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Two adult Egyptian vultures have been captured and tagged in the Douro – another great milestone in the LIFE RUPIS project

In the late afternoon of the 12th June, a team from the ...
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What have Jana and Tempestosa, the two griffons tagged in Sardinia, been up to?

The young female griffon vultures that have been released the 9th of ...
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Two more bearded vultures released yesterday in Andalusia

This year a total of 6 bearded vultures will be released in ...
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Saving the bearded vulture in Corsica – Luna and Ercu released last weekend

Last Sunday the 3rd of June, two young bearded vultures born within ...
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Diet of Egyptian vulture in Sicily

A new paper researching the Dietary habits of Egyptian vultures in Sicily ...
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Two young Spanish bearded vultures will be released in the Swiss Mountains today

For the third year in a row, two young bearded vultures will ...
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5 more bearded vultures released back into the wild yesterday by VCF and its partners – 2 in Vercors (Pre-Alps), 2 in Corsica and 1 in Andalucia

This year the VCF and its partners are hoping to release 18 ...
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Adult Egyptian vulture released in the Douro after being found weakened

 On May 29, a weakened adult Egyptian vulture was picked up by ...
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Great news from Andalusia – the two breeding pairs of bearded vulture continue to raise their young in Cazorla!

Last January we were very happy to announce that a second bearded ...
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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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