The Egyptian vulture “traveled” to the borderline between Greece and Turkey and Bulgaria

19.08.2014

We carried out presentations on "the prevention and detection of crimes against wildlife" focusing on the rare birds of prey in the region of Thrace, and particularly on the Egyptian vulture, at the customs and border checkpoints of Evros and Rodopi prefectures during the last five months. Thirteen custom officers and twenty-five policemen attended the presentation in...

Expedition Albania… here we go again!

14.08.2014

For the third season in a row, HOS field team carried out an expedition in the southern part of Albania. This area is of particular interest as birds do not know about borders, and it is suspected that Egyptian vultures go back and forth between southern Albania and northern Epirus in Greece. Thus, birds visit one side of the border or the other alternatively to forage or...

The first young Egyptian vulture in the air of Dadia forest

12.08.2014

We are very happy to share the first observation of young Egyptian vulture while flying. On Sunday the 10th of August, the older chick flew from the nest which is monitored 5 days per week . Our volunteer Ana when she reached the view point to observe the nest called for help seeing that one from the two chicks was missing. Based on the experience from the past years when...

The Egyptian vulture at the exhibition of the Educational Park “Bourazani” in Epirus

12.08.2014

Two new information panels for the Egyptian Vulture will be exhibited from now on at the Natural History Museum of the Educational Park “Bourazani” in Epirus. The information panels were especially created for the Museum and include information about the life and habits of the Egyptian Vulture, its migratory routes and occurrence in Greece, the threats it...

The exhibition “The Return of the Neophron” visited Provadia

06.08.2014

The exhibition dedicated to the Egyptian vulture, was exhibited in the gallery of the town of Provadia for a second time . It is no coincidence as nearby is the SPA "Provadiisko-Rojaksko Plateau" - one of the five most important sites for the conservation of the Egyptian vulture. Unfortunately the information boards were exhibited only for three days, because the sun...

Madzharovo Municipality on a visit at the BSPB Vulture Centre

29.07.2014

On 29th of July, in relation to the communication programme of “The Return of the Neophron”LIFE+ project and the initiativOpen Doors of the BSPB Vulture Centre, fourteen employees including the Mayor of Madzharovo Municipality – eng. Armutliev, visited the new exposition in the BSPB Nature Conservation Cntre Eastern Rhodopes . They had the opportunity...