First record of Egyptian Vulture in Dadia feeding station

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Today the two first Egyptian vultures have been recorded at the Dadia feeding station (FS) in the National Park of Dadia Forest. Both were adult and obviously are the two birds that flew yesterday near Dadia village. The FS is among the first places they visit for food as they are hosted every year in our region and know this food source.  Once per week dead animals are placed here and consumed mainly by the two large carrion eaters, the Black Vulture and Griffon Vulture and the smaller Egyptian Vulture that feeds on small parts of food. The first of the year Egyptian vultures are recorded mainly in the FS. According to historical data collected by WWF Greece by 1994, the earliest yearly record was on 21st of March and in accordance with older data on 13th of March. With the participation of our volunteer program EVS, we record the vultures at the feeding station 2-3 days a week and especially the vulture on a daily basis to draw the largest number from the detailed description of the ages.

EVS volunteers record vultures from the Dadia observatory (WWF)