Category: News
One step closer to bring black vultures back to Bulgaria – 1st black vultures transported from Spain to the Balkans
May 9, 2018
The first 12 black vultures from Spain that will be reintroduced in ...
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Mitigating the threat of electrocution in Iran – the excellent work of the Iran´s Bird and Powerlines Committee
May 4, 2018
The recently approved Vulture Multi-species Action Plan (MsAP) – a global blueprint ...
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Helping vultures by reinforcing wild ungulates in Bulgaria – 138 deer have already been translocated to the Eastern Rhodopes as part of the LIFE RE Vultures
May 3, 2018
One of the aims of the LIFE project “Conservation of Black and ...
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Reintroducing bearded vultures to the wild – release season is starting this Sunday!
May 2, 2018
This year the VCF and its partners will release at least 13 ...
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What are the released griffons in Sardinia up to? One of them went to visit the other side of the island – all maps are now on-line
May 1, 2018
At least 7 of the 8 griffon vultures released in the LIFE ...
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Breeding bearded vulture dies after colliding with cable in Vanoise – single partner continues to take care of the chick
April 28, 2018
Collision with the energy infrastructure or the ski lifts has been identified ...
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Update on Vulture Research
April 27, 2018
Latest vulture science analysed: Movementsof Egyptian vultures in the Middle East and ...
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Working for vultures globally – Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP) took centre stage in the Flyways Summit
April 25, 2018
The Vulture MsAP – a global conservation plan to protect 15 species ...
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Zero mortality of migrating raptors – including thousands of migrating griffon and Egyptian vultures – on a wind farm in Portugal with shut on demand method
April 23, 2018
mWind energy is considered a clean energy source, but produces negative impacts ...
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Banning Diclofenac in Portugal – light at the end of the tunnel?
April 21, 2018
Last week the Portuguese Parliament approved a motion recommending the Portuguese Government ...
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And Rupis reappears from the darkness – 4 out of 5 Egyptian vultures tagged in the Douro are still transmitting – while Sara is still in Africa
April 20, 2018
A few weeks after Douro and Faia made it all the way ...
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Do we have a baby bearded vulture in the Écrins National Park (France)?
April 17, 2018
After a long wait, bearded vultures started to breed this year in ...
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On the road in Bulgaria tonight
April 16, 2018
The conservation of vultures is this too – project management and evaluation. ...
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14 griffons successful released in Sardinia to restock the threatened local population
April 16, 2018
More than 150 volunteers, vulture enthusiasts, members of the public, local officials, ...
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Financial award for early-career researchers working on vultures
April 12, 2018
The Hawk Conservancy Trust’s Marion Paviour Award (maximum award £1000) was created ...
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Cinereous vulture recorded on video in The Gambia – a first for the West Africa country
April 10, 2018
A cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) has been recorded on video at a ...
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Adult bearded vulture seen in Mt. Olympus (mainland Greece)
April 9, 2018
An adult bearded vulture has been seen and photographed on the 6th ...
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One griffon possibly down in Saudi Arabia – while another is held hostage in Iraq
April 7, 2018
It is not such a rare occurrence that a vulture is shot ...
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Tono and Blimunda do it again! Second bearded vulture hatched in the wild in Andalucía this year.
April 5, 2018
A second wild young bearded vulture hatched recently (March 20th) in the ...
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Vote for Egyptian vultures!
April 3, 2018
The Egyptian vulture is Europe´s most threatened vulture – globally it is ...
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