As part of the field activities under the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) continuation funding project “Conservation of the Red-breasted Goose in Key Sites Along the Flyway,” the survey team continued a well-established tradition by visiting the local school in Kulykol village—situated next to one of the most important wetlands for migratory geese in northern […]
October 2025 — The International Autumn Goose Survey in Kazakhstan has successfully concluded, delivering one of the most comprehensive and encouraging migration assessments in recent years. Across three survey teams and dozens of key wetlands in northern Kazakhstan, experts recorded more than 1.6 million geese, including significant numbers of the globally threatened Red-breasted Goose and […]
The Red-breasted Goose conservation team has been busy in Kazkahstan this year. We have started work the support of the Whitley Fund for Nature continuation funding. Staff and volunteers of ACBK – Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan have initiated the first steps in the awareness activities with local communities in key region […]
The spring was active period for the work on Redbreasts in Kazakhstan as part of the WFN funded project of BSPB and ACBK. ACBK experts developed and signed 2 years long plan for coordinated patrols and control work with the Territorial Hunting control Inspectorate. The agreement covers mutual activities on two regions in Kazakhstan – […]
In the first half of May during spring migration of the Red-breasted Goose, the field team of local Kazakh experts organized field expedition in the already traditional catching area in North Kazakhstan. The conditions this spring were challenging as extensive floodings in southern Russia and Northern parts of Kazakhstan made lot of areas inaccessible and […]
Lena – the last of our red-breasted geese to keep on transmitting has reappeared recently and provided more information on her whereabouts during the winter. The last transmission has been from early December last year and now we have a full story of where she has been. As you might remember in early November 2023 […]
We are pleased to share with you our Layman’s Video of the LIFE for Safe Flight Project. After the successful completion of the “LIFE for Safe Flight” project dedicated to the conservation of the globally threatened Red-breasted Goose, today we present to you in video format the achievements during this period and the main threats […]
At the end of May 2023 г., after almost 6 years of coordinated efforts by 11 organisations and institutions from the five key Red-breasted Goose range countries, successfully ended the “Conservation of the Red-breasted Goose along it global flyway”, funded by the EU LIFE Program. The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds was leading […]
Our LIFE for Safe Flyway project was part of the World Biodiversity Festival, which precedes Biodiversity Day and took place on Natura 2000 Day – 21st May 2023. The project manager, Dr. Nikolai Petkov, presented the main activities of the project’s implementation, as well as its main achievements to date. Over 30 participants from around […]
Training kit for Sustainable Waterbird Harvest & Conservation The Training kit was created by Neils Kaintstrup of the University of Aarhus in Denmark – a leading expert on game biology and Dr. Shabolsc Nagy of Wetlands International. It represents important aspects of the ecology of migratory waterbirds and basic principles of sustainable harvesting of […]
February is “month of the geese” in Bulgaria this winter. Among the big flocks of Greater White-fronted Geese in the regions of Dobrudzha, Burgas and Belene, the globally threatened Red-breasted Geese also appeared. These two species are relatively easy to distinguish in the field, due to their different sizes, plumage, flight behaviour and call. Amongst […]
The first national action plan for the conservation of the Red-breasted Goose is already a fact.The plan was developed by the Romanian Ornithological Society, and the activity is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, a partner in the project.The document was approved by Ministerial Order No. 2480/2022 and published in the State […]
