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Check out the latest news and stories about vultures and our conservation work
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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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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