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7th bearded vulture of 2017 to be released in Grands Causses tomorrow – 11 still to go!
Following successful releases in Grands Causses , Baronnies, and Andalusia, the 4th ...
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Dutch birders get Lucky! Bearded vulture released in Austria last year delights birdwatchers across the Netherlands
On the 17th of May, a young bearded vulture left the Alps ...
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One young bearded vulture was released in Cazorla – the first of six this year
After successful releases in Grands Causses and Baronnies, the first of six ...
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Help needed for translation of Der Falke magazine from German to English
VCF is looking for volunteer translators (preferably native English speakers who can ...
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New supplementary feeding point established in the LIFE RUPIS project– and almost immediately up to 10 Egyptian vultures fed there!
The project LIFE RUPIS aims to strength the populations of Egyptian Vulture ...
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A first for Sweden – young, probably wild, bearded vulture seen in the country
A young Bearded Vulture was seen near Jönköping in Sweden on Monday ...
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Egyptian vultures also seem to favour mud bathing to gain colour – but why?
One of the most fascinating – and mysterious, features of the animal ...
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Over 90 vultures poisoned in Africa – sad news on the International Biodiversity Day
Hundreds of vulture researchers and conservation managers have been engaging with the ...
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Who is the culprit when a bone falls on your roof?
Bearded vultures are known mainly because of their peculiar food – the ...
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Another young bearded vulture in the Netherlands and Germany
A young bearded vulture (probably wild born, 2nd calendar year) was found ...
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Bearded vultures Leoux & ProNatura released in Baronnies with hundreds of people celebrating one of the most remarkable wildlife comeback stories of our times
Local mayors, the president of the Parc Naturel Regional des Baronnies Provençales, ...
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Two more bearded vultures will be released tomorrow in Baronnies – following the first successful release of the season in the Grands Causses on the 2nd of May
As part of its programme to restore the bearded vulture across Europe, ...
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The symbolic representation of vultures across civilizations – a review
Vultures and Men have been long intertwined – ever since a stone ...
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Scattering of black vulture observations in northern France attests to the species increase in the country
In the last few days black vultures have been observed in some ...
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LIFE RUPIS – An analysis of poisoning cases in the Spanish side of the Douro canyon
The use of poison is one of the main causes of unnatural ...
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Breeding bearded vultures in captivity – in the words of a volunteer
Last week saw the first releases this year of captive-bred bearded vultures ...
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Bearded vulture Roc Genèse came back to its natal area in the Pre-Pyrenees – his brother Flamadel could not be tagged
Roc Genèse, the first wild bearded vulture nestling ever tagged in the ...
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Help needed to transport magazines from Germany to Switzerland
We are looking for one or more volunteers who are driving from Germany to Switzerland ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis busy flying around the Douro area – but will probably not breed this year
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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The most recent newsletter of IUCN´s Vulture Specialist Group published
The IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Vulture Specialist Group (VSG) is dedicated to ...
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