Updated: May 7, 2023
In partnership with the Aves de Portugal portal, the andorin dynamised the webinar related to the swallows thematic week.
This portal has developed, in recent months, thematic weeks dedicated to different bird families. With the arrival of spring, it is certain that the swallows are the theme of the moment! It was an online event that we hope to soon share the link of the recording so that those who did not attend can now watch.
International swifts conferences are meetings where ornithologists dedicated to the study or conservation of these birds meet to share their most recent work. And it is precisely next year's event that we write about, since the host city has recently been announced. After last year it was close to us, in Segovia (Spain), the next edition is scheduled for Trieste, in the north of Italy! When it will be in Portugal? How about Mértola 2026 or Évora 2028? Let's do it!
As soon as they heard that the Macarena wall in Seville (Spain) was to be restored, Ecourbe, a Spanish environmental NGO based in the same city, contacted the town planning department to ask them to take into account the important nesting colony of swifts there.
As a result of these contacts, the association managed not only to safeguard the conservation of the nests, but also to establish a protocol that defines the characteristics of the cavities and the entrances so that nesting conditions can be improved.
ECOURBE, congratulations and thank you very much for your effort!
