Bear Groves in Transylvania

In May, a roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus) with an unusually large belly appeared on a camera next to our planting site on Ciomad Mountain. A few weeks later, she returned – this time accompanied by a tiny, spotted fawn.
The camera captured some incredibly intimate moments between

Do you know what those yellowish spheres on the leaves are? They are the nurseries of oak gall wasp larvae (Cynipidae), found on oak trees we planted almost five years ago.
We often talk about how countless insect species—and, indirectly, many vertebrate species—will find food and

A family of bears is walking purposefully towards a patch of wild blueberries, passing one of the Bear Groves we planted. They are far from any human settlement — exactly as it should be, for them and for us.

Wildlife at the Ciomad Oak Planting Site – Early Summer

Who Visits Our Planting Sites? Bears!

Wild Neighbours

Creatures recorded by our camera traps installed around our oak planting site on Ciomad Mountain during the last growing season: bears, roe deer, red deer, wild boar, fox cubs, wolves, and buzzards.

These are the quiet inhabitants around our planting site in the Hășmaș Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians: red deer (Cervus elaphus), brown bear (Ursus arctos), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), badger (Meles meles), pine marten (Martes martes), wild boar (Sus scrofa), hare (Lepus