Norway House, Brussels 30 June 2023 We are pleased to announce that on 30 June 2023, EnviroCitizen is hosting an interdisciplinary conference at Norway House in Brussels (Belgium) to discuss the potential of ornithological citizen science in fostering environmental citizenship. The main aim of this event is to share the project’s findings concerning the past,Continue reading “Ornithological Citizen Science and Environmental Citizenship Conference”
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World Wetlands Day Event for Birds and Wetlands
By Vasiliki Vasileiou, Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education On the occasion of the World Wetlands Day, the Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education (CYCERE) organized an information and awareness event for the EnviroCitizen Project on birds and wetlands. The event took place on Saturday, February 4, 2023, at the educational centre ofContinue reading “World Wetlands Day Event for Birds and Wetlands”
Randaberg rundt
av Endre Harvold Kvangraven, stipendiat i miljøhumaniora, Universitetet i Stavanger Click here to read in English I småskogen bak naustet ved Tungevika har småfugler samla seg – tornirisk, gråspurv og pilfink – men de ellers så fargerike fjærdraktene ser utvaska og blasse ut. Hekketida er over, og de har begynt å myte. På plena omkringContinue reading “Randaberg rundt”
High Water in Randaberg
By Endre Harvold Kvangraven, PhD Candidate in Environmental Humanities, University of Stavanger Klikk her for å lese på norsk Songbirds are gathered by the boat house at the edge of Tungevika – tree sparrow, house sparrow and linnet – but their colorful plumages look faded and worn. Breeding season is over, and they’re beginning toContinue reading “High Water in Randaberg”
A brief introduction to multispecies studies and ethnography (through birds)
By Claudia Câmpeanu, translated by Ágota Ábrán (Original article in Romanian: Câmpeanu, Claudia. 2022. O scurtă introducere în studiile și etnografia multispecii. Sfertul Academic. Antropedia) Thousands of rooks (Corvus frugilegus) spend the night in the tall trees of Cișmigiu from spring to autumn. It is unclear when they started doing this, but it is likelyContinue reading “A brief introduction to multispecies studies and ethnography (through birds)”
What’s a Pacific Loon doing this side of the Atlantic?
By Endre Harvold Kvangraven, PhD candidate, University of Stavanger Klikk her for å lese på norsk It was mid-afternoon, December 11, 2021, when I figured I would get a short birding trip in before it got dark, and headed to Vistevika, an easily accessible bay with a sand beach in Randaberg just outside of Stavanger.Continue reading “What’s a Pacific Loon doing this side of the Atlantic?”
Garden Bird Count 2022 (Netherlands)
by Wessel Ganzevoort, Radboud University This was my second year participating in the Dutch National Garden Bird Count, marketed as the biggest citizen science project in the country. Last year a record-high 200,000 people participated, and there was an ambition to go even beyond that; while that didn’t succeed, the total number of participants stillContinue reading “Garden Bird Count 2022 (Netherlands)”
Garden Bird Count 2022 (Norway)
by Ann Elisabeth Laksfoss Cardozo, University of Stavanger On the last weekend of January, I participated in the Norwegian garden bird count for the third time. The first year, I did not put out any food. Consequently, I got two magpies and one crow. That was it. Actually, I had not really understood the wholeContinue reading “Garden Bird Count 2022 (Norway)”
Peak week at Utsira
by Ann Elisabeth Laksfoss Cardozo, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger Klikk her for å lese på norsk As a relatively new member of the Norwegian Ornithological Society/Birdlife Norway, I wanted to check out the birds and birders on Utsira, Norway, in early October 2021. After reading source texts about birds on Utsira and having heardContinue reading “Peak week at Utsira”
EnviroCitizen does EuroBirdwatch
by Wessel Ganzevoort, Elin Lundquist, Elle-Mari Talivee and Ágota Ábrán EuroBirdwatch, which took place this year on the 2nd and 3rd of October, started in 1993 as a spinoff of the World Birdwatch founded in the same year[1]. All across Europe volunteers gather to track bird migration. The aim of the event is to understandContinue reading “EnviroCitizen does EuroBirdwatch”
