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Monograph: The Bearded Vulture in Spain – Breeding population in 2018 and census method
The monograph “The Bearded Vulture in Spain — Breeding population in 2018 ...
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First-ever Cinereous Vulture nestlings equipped with GPS tags in the Douro
The Douro Canyon is currently home to two Cinereous Vulture breeding pairs, ...
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Bearded Vulture European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) Annual Report 2019
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) coordinates the Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network ...
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Illegal wildlife poisoning case reaches court trial in Croatia for the first time
In January 2020, an illegal wildlife poisoning incident has resulted in the death ...
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Second-ever Egyptian Vulture hatched and fledged in Sardinia
An unprecedented event occurred last year — two Egyptian Vultures settled in ...
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Our Research Officer’s take on the Bearded Vulture in the Peak District, UK
One of the largest and rarest raptors in Europe, a Bearded Vulture, wandered ...
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Research reveals that Andean condors flap wings just 1% of the time
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) has a 3-metre wingspan and weighs up ...
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Egyptian Vulture Fangueiro gets new feathers to be able to fly again in the wild
A young Egyptian Vulture that had an unfortunate start in life got ...
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More electric poles insulated in the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria to protect vultures
Within the framework of the LIFE Re-Vultures project, four new electric poles were insulated ...
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Genetic analysis reveals the origin of a wandering Bearded Vulture that was rescued, rehabilitated and released in France
A young wandering Bearded Vulture left his mountainous home and was exploring ...
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Second record of Bearded Vulture in the UK — why did it travel to the UK, where did it come from and will it return home?
A bone-eating Bearded Vulture, one of Europe’s rarest and largest raptors, left its ...
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Participate in the annual Alpine Griffon Vulture count on 22 August 2020
The annual Alpine Griffon Vulture summer survey will take place on Saturday 22 August ...
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The final Bearded Vulture release in Andalusia for 2020
This year, the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) and the Junta de Andalucía released eight young Bearded ...
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Egyptian Vulture baby hatched in a nest built on a transmission tower — first record in Spain and Europe
An unprecedented event recently occured in the northwest of Extremadura —.an Egyptian ...
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Update on the Bearded Vultures recently released in France
This year, the LIFE GYPCONNECT project released eight young Bearded Vultures in the Massif ...
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Fifteen Griffon Vultures found dead in a well in Morocco
We are sad to report that at least fifteen Griffon Vultures were ...
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French farmers ask for the removal of vulture eggs from nests due to incidents with cattle – but this is not the solution for an inflated problem!
British, French and Swiss news media (The Times, Le Parisien, Cnews and 20 Minutes) recently reported ...
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Egyptian Vultures in Italy — upcoming releases and movements of released birds
We have been working alongside our Italian colleagues to boost the Egyptian ...
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Ecosystem service provision – what do vultures do for us and the environment?
From helping reduce CO2 emissions to providing cultural and spiritual services dating ...
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From the Grands Causses to the French Pyrenees — the travels of Bearded Vulture Cévennes
The LIFE GypConnect project reintroduces young Bearded Vultures into the Massif Central and the ...
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