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European Birdwatching Days

The Macedonian Ecological Society, together with its members, held a birdwatching event at Smilkovsko Lake on October 5th in honor of the European Birdwatching Days. Despite the morning storm in Skopje, attendance at the event was excellent, and many bird species could be seen using the lake as a resting and feeding stop during their migration. We spotted falcons, pheasants, herons, sandpipers, ducks, grebes, gulls, and other species. We were also accompanied by local stray dogs, who,…

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Balkan Lynx Workshop on Ecology Day

The Macedonian Ecological Society joined in the celebration of Ecology Day, which was initiated during a round table at the European Parliament in 2016, marking a century and a half since the establishment of ecology as a science. For its members, MES held a children's workshop on the theme "Balkan Lynx" at the Skopje Zoo. The workshop was attended by more than 20 children, along with their parents. The educational segment was led by Aleksandar Pavlov from MES and Aleksandar, the educator from…

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Excursion to the Educational Children's Trail "Bunec" on the Occasion of World Lynx Day

The World Lynx Day was marked by the Macedonian Ecological Society this year with an organized visit of students from the "Lazo Angelovski" elementary school in Skopje to the educational center "Bunec" near Mavrovo. The students had the opportunity to walk along an educational trail, which is specially designed for children of their age. Educators from NP Mavrovo carefully and dedicatedly explained what they were seeing at each step of the trail. The educational trail is mainly located in a…

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Celebrating the World Migratory Bird Day with birdwatching in the park

The Macedonian Ecological Society marked World Migratory Bird Day this year with an activity for its members. We are delighted to have celebrated World Migratory Bird Day in such a wonderful way and to have made the day more enjoyable for our members who attended the "Birdwatching in the Park" event. Ornithologist Danka Uzunova once again demonstrated her excellent knowledge of birds and shared interesting facts and details about their lives, reproduction, and diet with the attendees. Our…

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MES celebrated World Wetlands Day at Prespa Lake

MES staff split into two teams in order to properly celebrate World Wetlands Day (February 2 nd ). One team trained rangers from NP Ezerani and National Park Galicica in water bird counts, whereas the others collaborated with NP Galicica and the environment department of Resen Municipality in order to encourage pupils from all local schools to practice critical thinking in a role playing game - kids imagined to be rich investors with an eye on Prespa, environmental protection officers,…

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Birdwatching in the Park on the World Migratory Bird Day

Last Sunday, 13 May, we celebrated the World Migratory Bird Day! On that occasion, MES organised birdwatching tours in the Skopje City Park. This presented great opportunity for the people of Skopje to get to know the avifauna in the city's green getaway. The interest was great, with tour vacancies instantly gone. In addition, people taking part expressed their wish that such tours be conducted on a regular basis. The World Migratory Bird Day is an initiative ensuing from the Convention on…

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Stork Day – a bird's eye view of the rice paddy fields

On the Stork Day, celebrated each year by the Municipality of Cheshinovo-Obleshevo, we visited the completed birdwatching tower offering view of the magnificent rice paddy fields. The birdwatching tower represents yet another step by which the Macedonian Stork Village reaffirms its mission to conserve the densest population of white stork. During our visit to the tower we also donated two binoculars to be used by local schools and other visitors to the birdwatching tower. Take a peek at the…

Celebration of important days