18/08/2026
🦋 Balkan Odonata Meeting – Shkodra 🇦🇱
Six days of field research, exploration, teamwork, and an incredible diversity of dragonflies! 🐉🔬
It was a great pleasure bringing together in Balkan OdonatOlogical Meeting (BOOM) in Shkodra, participants from North Macedonia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Germany (Eberswalde University).
🪷During six days of intensive fieldwork, we explored different habitats, recorded many fascinating dragonfly species, and even found exuviae, giving us valuable evidence of local breeding populations.
👏A big thank you to everyone who contributed their knowledge, enthusiasm, and passion for Odonata. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn, share experiences, and strengthen connections between dragonfly researchers, experts and enthusiasts across the Balkans and beyond. 🌍🦋
Until the next meeting! 🐉💚
🇦🇱🇽🇰Faleminderit
🇲🇰 Благодарам!
🇸🇮 🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇦Hvala!
🇩🇪 Danke!
This activity is held by Green-AL , “Assessment of the ecological status of Lake Shkodra and the Buna River through monitoring of bioindicators”a project funded by the International Development Cooperation Agenncy with funds from the Embassy of Sweden in Tirana and implemented by CoPlan in cooperation with VIS Albania and COSV NGO
📸 Sevdail Sulejmani