Tag: beardedvulture
22nd census of the Stelvio National Park: 14 bearded vultures & 66 golden eagles counted
April 2, 2015
The annual census of golden eagles and bearded vultures in Stelvio National ...
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25 and counting – 2015 could be the best season ever in the bearded vulture captive breeding network!
April 1, 2015
This year the results from captive breeding bearded vultures are very good ...
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Injured wild bearded vulture recovered successfully at the Vallcalent rehabilitation center (Catalonia)
March 25, 2015
Even though bearded vultures are now increasing in western Europe – their ...
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News from the bearded vulture captive breeding network
March 19, 2015
This year the results from captive breeding bearded vultures are very good ...
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Another chick born in the bearded vulture captive breeding network –and with it days of intensive work start!
March 12, 2015
Bearded vulture chicks have been hatching left, right and centre across the ...
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Italian experts and conservation managers discussed the pros and cons of feeding stations for scavenger bird species
March 5, 2015
Over 150 people from all over Italy participated in a conference on ...
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The miracle of LIFE in the bearded vulture captive breeding network
February 24, 2015
This is one of the busiest periods of the year for us ...
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Breeding season 2015 – and another chick hatched in Tierpark Goldau
February 22, 2015
More good news from Switzerland – a chick hatched from one of ...
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Hatching bearded vultures – busy times at the captive breeding network!
February 17, 2015
One hundred years after going extinct in the Alps, the bearded vulture ...
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Breaking news – the pair of bearded vultures that has built a nest in Cazorla (Andalucia) has now laid eggs!
February 14, 2015
Another important milestone in the fantastic project to restore thisspecies in Andalucía. ...
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On Kirma and commitment to a cause – how intensive care and a lot of expertise rehabilitated a severely injured bearded vulture back into breeding
February 12, 2015
The bearded vulture captive breeding season in now in full swing – ...
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End of an era – one of the most prolific bearded vultures in our captive breeding network died on the same day his last chick hatched.
February 11, 2015
Maybe it was just a coincidence, but one cannot escape thinking that ...
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Bearded Vulture monitoring report for the French Alps – Life GypHelp
February 9, 2015
In the framework of the Life Project “GypHelp”, the Vulture Conservation Foundation ...
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The VCF and prominent Spanish scientists alert to a new threat to Iberian vultures – the proposal to eliminate all by-products of hunted wild ungulates
February 5, 2015
The regional Agriculture Agency of Castilla-La Mancha (Consejería de Agricultura) has recently ...
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Vultures die of old age too – female bearded vulture left us at age 49!
February 4, 2015
The oldest female present in the bearded vulture captive breeding network (coordinated ...
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The mystery of the orange colour in bearded vultures. What benefits do birds get from bathing in iron oxid-rich mud?
January 23, 2015
Adult bearded vultures often have a deep orange-red tinge on their plumage, ...
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New papers on bearded vulture home ranges in the Pyrenees and Southern Africa
January 20, 2015
Two papers have been published recently with results from the monitoring of ...
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Good news from Algeria – bearded vultures seem to hang on in the country!
January 18, 2015
The last bulletin from the Theniet El Had National Park (Atlantica, see ...
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Taking care of precious eggs – the next generation of wild bearded vultures
January 15, 2015
Almost all of the pairs in the bearded vulture captive breeding network ...
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VCF´s new advisory service to the bearded vulture captive breeding network produces first results – several aviaries have been significantly improved!
January 8, 2015
In the last 18 months 14 zoos, animal parks and recovery centres ...
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