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What are the released griffons in Sardinia up to? One of them went to visit the other side of the island – all maps are now on-line
At least 7 of the 8 griffon vultures released in the LIFE ...
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Breeding bearded vulture dies after colliding with cable in Vanoise – single partner continues to take care of the chick
Collision with the energy infrastructure or the ski lifts has been identified ...
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Update on Vulture Research
Latest vulture science analysed: Movementsof Egyptian vultures in the Middle East and ...
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Working for vultures globally – Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP) took centre stage in the Flyways Summit
The Vulture MsAP – a global conservation plan to protect 15 species ...
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Zero mortality of migrating raptors – including thousands of migrating griffon and Egyptian vultures – on a wind farm in Portugal with shut on demand method
mWind energy is considered a clean energy source, but produces negative impacts ...
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Banning Diclofenac in Portugal – light at the end of the tunnel?
Last week the Portuguese Parliament approved a motion recommending the Portuguese Government ...
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And Rupis reappears from the darkness – 4 out of 5 Egyptian vultures tagged in the Douro are still transmitting – while Sara is still in Africa
A few weeks after Douro and Faia made it all the way ...
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Do we have a baby bearded vulture in the Écrins National Park (France)?
After a long wait, bearded vultures started to breed this year in ...
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On the road in Bulgaria tonight
The conservation of vultures is this too – project management and evaluation. ...
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14 griffons successful released in Sardinia to restock the threatened local population
More than 150 volunteers, vulture enthusiasts, members of the public, local officials, ...
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Financial award for early-career researchers working on vultures
The Hawk Conservancy Trust’s Marion Paviour Award (maximum award £1000) was created ...
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Cinereous vulture recorded on video in The Gambia – a first for the West Africa country
A cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) has been recorded on video at a ...
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Adult bearded vulture seen in Mt. Olympus (mainland Greece)
An adult bearded vulture has been seen and photographed on the 6th ...
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One griffon possibly down in Saudi Arabia – while another is held hostage in Iraq
It is not such a rare occurrence that a vulture is shot ...
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Tono and Blimunda do it again! Second bearded vulture hatched in the wild in Andalucía this year.
A second wild young bearded vulture hatched recently (March 20th) in the ...
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Vote for Egyptian vultures!
The Egyptian vulture is Europe´s most threatened vulture – globally it is ...
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Fourth newsletter of the LIFE+ GYPCONNECT published – linking bearded vultures from the Alps to the Pyrenees
Two years after the LIFE+ project GYPCONECT started, you can now read ...
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Hope and resilience – cinereous vultures resurrect from the ashes in the Douro canyon – Happy Easter!
Easter is an important date for half of the world – and ...
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68 (Easter) eggs in the bearded vulture captive breeding season – but number of resulting chicks will be average
While you are about to eat your Easter eggs – chocolate and ...
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Egyptian vulture in the Western European flyway – experts identify priorities and discuss future collaboration
An important workshop for the conservation of the Egyptian vulture population in ...
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