Poo
Poo, a disgusting ‘waste’ product to many, but in truth poo is incredibly important and can enhance biodiversity. There are some insects that are specialised in processing poo, helping to ‘clean up’ this waste...
The Camera Trap Story
One of the biggest problems we are fighting is the mass scale electric fencing that is fragmenting the once open landscape. These fences go on for kilometres and fence in parcels as big as...
Stronger together for the Hârtibaciu Highlands!
The Peisaj Deschis Federation is strong when we stand up together for our region, our landscape and our wonderful culture in the Hârtibaciu Highlands! Get informed with the help of our newsletter, which we...
Autumn colours
With all these autumn colours on full show, we have been enjoying going out and taking some photos. Here are a couple of our most recent shots. You can see more of our photos...
The Red Deer
Red Deer are important shapers of the landscape, from lowland valleys to open alpine moorland. By grazing grasses and young trees, they ensure a healthy structure to both the woodland and grassland. In autumn,...
“Hundred hills” in danger!
Movile (‘mounds’ in Romanian) or Hundertbücheln (‘hundred-hills’ in Saxon), is a small dead-end village, named after the bizarre and fascinating hills in the surrounding countryside. This otherworldly landscape is unique, holding a rare and...
Flavours of Romania
We are on Netflix! We are very thankful to the Flavours of Romania team who came and filmed here in the Hârtibaciu Valley to put the issues we are tackling on the international stage....
A stark reminder
Last year, as I was conducting bird surveys, I came across a shepherds hut, the temporary home for a couple of shepherds who grazed the surrounding meadows with their flock of sheep and accompanying...
Bird diversity
Podisul Hartibaciului is protected primarily for its extraordinary bird diversity, and high abundance of particularly important bird species. The lesser-spotted eagle thrives thanks to the agricultural mosaic mixed with the presence of extensive, mature...
A forest giant
A while ago we heard from some friends that there was a huge oak tree hidden in the woods near Gherdeal, since then we have visited multiple times with friends but never thought to...
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