offering special emotions thanks to many achievements. The Oasis, run by LIPU astonishes again this year for some results, epochal in...
A Review of the Year 2018-19
LIPU-UK has just closed another successful business year – and what a year this has been! We started with a greater fund raising target than ever before and had a...
Bonelli’s Eagle Protection in 2019
This encouraging report has been received from Giuseppe Rannisi of LIPU Catania in Sicily In 2019, three surveillance camps were organized by Gruppo Tutela Rapaci. GTR involves LIPU volunteers, as...
An extension to Canneto Boverio
A previous post https://www.lipu-uk.org/a-jewel-of-an-oasis/ explained the partnership between LIPU and Burchvif in the creation of a small but wonderful oasis in the midst of a rice growing area – the...
Egyptian Vulture success in Puglia
If you are lucky enough to have done any birding in Spain, you are likely to have come across large flocks of Griffon vultures soaring overhead. Amongst these huge vultures,...
First born of 2019
News just announced is that in one of the nests controlled by Camp 1, in the Agrigento area in Sicily, the first Bonelli’s Eagle of 2019 has been born! The...
LIPU Elections 2019
Every four years the members of LIPU have the chance to vote for the officers of the association. This year the election is for 15 members of the LIPU Council...