With satellite transmitter in Africa - current location of the tagged Egyptian vultures

25.02.2016

At this time, out of all the tagged juveniles (18) only three continue to transmit a signal. Unfortunately some of the others died while some stopped sending data of their whereabouts. Dobromir , tagged with a satellite transmitter in 2012, is in southern Sudan. Ilyaz , tagged in 2012, is located in the south of Chad, on the border with the Central African...

Volunteer to save the Egyptian Vulture 2016

15.02.2016

The iconic Egyptian Vulture is the most rapidly vanishing bird of prey in Europe. Your help is needed to secure its future. Volunteers from across the world are invited to carry out monitoring and nest guarding to reduce the risk of disturbance and poaching to nests while the birds are hatching their eggs, to prevent the young chicks from falling from the nest and to make...

Work meeting of the project team in Athens

10.02.2016

From 1 to 4 February in Athens was held the work meeting of the team of the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron”. Representatives from the four organizations – partners оf the project took part in the meeting: Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS), WWF Greece and the Royal Society for the...

Second meeting of signatories to the Raptors MoU

24.01.2016

“The Return of the Neophron” LIFE+ projects took part in the second Meeting of Signatories (MoS2) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ) and the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia ( Raptors MoU ) held from 5 to 8 October in Trondheim, Norway. During the...

All about the work and the achievements of the anti-poison dog units in Greece

21.01.2016

The poisoned baits are considered the main threat and cause of death of Egyptian vulture. In the frame of the project, in March 2014 in Central Greece and Thrace two anti-poison dog units were created. Their goal is a control and timely removal from the countryside poison baits and animals that might cause additional poisoning. The Anti-poison dog units patrolled...

The latest issue of the BSPB magazine For Birds is dedicated to the Egyptian Vulture

19.01.2016

The theme of the second issue for 2015 of the BSPB magazine "For Birds" is dedicated to the Egyptian vulture and the LIFE + project "The Return of the Neophron". You can find articles about the young Egyptian vultures that flew successfully from their nests last autumn, the tagging with satellite transmitters of two adult Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria and the nest...