We are following the announcement from Romania’s Ministry of Environment about installing thousands of kilometers of electric fences across Romania with serious concern. Here in the Hârtibaciu Highlands (Podișul Hârtibaciului) — Romania’s largest terrestrial...
The next movie in our series is a selection of animals captured by our camera traps. Many of you have seen the highlights from the past, but this movie includes the best of everything...
A selection of photos from our exhibition in celebration of ‘International Bird Day’! Photographs: Magdalena Menzinger
We discussed the Jackal a little when we posted our camera trap video about this species: https://peisajdeschis.ro/2023/07/13/sacalul/. Here there is more information about this unexpected newcomer to Hârtibaciu valley. Have you seen a Jackal...
Heres the third installment, what you have all been waiting for! Enjoy watching some of the secretive animals that we share our landscape with.
It is thought the beaver went extinct in Romania around 1824, after they were hunted for the fur, meat and castoreum (a secretion from their scent gland used for its medicinal properties). In fact...
To celebrate Bear Day! The Bear The relationship between man and bear is a complex combination of respect, fear and fascination, intertwined in myths, folklore and religion across Europe. In Romania, they are a...
Before Christmas we mentioned the importance of wolves in the landscape. So we thought we would share this poster by Jeroen Helmer, which again nicely illustrates the role of wolves.
Here we have some of the best moments from the end of 2023. Once again it was a period of lots of activity, with the passing of pack of wolves making it very exciting!...
You may recall that about a month ago I sent out a short questionnaire. Well, we now have 102 respondents and, after a simple analysis, some interesting conclusions. Thanks to everyone who took the...