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Bearded vulture chick hatches in Cazorla – another milestone in this fantastic project to restore the species in Andalucia
Only nine years after the first bearded vultures were released back into ...
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Eurasian black vultures nesting again in southern Portugal after an absence of 40 years
Two pairs of black vultures are nesting in artificial platforms set up ...
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Famous Egyptian vulture Igdir found dead in Ethiopia after flying 60,000 km in three years
In February 2015 an Egyptian vulture was found dead by Ethiopian authorities ...
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14 gipeti e 66 aquile reali: un resoconto del 22 censimento del Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio
Il Parco ha censito la popolazione di aquile reali e gipeti per ...
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22nd census of the Stelvio National Park: 14 bearded vultures & 66 golden eagles counted
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!
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)
Even though bearded vultures are now increasing in western Europe – their ...
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Egyptian vultures that have wintered in Extremadura still in the region
The two Egyptian Vultures that were captured this winter in Extremadura – ...
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News from the bearded vulture captive breeding network
This year the results from captive breeding bearded vultures are very good ...
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Tizón is still in western Mali
Tizón – the young Egyptian vulture tagged last September in Spain – ...
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The silent killer strikes again – this time in Israel. Four griffon and two black vultures found poisoned in a rare case in the country
Poison is the biggest threat to vultures worldwide – that is why ...
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Captive breeding of Egyptian vultures – results from 2014
Captive breeding can be a very effective conservation tool – the captive ...
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Another chick born in the bearded vulture captive breeding network –and with it days of intensive work start!
Bearded vulture chicks have been hatching left, right and centre across the ...
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Prominent Serbian vulture researcher launches today book about griffon vultures
Bratislav Grubac is a researcher at the Serbian Institute for Nature Conservation, ...
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Another mass poisoning of vultures in Asia – at least 20 Himalayan griffon vultures dead in India
In recent years there have been increasing reports of widespread use of ...
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Egyptian vultures still hanging on in Cape Verde! VCF, CIBIO and University of Cape Verde started a survey of the rare species in the archipelago
The Egyptian Vulture is a globally endangered species, with almost all populations ...
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Italian experts and conservation managers discussed the pros and cons of feeding stations for scavenger bird species
Over 150 people from all over Italy participated in a conference on ...
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Come and meet the VCF at this weekend´s FIO (International Birdwatching Fair) (Monfrague, Spain)
The 10th FIO will be held in Monfragüe National Park (Extremadura, Spain), ...
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VCF and Junta de Extremadura start a new project to monitor a unique wintering population of Egyptian Vulture in Iberia
Two birdshave been caught and tagged Extremadura has about 175 breeding pairs ...
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The miracle of LIFE in the bearded vulture captive breeding network
This is one of the busiest periods of the year for us ...
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