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Portuguese Cinereous Vulture equipped with GPS tag in the nest
We here at the VCF, together with our partners Liga para a Protecção ...
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Report on wildlife poisoning in Spain between 1992-2017
A total of 21.260 animals were poisoned in 9700 different poisoning incidents ...
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Rehabilitated captive-bred Bearded Vulture marks the last release for 2020
A captive-bred Bearded Vulture that broke its wing and leg could not ...
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Four new Egyptian Vulture territories occupied in the Balkans
Exciting news for the Egyptian Vulture in the Balkans as four new ...
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Bearded Vulture pair bonding: choosing the right partner for a selective species
Our Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Manager, Alex Llopis, and our new Bearded ...
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Evolution of the vulture populations in Sardinia
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Sardinia was home to three ...
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Research review: Nocturnal flights by Bearded Vultures detected for the first-time using GPS and accelerometer data
For the first time, researchers studied the previously undescribed nocturnal flights by ...
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A morning with Griffons: GPS tagging vultures in the Côa Valley for nature conservation
It is a hot July morning in Faia Brava Natural Reserve, located ...
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First successful nesting of Bearded Vulture in Piedmont since the beginning of the Alpine reintroduction project
In 2019, 57 territories of Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) were occupied in the Alps. Out ...
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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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