The Raptor Protection section of the BirdLife Hungary (MME) and the Directorate of the Körös-Maros National Park (KMNPI) has jointly organised the 10^th FalconLure Meting in the Körösvölgy visitor centre of the KMNPI.

MME, in collaboration with the Hortobágyi, Bükki and Körös-Maros National Park Directorates, has announced its action of nest guarding again this year, in certain SPAs, within the framework of HELICON LIFE+ project.

“Remény” (“Hope” in English) was still in the egg, when she was rescued in the very last moment from a deserted eagle’s nest. The egg hatched artificially in an incubator and later experts put the chick back to an active nest guarded by volunteers, and also tagged the fledgling with a GPS satellite transmitter.

The 22nd Arms, Angling and Hunting International Exhibition was held at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center again, between February 12^th-15^th. MME also participated in this event with its HELICON LIFE+ Programme.

The 12th National Eagle Census was organized by MME/Birdlife in collaboration with Directorates of National Parks and other NGOs.

Three strictly protected birds fell victims to lead shots in the last days of 2014 and the first ones of 2015 in Hungary.

Associates of MME and Hortobágyi National Park received 160 guests altogether on the 1^st Eagle Day on January 17^th, 2015. The event was held in the newly built Eagle Centre near Jászberény.

The Raptor Conservation Department and the Monitoring Centre of MME are organizing the 12th National Eagle Count between January 16^th and 18^th in collaboration with HELICON LIFE programme, national park directorates and other NGOs, as well. Its aim is to monitor the wintering numbers of birds of prey in Hungary.

Scottish gamekeeper George Mutch, convicted in December for trapping a goshawk and then battering it to death (and a few other things – see here) on the Kildrummy Estate in Aberdeenshire, has been sentenced to four months in prison for his crimes.

The Hungarian Ornithological Society (MME) and the Hortobágyi National Park Directorate along with the Jászberény ZOO are organizing the 1^st Eagle Day with the intention of establishing a tradition. The main aim of the event is to draw people’s attention to how rich Hungary is in raptors, and to the conservation of the Imperial Eagle.