First occurrence of Rosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) in the valley of the Drava River (Hungary)

One male of Rosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) was found on the shore of the OldDrava side arm near Barcs on the 1st July 2016. This was the first finding of this rare, Natura 2000 species in the area of the Drava valley which belongs to the Danube-Drava National Park

Development of bird ringing in Croatia and neighbouring countries in the period 1910–1992: new perspectives

Background and Purpose: Based on preserved original bird ringers’ reports and published annual reports on bird ringing, the development of the ringing of birds in Croatia from 1910 to 1992 is discussed in this paper. After the breakdown of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1918), Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia made up the common country of Yugoslavia until 1992. Bird ringing is today organized independently in each of the newly founded states so new reports should not be cummulatively added to the older collective ones. The aim of this article is to emphasize the need of organizing the data collected between 1910–1992 separately for each country. This should provide a more realistic insight into earlier bird ringing activities and create a basis for further publication of national bird ringing reports. The article also studies the contribution of bird ringing as a method to the disciplinary development of ornithology in Croatia. Material and Methods: Separation of data on bird ringing for the territory of Croatia from the cumulative data collected between 1910 and 1992 was conducted on the sample of 25 species. The sources used were the original annual reports written by bird ringers and kept in the Bird ringing archive in the Institute of Ornithology, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA). They contain information on bird species, location and date of ringing. To assess the contribution of bird ringing as amethod to the disciplinary development of ornithology in Croatia, we studied the data distribution and the Croatian share in the total bird ringing on the territory of ex-Yugoslavia, as well as the use of the bird ringing data and the reports on ringed birds in conference presentations and research articles published by 1992. Results and Conclusions: The separation of bird ringing data for 25 species (62,094 individual birds) shows that in former Yugoslavia the majority of bird ringing took place outside Croatia. Of the total of 47 reports on bird ringing and on recoveries on ringed birds published by 1992, 34 were used for writing 22 research articles and 16 conference presentations or abstracts. Throughout the history of bird ringing, the Institute of Ornithology, CASA, has remained the organizer of the activity and the custodian of the Bird ringing archive. The institute should now draw up an inventory of all data collected up to present time. Furthermore, the data should be digitalized and, as a Digital bird ringing database, made accessible to a wider ornithological audience. The year 2010 as the 100th anniversary of bird ringing offers an opportunity to highlight the role of Croatia in the development and organization of this activity, and to modernize data processing

A Somogyszob, Hajmás és Kálmáncsa közötti térség kisemlős faunája, gyöngybagoly Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) köpetek vizsgálata alapján

In county Somogy, from 31 localities 2429 barn owl pellets were collected, containing 8376 prey remnants. Mammals comprised 98.3%, whereas birds, amphibians, diplopods and insects made up 1.7%. From remainders of mammals 47.87% were insectivores (Soricidae 47.85%, Talpidae 0.02%), 0.05% bats (Vespertilionidae), 52.07% rodents (Arvicolidae 28.50%, Muridac 23.25%, Gliridae 0.32%) and 0.01% carnivores (Mustelidae)

Survey of the small mammal fauna in north-western Somogy county (Hungary), based on Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) pellet analysis

Barn Owl pellets were collected in Somogy county between 1994 and 2012, from 30 localities (investigated area: XM65, XM77, XM76, XM75, XM87, XM86, XM85, XM97 and XM96 UTM grids). In a total of 3114 Barn Owl pellets there were 9693 prey remnants (the prey per pellet ratio was 3.1). Small mammals were dominating (98.4%). Remnants of birds, amphibians and insects made up 1.6% of total prey. Mammal prey consisted of Soricomorpha (Crocidura leucodon, C. suaveolens, Sorex araneus, S. minutus, Neomys anomalus, N. fodines) 46.7%, Chiroptera (Eptesicus serotinus, Pipistrellus nathusii, Nyctalus noctula, Plecotus auritus, P. austriacus, Myotis myotis) 0.1% and Rodentia (Muscardinus avellanarius, Microtus agrestis, M. arvalis, M. oeconomus, M. subterraneus, Arvicola amphibius, Myodes glareolus, Apodemus agrarius, A. flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, A. uralensis, Micromys minutus, Mus musculus, M. spicilegus, Rattus norvegicus) 53.2%. In this paper, distribution data for 27 small mammal species are presented. Other important results include the confirmation of the occurrence of Pygmy Field Mouse (Apodemus uralensis), noted in two new locations (UTM: XM85, XM96) in Somogy county, as well as the finding of Root Vole (Microtus oeconomus) remnants from new localities (UTM: XM87, XM86, XM97, XM96)

Adatok Somogy megye kisemlős fajainak elterjedéséhez, gyöngybagoly Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) köpetek vizsgálata alapján = Data to the knowledge of small mammal fauna of Somogy county (Hungary), based on Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) pellet analysis

Pellets were collected between 1995 and 2016, from 53 localities (investigated area: XL89, XL99, YL08, YL09, XM52, XM61, XM62, XM70, XM72, XM74, XM80, XM81, XM82, XM83, XM84, XM90, XM91, XM93, XM95, YM02, YM03, YM12, YM13, YM14, YM22, YM23, YM24 and BS73, according to 10×10 km UTM grids). In a total of 5164 Barn Owl pellets 14360 prey remnants were found. In the diet of Barn Owls small mammals dominated (98.6%). From the prey items the presence of 27 mammal species (Crocidura leucodon, C. suaveolens, Sorex araneus, S. minutus, Neomys anomalus, N. fodiens, Talpa europaea, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus leisleri, N. noctula, Myotis myotis, Muscardinus avellanarius, Microtus agrestis, M. arvalis, M. subterraneus, Arvicola amphibius, Myodes glareolus, Apodemus agrarius, A. flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, A. uralensis, Micromys minutus, Mus musculus, M. spicilegus, Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus, Mustela nivalis) was confirmed. Remnants of birds, amphibians and insects made up only 1.4% of total prey