Kiskunsági Madárvédelmi Egyesület
Izsák, Hungary
About
Founded in 2000, Kiskunsági Madárvédelmi Egyesület is a non-profit association based in Izsák, Hungary working on nature & wildlife conservation, science & research, education.
The Kiskunság Bird Protection Association, founded in 2000 in Hungary, runs the Kolon-tó Bird Observatory (Kolon-tavi Madárvárta) near Izsák, which was established by Kiskunság National Park in 1999. Its main work is bird ringing and monitoring at Lake Kolon, research on the European nightjar and the thrush nightingale, including expeditions to the Balkan Peninsula, and white stork chick marking with partner organisations. The association also rescues and repatriates injured birds, hosts visitors and school groups for guided observation and nature education, and publishes its news and programmes on Facebook. It is funded largely by individual donations, including 1% tax designations, which it uses for bird protection and the upkeep of the observatory.
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Nagy Átfogás
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Hungary
Annual bird ringing survey across the full width of Lake Kolon (1,600 m net line), held from 10 to 24 July since 2001.
Kis Átfogás
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Hungary
Spring migration and breeding-season bird ringing at Lake Kolon, carried out fortnightly from early March to late June since 2006.
Fülemülesitke kutató expedíciók
Science & Research · Croatia, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Albania
Expeditions since 2002 to map the migration and wintering areas of the thrush nightingale in the Balkan Peninsula.
Lappantyú program
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Hungary
Since 2008, study of the nightjar breeding population on the sand dunes west of Lake Kolon, including nest surveys, chick ringing, tracking and genetic research.
Fehér gólya jelölés
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Hungary
Annual marking of white stork chicks in nests in several settlements of the Kiskunság region, carried out with the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society and Kiskunság National Park.
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Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park, Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület, Nemzeti Együttműködési Alap
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