Newborn baby Egyptian vulture in the nest with the video camera

30.05.2013

After 42 days of incubation, the tireless Egyptian vultures from the pair with the online video camera in the nest, installed under the LIFE+ project ‘The Return of the Neophron”, finally saw their hatchling. The baby vulture came to the world today and their parents look more than happy. The baby vulture is so small yet, that it is difficult to...

The project "The Return of the Neophron" is looking for volunteers for nest guarding

27.05.2013

For a second year we will guard 10 nests of Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria within the project LIFE + "The Return of the Neophron". The period before the first flight of the inexperienced juveniles is critical as they may fall out of the nest and die. In order to protect them, we recruit volunteers for the Eastern Rhodopes to monitor nests during this critical period for the...

The conservation of the Egyptian vulture can be great adventure

22.05.2013

Original computer game that presents the treats to the endangered Egyptian vulture was created by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and "Biogama". " The Life of the Egyptian Vulture " presents different periods of growth of the birds in each of the levels. The game was created to arouse keen interest among children to nature. The player plays the...

Egyptian vultures with green rings participate in the breeding season 2013

21.05.2013

During the monitoring of the occupied Egyptian vulture breeding territories in 2013 in Bulgaria and Greece, it was found that two birds marked with green rings formed pairs. One of the birds was observed for first time on 19.4.2013 in northeastern Bulgaria with a green ring on the left leg and metal ring on the right one. The observed marked bird is probably female and...

Second expedition in Albania 2013

21.05.2013

In April held а second international expedition in the Southern Albania to update the number of the breeding Egyptian vultures in the country. The first expedition under the project LIFE + "The Return of the Neophron" (LIFE10 NAT/BG/000152) was held in August 2012 and identified 7 active areas of the species. These researches aim to check the known areas and to find new...

Youngsters created sculptures of Egyptian vultures for the World Migratory Bird Day

14.05.2013

On 11 May we celebrated the World Migratory Bird Day by creating art installations at two locations where the Egyptian vulture still can be seen. In Provadia and on the nature conservation and education camp Kartali, held near Kardzhali, young people have made sculptures of the rare bird. The events took place within the project LIFE + "The Return of the Neophron". On the...