Rewilding Capercaillie
Breeding and scientific research of capercaillie
The capercaillie is a species of mountain bird from the Ice Age, that has been protected in the Republic of Croatia since 2005. Rewilding capercaillie is primarily concerned with the revitalization of capercaillie with the goal of reintroducing these protected mountain birds in Gorski Kotar.
This initiative cooperates with academic and governmental institutions, such as the University of Zagreb and the croatian Ministry of Environment and Energy. Rewilding capercaillie especially deals with exploring the causes of disappearance, mating calls, and breeding of capercaillie, and they have already made significant discoveries on capercaillie behavior and reproduction.
This initiative prepares suitable habitats for the resettlement and monitoring of capercaillie and are developing necessary steps for capercaillie reintroduction. In 2019 the Central European Breeding Centre Tetrijeb was officially opened, which includes a large pre-release aviary measuring 80m x 80m was built to prepare capercaillie, in an effort to eventually release them into the wild.
In addition to breeding and tracking capercaillie, through their aviary they aim to show this mysterious and timid species to bird lovers. They are developing nature based economies in the area through wildlife photography of capercaillie from the aviary observatory. Additionally, they organize visits to the natural sights in the surrounding areas, and organize accommodation with meals in the immediate vicinity.
They have found that one-year-old males eat eggs from the nest, as they are not alpha males, which is a newly discovered cause of disappearance of capercaillie.
They have developed nature based economies in the area from the wildlife photography of capercaillie.
The collaboration with scientific research can be very useful to rewilding initiatives and provide essential information.
The capercaillie is a species of mountain bird from the Ice Age, that has been protected in the Republic of Croatia since 2005. Rewilding capercaillie is primarily concerned with the revitalization of capercaillie with the goal of reintroducing these protected mountain birds in Gorski Kotar.
This initiative cooperates with academic and governmental institutions, such as the University of Zagreb and the croatian Ministry of Environment and Energy. Rewilding capercaillie especially deals with exploring the causes of disappearance, mating calls, and breeding of capercaillie, and they have already made significant discoveries on capercaillie behavior and reproduction.
This initiative prepares suitable habitats for the resettlement and monitoring of capercaillie and are developing necessary steps for capercaillie reintroduction. In 2019 the Central European Breeding Centre Tetrijeb was officially opened, which includes a large pre-release aviary measuring 80m x 80m was built to prepare capercaillie, in an effort to eventually release them into the wild.
In addition to breeding and tracking capercaillie, through their aviary they aim to show this mysterious and timid species to bird lovers. They are developing nature based economies in the area through wildlife photography of capercaillie from the aviary observatory. Additionally, they organize visits to the natural sights in the surrounding areas, and organize accommodation with meals in the immediate vicinity.
They have found that one-year-old males eat eggs from the nest, as they are not alpha males, which is a newly discovered cause of disappearance of capercaillie.
They have developed nature based economies in the area from the wildlife photography of capercaillie.