{"id":12020,"date":"2019-07-17T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=12020"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T08:03:56","slug":"how-many-bearded-vulture-breeding-pairs-are-there-currently-in-the-alps-and-on-corsica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/how-many-bearded-vulture-breeding-pairs-are-there-currently-in-the-alps-and-on-corsica\/","title":{"rendered":"How many Bearded Vulture breeding pairs are there currently in the Alps and on Corsica?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bearded Vulture breeding trio from Bargy in the French Alps (c) Alain Towner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bearded Vultures are very busy during this year’s breeding season! The monitoring of their breeding populations in the Alpine range and on Corsica is coordinated by the International Bearded Vulture Monitoring Network (IBM)<\/a>. The breeding situation is regularly updated and reported to the IBM-database. So, how many breeding pairs, incubating clutches and fledglings have we observed up until now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latest reports of breeding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this year’s breeding season 56 occupied territories, with 52 breeding pairs and four breeding trios, are monitored in the Alps and on Corsica. Out of these, a clutch has been observed in 47 nests with 37 chicks hatching. We were lucky to see eight fledglings already taking off for their first flights, and we are looking forward to receiving positive news from the remaining 26 hatchlings. Across all territories, nine breeding failures have already been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are the birds observed and identified? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the 1st of April 2019 and the 30th of June 2019, the IBM database received a total of 272 Bearded Vulture observations, in 112 cases the birds could even be identified on the individual level. There are different methods of identifying and monitoring wildlife, and in this case, the most common identifications were possible thanks to individual features, rings, GPS-data and bleached feathers (in this order).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breeding success in the south-western Alps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great news from the south-western Alps: In four out of six territories, our partners reported the hatch of a young chick and one of them already fledged. We hope that the other chicks survive and will fledge in the next few months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fascinating breeding facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n