The expanding international cooperation of the German Apus Association already yielded a number of visitors. Two weeks ago, Italian veterinary Dr. Stefano Pesaro, who's running a rehab center in...[more]

While the new season already brought 5 new patients, there are still a couple of patients from the last season in the clinic. They had to wait for new feathers and good weather - and today there was...[more]

Giovanni was brought from Schotten to the clinic on April 27th. He was found sitting on the ground the day before, but not taken care of, as the finders expected him to fly away if given enough...[more]

The first patients arrived as early as never before: On April 25th, two swifts were brought as Patients 1 and 2 of 2013. Jyoti from Rüsselsheim: Probably bitten by a cat in his right shoulder,...[more]

Adding to our news from March 30th, we are happy to report what happened with... Crash-pilot Jascha from Nuremberg: Found sitting on the ground and being delivered to the clinic on May 5th 2012,...[more]

We are pleased to report the first sightings of common swifts in the Rhine-Main area for 2013: In Dreieich, a swift was observed entering his nesting box on April, 17th. In the evening of April...[more]

On April 23rd, the Rhine-Main area was flooded by sunlight and bathed in 20°C warm air. Always worried to release her patients under optimal conditions only, Dr. Christiane Haupt had doubts if this...[more]

The 2013 annual general assembly of the German Apus Association took place on April 20th at Stadthalle Saalbau Frankfurt-Griesheim. A brief report (in German only) is available here. [more]

In 2012, we occasionally posted news about swifts whose arrival or treatment in the clinic was accompanied by unusual stories. In some of these cases, we did not tell you the end of the story. In the...[more]

The fifth air transport to Fuerteventura took place on February, 19th. Veterinary Dr. Christiane Haupt successfully released the following 9 swifts. 1.) Licia from Livorno 2.) Shari from...[more]

Isis was among the 8 swifts, Silvana and Kevin from the ornithological station in Trieste, Italy, brought us on August 18th, 2012. While her 7 fellows have already been released, Isis' extensive...[more]

On January 31st 2013, Dr. Christiane Haupt brought eight swifts to Fuerteventura. After many days of shifting, she found Sevia and Norman from Berlin Arnaud, Leone, Raniero and Vincente from...[more]

Auch 2012 war die Frankfurter Mauersegler-Initiative aktiv, um Nistplätze im Raum Frankfurt am Main zu schaffen und zu erhalten. Ingolf Grabow hat die wichtigsten Zahlen und Fakten für Sie...[more]

Es verwundert, dass Mauersegler mit der von Michael Ende in den 1960er Jahren erschaffenen Kinderbuchfigur Jim Knopf und dessen Widersachern, einer Bande von 13 wilden Piraten, etwas gemein haben...[more]

The summer has passed long ago, but Dr. Christiane Haupt still works night and day. She is preparing feathers for the shifting procedure to get the remaining swifts back into the air. Shifting is a...[more]

Weltweit gibt es 14 Achttausender und seit diesem Jahr gibt es, wenn auch nur im übertragenen Sinne, sogar auch einen in Frankfurt. In der Mauerseglerklinik wurde am 9. September 2012 mit der DGL...[more]