YLG 2023 field campaign, just started!

The Yellow-Legged Gull 2023 field compaign at Sa Dragonera Natural Park has started. 

Birds are looking for a territory. We are looking for red rings. Gull B5TX is already near its nest. 

Balearic Shearwater 2022 campaign !

The GEDA-i took the relay of the work done last year monitoring the nest of the Balearic Shearwaters at Dragonera Natural Park. 

Photo: ©Pep Arcos

The Balearic Shearwater is an endemic seabird of the Balearic archipelago and among the most threatened species in Europe.  We hope to provide information on the current status of the Balearic Shearwater in the Park, that can be used to set management actions.

Yellow-legged gull 2022 campaign !

Photo: M. Gomilla

 The Yellow-Legged gull 2022 campaign just began. Marked birds are already preparing to breed at the colony. We are warming up the engines to record the demographic parameters for this year.

 

 

European storm petrel campaign on the blocks!

The campaign on European Storm Petrels on Western Medieterranean isalnds is on the blocks. Thanks to Andreu, Maria and, of course, Ana (and some extra help). This year birds are breeding late. Let's hope they will breed well.

Fieldwork at the Cabrera National Park

GEDA has monitored lizard density in a small area of the Cabrera National Park. The campaign is part of the extension of the monitoring program in the southern islands of Mallorca, financed by the Government of Balearic Islands (code: PRD2018/25). 

A big 'thank' to the Park who helped with the logistic.

Storm Petrel 3rd campaign!

The third Storm Petrel campaign in 2020 is ongoing. This will be the 27th year of monitoring at Benidorm Island. Congratulation to all who made this possible, especially to A Sanz-Aguilar who kept the study alive during the last 13 years. More we study them, more these little birds surprise us.

Storm Petrel 2nd Campaign

The second Storm Petrel campaign in the Balearic archipelago has began. Birds are breeding late this year and expecially in this colony. Keep posted to know the foraging tracks!

Storm Petrel campaign 2020 just began

The Storm-Petrel campaign is on the starting blocks. The first visit to the colony in the Balearic Islands has been success despite the rough sea conditions and ... a lack of oxigen.

The Shearwater campaign 2020 on the starting blocks

The Shearwater campaign is on the starting blocks. With no boats, the water appears even more spectacular than usual.
 

We are anxious to assess the 2020 nest occupation rate after some bad news on the state of the species in Northern Africa.

Keep in touch.

Lizard autumn campaign ended!

Lizard autumn campaign ended this week. Still need to bring back the boat and process the nearly five hundred photos (!). This year there has been a good recruitment of young lizards (photo).

Shearwater campaign (part I) ended!

Today was the last visit to the Shearwater colony to measure hatching success. 

Next visit in September to ring the chicks before they leave Europe for their first journey across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Cory's Shearwaters began to breed !

Photo: A. Sanz-Aguilar

The Cory's Shearwater campaign has just started. The first birds are on their egg. This year all seabirds have slightly changed the phenology, we will see whether Shearwaters do the same.

Yellow-legged gull spring campaign just began

Photo M Gomila.

The 2018 spring campaign of Yellow legged gull at Dragonera natural park is getting to its peak. Today we set traps, measured eggs and search for marked individuals. This year, thank to M. Gomila, we are going to add some extra readings by using a digital zoom (and great skills!)
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Spring lizard campaign 2018: first day!

The spring lizard campaign 2018 has began with a first sunny day and 58 individuals caught, photographed and released. Nearly all were old firends.