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27 young Egyptian vultures have successfully left their nests in Bulgaria and Greece in 2015
19.09.2015The monitoring of the territories in Bulgaria occupied by Egyptian vultures in the beginning of the breading season had shown that 22 of the 27 pairs in the country had started incubation. 19 of them successfully raised 25 chicks (four in North Bulgaria and 21 in the Eastern Rhodopes). This is a relatively high percentage of successful pairs of Egyptian...
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Rescue mission for the only and last young Egyptian Vulture in Lomovete
11.09.2015On the 08.09.2015, a joint expedition between BSPB , Nature Park “Rusenski Lom” , Speleology club “Helictit” and the Regional Environmental and Water Inspection “Ruse” was set to save the only and last young Egyptian Vulture in Rusenski Lom. The bird, emblematically named Zhoro Manev, was admitted and hospitalized in the Wildlife...
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The Return of the Neophron celebrated the IVAD with events in three towns in Bulgaria
10.09.2015Madzharovo, Ruse and Provadia - these were the three towns in Bulgaria, where the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds within the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron” held a number of initiatives dedicated to the International Vulture Awareness Day - September 5th. In Madzharovo a few days before the event, volunteers had cleaned the area...
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How we will celebrate the International Vulture Awareness Day in Bulgaria
26.08.2015The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds ( BSPB ) within of the LIFE + project "The Return of the Neophron" will celebrate in three cities of the country the International Vulture Awareness Day - September 5 (Saturday). In the BSPB Nature Conservation Center " Eastern Rhodopes " the event will be organized with the support of the Municipality of Madjarovo and...
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Two adult Egyptian vultures were tagged with satellite transmitters in Bulgaria
05.08.2015Two more vultures were equipped with satellite transmitters in Bulgaria – this time these were adult birds. Until 2015, in total 20 Egyptian vultures (18 juveniles: 8 in Bulgaria, 7 in Greece, 2 in FYR of Macedonia, and 1 in Albania; and 2 adults in Greece) were tagged with satellite transmitters in the frame of the LIFE+ project “The Return of the...
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Poison strikes again in Meteora: Egyptian vultures one step closer to extinction in Greece
22.07.2015Another Egyptian vulture was found dead on the 16th of July in the area of Meteora and all evidence points towards poison as the most probable cause for its death. The carcass was discovered in its nest when researchers from the Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS) who are monitoring the population in the area accessed the nest after noticing the absence of the pair...
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