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On Wednesday 4 August, volunteers from the Recuperation Centre for Wild Animals of Menorca met on Monte Toro to free 8 young owls reared during the last few months. Continue reading 8 Owls take flight from the top of Monte Toro
Tag Archives: Fauna
Thursday 12 August: family workshop in the animal hospital
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This Thursday, 12 August, we are continuing with family activities in the hospital for wild animals. From 18.30, there will be a workshop to entertain the whole family, interacting with the animals that can be seen in the Centre for Recuperation of wild animals. The theme this week will revolve around the migration voyages made by birds. If you bring a Tshirt, you may be inspired by these birds to paint something on it. Remember that you can visit the Centre from Mondays to Saturdays from 18.00 hours. Continue reading Thursday 12 August: family workshop in the animal hospital
Family Activity: the colours of animals show different aspects
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This Thursday, 22 July, at 18.30, we are continuing with family activities at the Centre for Recuperation of Wild Animals. Notice the difference in the animal colours: there are those with some very striking tones and others more discrete. What role does the appearance of animals play in their lives and survival? We will find out through games. Remember that masks are obligatory when you attend this activity. Continue reading Family Activity: the colours of animals show different aspects
Thursday, family workshop at the Recuperation Centre for Wild Animals
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This Thursday, 15 July, from 18.30 we are continuing with activities for all the family at the Centre for Recuperation of Wild Animals. This time we will concentrate on how to discover what birds eat and analyse the uneaten parts that they cannot digest. You can paint T-shirts, if you wear them, here. You can visit the Centre from Mondays to Saturdays from 18.00 hours. Continue reading Thursday, family workshop at the Recuperation Centre for Wild Animals
Volunteering for marine turtles
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On 1 July, 47 marine turtles born in Sa Mesquida in August 2020 were released. Both private and public groups participated and were involved in the laying, incubation and the development of the hatchlings, but importantly, was the participation of the volunteers who for twenty days and nights watched over the nest. Continue reading Volunteering for marine turtles
Visit the Hospital for Wild Animals this summer
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The Centre for the Recuperation of Wild Animals has been open to visits by the public since 1 July. It is an opportunity to take advantage of being able to see the most symbolic animals of Menorcan wild life, to see their problems and how the hospital attempts to remedy them. It is open from Mondays to Saturday from 18.00 hours until sundown. As in other years, on Thursdays there will be workshops for all the family to connect with the animals at the Centre. Continue reading Visit the Hospital for Wild Animals this summer
The imminent disappearance of a lizard from Ibiza and Formentera highlights biodiversity problems in the Balearics
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The different sections of GOB on the Islands, – GOB Menorca, Mallorca and Ibiza (GEN-GOB), have united this weekend for an annual meeting to deal with the most relevant themes affecting the islands. Continue reading The imminent disappearance of a lizard from Ibiza and Formentera highlights biodiversity problems in the Balearics
Participation on bio indicator monitoring in Land Stewardship Scheme
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Spring has arrived and with it, the monitoring of bio indicators on farms signed up to the Land Stewardship Scheme. The object of this exercise is to demonstrate, through voluntary participation, the positive relationship between the practice of sustainable farms and biodiversity. We are looking for people who would like to help. Continue reading Participation on bio indicator monitoring in Land Stewardship Scheme
Attention given to 1,150 wild animals in 2020
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While 2020 was an atypical and critical year for humanity due to the health crisis of COVID 19, nature continued along its way. So much so that the Centre for Recuperation of Wild Animals of Menorca closed the year 2020 with the following figures of 1,154 animals 78 different species given attention, and that was 13 more than admitted during 2019. Thanks to constant public help, the involvement of various volunteers and the work done by the Centre’s personnel, this year the percentage of animal recovery and release has increased by about 38.8%. The annual report is attached at the end of this article. Continue reading Attention given to 1,150 wild animals in 2020
Successful recuperation of a flamingo saved after a storm
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The Centre for the Recuperation of Wild Animals recently set free an adult male flamingo that had arrived in the island exhausted after the Filomena storm. The recuperation of this bird was particularly complicated but eventually it was possible to liberate it in the Mongofra salt beds, where a group of about forty of these animals are wintering. Continue reading Successful recuperation of a flamingo saved after a storm