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Counting of wintering birds of prey in Hungary
The 22nd counting of wintering birds of prey in Hungary, carried out in January 2025 by the BirdLife Hungary organization (MME), showed 18,486 individuals belonging
Swedish Species Database
Information on the greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga) can be found in the Swedish species database Artdatabanken – Artfakta (Större skrikörn).
A dataset about the greater spotted eagle
Everyone can benefit from information on the greater spotted eagle [GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei] collected as part of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Factors that impact on migration routes of Greater Spotted Eagle
Study on migration routes of Greater Spotted Eagles in coastal peninsulas in China is presented in publication by Xu Shi et al. titled “Detour for
Environment reports for Turkey
Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change published reports about greater spotted eagle in two provinces: Çanakkale and Kastamonu.
War in Ukraine
War in Ukraine has changed migration routes of greater spotted eagles Clanga clanga. Such a conclusion is published in the paper „Active European warzone impacts raptor
News from Estonia
Good news has been received from Urmas SELLIS (EULS). In breeding season a nest of greater spotted eagles Clanga clanga was monitoring successfully to wait for
Breeding pairs in Poland
In Poland in 2018 according to the initiative „Registry of Rare Birds” (Kartoteka Rzadkich Ptaków) there were 12 breeding pairs of greater spotted eagle Clanga clanga („Kartoteka
News from Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s wetlands are a key wintering site for Greater Spotted Eagles. A team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) conducted monitoring of Greater Spotted Eagle wintering grounds in the Mandra-Poda Special Habitat Protection Area (SPA) in southern Bulgaria.
Control at wintering grounds
The high mortality of birds during migration and on the wintering grounds has a significant impact on the population size of the Greater Spotted Eagle. This aspect of conservation is an important part of our project.
Construction of nesting platforms
Construction of artificial nesting platforms has begun in the eagle’s nesting forests in Poland and Estonia. These are natural nest-like structures approximately 1 m in diameter, reinforced with an aluminium skeleton.
Protection against predation by forest martens
One of the natural enemies of the Greater Spotted Eagle is the marten Martes martes. Almost every year, this predator destroys part of the breeding of this rarest of eagles by eating their eggs or chicks.