{"id":6398,"date":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/bearded-vulture-calandreto-travels-back-to-the-massif-central-after-a-summer-in-the-pyrenees\/"},"modified":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"bearded-vulture-calandreto-travels-back-to-the-massif-central-after-a-summer-in-the-pyrenees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/bearded-vulture-calandreto-travels-back-to-the-massif-central-after-a-summer-in-the-pyrenees\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearded Vulture Calandreto travels back to the Massif Central after a summer in the Pyrenees – the connection is one step closer!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bearded Vulture Calandreto photohraphed in Aragon (C)Jean Antonio Ses\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We last caught up with Bearded Vulture Calandreto back in July when he took his first long distance journey<\/a> from his release site in the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Grands Causses in France\u2019s Massif Central towards the Pyrenees. So where is he now?<\/p>\n

From the Grands Causses and back again<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calandreto was one of four bearded vultures released in the Grands Causses back in 2017 and spent his first winter in the Causses, with sporadic forays into the Puy de D\u00f4me, Ard\u00e8che and the Tarn – then last summer, on the 1st of June, it began a longer journey towards the Pyrenees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Map showing Calandreto’s movements since being released into the wild in 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After reaching the Pyrenees he circulated far and wide, visited feeding sites in Aragon (Spain), and spent quite a lot of time in the French-Spanish border area around the core area of the Parc National des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es\u00a0 – around Gavarnie and Ossau, valleys frequented by Bearded Vultures due to the abundance of marmots and chamois. The influx of vultures into the area along with the deaths of chamois and marmot kept him in the area over the summer and autumn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Calandreto is the second Bearded Vulture released in the Grands Causses that went to the Pyrenees, following Cardabelle – released in 2012, and flying in the Pyrenees since May 2013. For a while it looked like Calandreto would spend his second winter in the Pyrenees, but at the beginning of November he began a journey eastwards and at the end of the month crossed Aude and the mountain range of Caroux and was spotted on the 1st of December back in the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Grands Causses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He now joins the three other Bearded Vultures, Layrou, Adonis and Arcana, who are currently in the Causses. Calandreto\u2019s journey to and from the Pyrenees is a fantastic achievement and is bringing us a step closer to achieving our aim of connecting the Alpine and Pyrenean populations of Bearded Vultures – precisely the main aim of our own LIFE GYPCONNECT.<\/p>\n

LIFE GypConnect\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Led by the League pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO)<\/a>, in partnership with the Vautours en Baronnies, LIFE GypConnect<\/a> aims to establish a breeding population in the Massif Central and Department of the Dr\u00f4me. Releasing captive-bred Bearded Vultures into the wild at sites such as the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Grands Causses<\/a> e Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional des Baronnies Proven\u00e7ales<\/a> will create a core population that will connect the two populations of the species in the Alps and Pyrenees. To facilitate movements between the new population and the Alpine and Pyrenean populations the LIFE GypConnect<\/a> team is creating a network of supplementary feeding stations, and tackling threats such as poisoning, and collision and electrocution with the electricity infrastructure.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n