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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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First Griffon Vulture equipped with GPS tag in Mallorca to study the natural colonisation of the species
Griffon Vultures naturally colonised Mallorca in 2008 and joined the resident Cinereous ...
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A win-win collaboration between livestock breeders and vultures in Kompsatos valley (Greece)
It has been one year now since the operation of the small-sized ...
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Vulture Research Update: November 2019 – June 2020
In this research update we provide a list of recent vulture-related research ...
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The Cinereous Vulture Riga has once again travelled to Austria
For the second year in a row, the young Cinereous Vulture Riga ...
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Surveying for poison bait use in Albania
The survey on the use of poison baits was conducted in seven ...
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Egyptian Vulture family found dead in the Eastern Rhodopes Mountain in Bulgaria
One of the most productive Egyptian Vulture pairs in Bulgaria and their ...
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Last transportation of Cinereous Vultures from Spain to France for the reintroduction of the species
International collaboration and coordination takes place again in the world of vulture ...
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How GPS technology is key to securing the future of vultures
GPS tracking of big birds started in the early 90s and saw ...
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Second observation of a Bearded Vulture in the UK
Another young Bearded Vulture travelled vast distances and explored new areas! Bearded ...
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Fifteen Cinereous Vultures travel from Extremadura to Bulgaria to be reintroduced
We are one step closer to establishing a viable population of Cinereous ...
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International Observation Days 2019: The Bearded Vulture population estimates across several European regions
Every year, Bearded Vulture researchers and enthusiasts carry out simultaneous counts across ...
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