In recent days, we have completed the excavation of the last of the 50 amphibian ponds planned in Ljubljansko barje. They are now waiting for amphibians to come out of hibernation and head to their breeding grounds. ...
Katja Poboljšaj from the Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora presented the project LIFE AMPHICON – Amphibian Conservation and Habitat Restoration at the 5th Biological Evening organised by the University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (UP FAMNIT)....
The association will renaturalize about 30 ponds to create aquatic habitats for the fire-bellied toad and other amphibians in the region. Although there is plenty of water in the Felchowsee area, suitable spawning habitats for amphibians - free of fish, sunny and sometimes drying out...
These days amphibians have started to emerge after the winter. In the first warm rainy evenings, we expect the start of amphibian migrations to their breeding sites. During the breeding season the safety of amphibians highly depends on the work of volunteers on the problematic...
On Saturday, 11.02.2023, a conference on "Meadow bird-friendly management, insect-friendly management & possibilities for the utilization of agriculturally unusable cuttings" took place in Mülheim an der Ruhr organized by LIFE Wiesenvögel NRW ....
In January 2023, the construction of permanent measures to reduce amphibian mortality on roads in Ljubljansko barje (project section Bistra) began....
Until the start of the new season of amphibian spring migrations, you can shorten the snowy winter days by reading the third edition of the e-newsletter Regljač, which we prepared within the project LIFE AMPHICON with very positive collaboration with the authors of the articles....
The LIFE AMPHICON project team visited the regional unit of the Slovenia Forest Service in Kočevje on 13 January....
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In the last days of December, a new leaflet presenting the importance of creating new amphibian water habitats was published by Ljubljansko barje Landscape Park....