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VCF and the Swiss Foundation Pro Bartgeier release new film about the reintroduction of bearded vultures in the Swiss Alps
Alois and Cierzo are the two male bearded vultures released this year ...
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Three more captive-bred Egyptian vultures will be released this year in Bulgaria
Following the release of 6 captive-bred Egyptian vultures last year in Italy, ...
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After a long tour in Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Romania, bearded vulture Adonis is coming back
After an extraordinary 8 week tour that saw young bearded vulture Adonis ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis exploring Spain and Portugal
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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Black vulture breeds again successfully in Douro International
The single pair of black vulture that established itself in the Douro ...
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Call for volunteers for the 2016 Alpine summering griffon vulture census – 20 August 2016
Since 2010 a census of summering griffon vultures has been carried out, ...
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IUCN opens two positions to work on the Bangladesh vulture conservation initiative
In the last two years the Bangladesh National Vulture Recovery Committee (BNVRC) ...
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Causes for breeding failure in Balkan Egyptian vultures – new report
The Egyptian vulture is Europe’s most threatened vulture species – classified as ...
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The bearded vulture in Corsica – summary of the current situation
This year the bearded vulture population in Corsica has further decreased to ...
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Remember the Egyptian vultures Tobia and Sara? They are still in Africa!
In August and September last year a total of 6 captive-bred Egyptian ...
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Bad news this time: Bearded Vulture Larzac found dead in northern Germany
The young male bearded vulture – named Larzac – that left the ...
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First Egyptian vulture captured and tagged in the Douro valley!
Some days ago a team from Junta de Castilla y Leon, Fundación ...
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Girun and Volcaire flying high!
Girun and Volcaire – the two young captive-bred bearded vultures released in ...
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First newsletter of the LIFE+ GYPCONNECT published – linking bearded vultures from the Alps to the Pyrenees
Ten months after the LIFE+ project GYPCONECT started, you can now read ...
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The last bearded vulture released last weekend in Andalusia
With the release of the last single chick in Andalusia on July ...
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Black vulture in Mallorca – new record this breeding season with 25 eggs hatched – but some controversy over access to exclusion areas too
A benign and favourable spring, and years of conservation efforts, resulted in ...
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Bearded vultures released in the Baronnies – a new reintroduction site – finally fledged
Girun and Volcaire – two young bearded vultures bred in captivity within ...
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Larzac disappeared in Germany! Where is he?
The young male bearded vulture – named Larzac – that left the ...
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The bearded vulture in the French Alps in 2016
A total of 12 pairs were present this year in the French ...
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