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Balkan landscape with mountains and a river

Griffon Vultures in the Balkans are thriving

The results of the last Balkan-wide Griffon vultures census are unequivocal: the ...
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Silent sentinels: how GPS-tagged vultures help detect wildlife crime 

GPS tracking data are a cornerstone of conservation protocols all over the ...
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three men and two women checking a Griffon Vulture

New year, new chapter for 15 Griffon Vultures in Sardinia

15 Spanish Griffon Vultures started a new chapter of their life in ...
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2025 LIFE projects milestones 

Another intensive year of vulture conservation has passed and, together with our many partners, we managed ...
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Griffon Vulture in Sardinia feeding_LIFE Safe for Vultures

Record number of Griffon Vultures in Sardinia  

LIFE Safe for Vultures project coordinated the largest simultaneous ornithological census in Sardinia, ...
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Anti-poison dog unit finds Egyptian Vulture Deni dead in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria © BSPB

Strengthening the fight against wildlife poisoning in Bulgaria

A national meeting organized by the Ministry of Environment and Water and ...
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Cinereous Vulture © Hansruedi Weyrich

Portuguese Cinereous Vulture population grows timidly in 2025 

The LIFE Aegypius Return project has also recorded a slight decline in ...
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Together for vulture conservation in The Gambia 

An urgent, high-impact five-day mission in The Gambia has successfully strengthened local ...
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“Lead, a borderless poison”: an international conference calls for a lead-free future for wildlife and people 

The first international conference in Italy on the impacts of lead ammunition ...
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A mission to stop vulture poisoning incidents in The Gambia 

Following major poisoning incidents that occurred in The Gambia this summer, CMS ...
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Get ready for the Balkan Griffon Vulture roosting site census 2025! 

The yearly Griffon Vulture roosting site census in the Balkans is approaching, ...
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Cinereous Vulture © Hansruedi Weyrich

Seven Cinereous Vultures released in the Eastern Rhodopes

The LIFE Rhodope Vulture project moves a step further in its Cinereous ...
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acclimatisation aviary in the woods in Sardinia, with a griffon vulture flying out of it

A bittersweet release for the LIFE Safe for Vultures project

The LIFE Safe for Vultures project recently released seven Griffon Vultures from ...
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two people with the WCA logo on their shirts analysing a Griffon Vulture carcass

Fight against wildlife crime highlighted at the 1st Conference on Toxic Substances in a Forensic Context, organised by the Judiciary Police in Portugal

Several partners from the LIFE Aegypius Return project took part in the ...
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When conservation action crosses borders: a Cinereous Vulture rescue across Italy and Spain 

A weakened Cinereous Vulture was discovered by a roadside in Italy and, ...
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Cinereous Vultures in the Dadia Forest © Petros Babakas, Archive of the Management Unit of Evros Delta and Dadia National Parks

Dadia National Park celebrates record fledging numbers

The Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park in Greece celebrates a record number of ...
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Female Bearded Vulture perching on a wooden pole in her artificial enclosure

Goodbye BG107, a beloved member of the Bearded Vultures Captive Breeding Network 

The Bearded Vultures Captive Breeding Network (EEP), the Richard Faust Zentrum, and ...
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Croatia adopts a 10-year management plan to safeguard Griffon Vultures 

On 25 August 2025, Croatia formally adopted a Griffon Vulture Management Plan ...
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Some items discovered in different ancient Bearded Vulture nests. (A) Hooves typical of ungulate limb remains. (B) Diverse mammal and bird bones and teeth found in the same nest, some partially digested. (C) The remains of Bearded Vulture eggshells, with the typical orange coloration due to the iron oxide applied by the adult birds to their breast feathers. (D) Several goat horns found in the same ancient nest. (E) Typical solid Bearded Vulture droppings accumulated in their ancient nests. Photographs: Sergio Couto.

Bearded vultures: your unusual (natural) history custodians 

Bones, wool… but also footwear, pieces of basketry, leather, even a crossbow ...
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Griffon Vultures boost nature and economy on Croatia’s Kvarner Islands  

The Griffon Vultures population on the Kvarner Islands in Croatia provides invaluable ...
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