Mortality continues among juvenile Egyptian vultures...

18.10.2013

It certainly hasn't been a good year for our juvenile Egyptian vultures! Out of 10 we tagged in Greece, Bulgaria, FYROM and Albania, five drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean and reach the northern coast of Africa, while another one was predated in FYROM before even starting migration. Now another bird, Ilina, also coming from FYROM has found also a tragic...

EuroBirdwatch in Provadia and Ruse featuring the Egyptian Vulture

11.10.2013

Although it is a migratory bird and is already in Africa, Egyptian vulture was the protagonist of the European Birdwatch Days in Provadiia and Ruse. On 4th of October at High school of agriculture "Earth" – Provadija (Bulgaria), 50 students enjoyed the movie "Flying away". The film is about the rare birds of Bulgaria. One of the five parts of the film is...

A new handbook for customs officers and border veterinarians

10.10.2013

The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds prepared a handbook „Prevention of trafficking in protected species "a practical guide for customs officers and border veterinarians. The handbook was prepared within the scope of the projects " Conservation of Imperial Eagle and Saker Falcon in key Natura 2000 sites in Bulgaria" and „Urgent measures to...

Euro Birdwatch Days in the Vulture Center

09.10.2013

Students from “Yordan Yovkov” High School in Kardzhali visited the Vulture Center in Madzharovo to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European BirdWatch Days this weekend. The young nature-lovers learnt interesting facts about vultures and the biodiversity of the Eastern Rhodopes, watched the movie “Fly away” and had a birdwatching tour around...

The destiny of the juveniles Egyptian Vultures tagged with satelite transmitters

04.10.2013

The Egyptian vultures are passionate travellers! One of the activities in our LIFE+ project „The Return of the Neophron“ financed by European commission and the „A.G.Leventis“ foundation is the the satellite tracking. Here we will share some information about 10 marked juveniles of this rare and beautiful species. Ibrahim was hatched in the...

We present the Egyptian vulture at the EuroBirdWatch 2013

03.10.2013

Provadia, Ruse and Madzharovo will join in the celebration of the EuroBirdWatch 2013. ‘Flying away’ screening and a presentation about the Egyptian Vulture will be held before students from the Professional School of Agriculture ‘Earth’ in Provadia on October 4th. On 5th and 6th October the Nature conservation center "Eastern Rhodopes" will welcome...