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Rare Birds
The basic aims of the HRC are to monitor, record and evaluate all the observations concerning:
News
October 26, 2010
The Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii is a medium-sized wader that breeds in steppe and semi-steppe areas from the highlands of eastern Turkey to central Asia
December 13, 2009
The Hellenic Rarities Committee, at its December 2010 meeting, decided...
September 25, 2009
Presentation in the 11th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions, September 21-25, 2009, Irakleio, Crete,
Greece
February 24, 2009
The Hellenic Rarities Committee in its February 2nd, 2009 session, decided to establish the Lesvos Bird Records Committee (LBRC)
October 16, 2007
Outrageous poaching in Lesvos: Exterminating a world threatened bird, using illegal means. HOS's Press Release
One of the most extreme poaching incidents that has occurred in Greece during the last years came into public knowledge in Lesvos, on 22/09/2007. It was during the patrols of the game wardens that the case was discovered and was then confirmed by the President of the Hunting Association of Archipelagos, Mr Pantelis Lemanis.
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The Hellenic Rarities Committee was established in December of 2004 by the Hellenic Ornithological Society and the Hellenic Bird Ringing Center, but since then it operates independently.
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