“Giving hope for the Egyptian vultures on the Balkans” – fundraising campaign

23.06.2014

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“Giving hope for the Egyptian vultures on the Balkans” – fundraising campaign

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

http://www.lifeneophron.eu/en/Donation.html

The Egyptian vulture - the bird species which population declines most rapidly among birds of prey in Europe, needs your support. It needs Guardians who can help it to return to us safely.

You can help!

Help us by a donation in the fund-raisng platform “Crowdfunder” or here. During the 28-days period everyone can donate funds and thus will help us to realize one of the most important conservation activities – the nest guarding.

The guarding of the nests reduces the risk of disturbance and poaching during the incubation period. After the eggs have hatched, we watch the nests to prevent falling down of the baby birds or unsuccessful first fly of young birds.

In 2012 and 2013 four young birds were saved in Bulgaria after their unsuccessful first fly thanks to nest guarding. This is about 10 % of the raised chicks in Bulgaria for this period.

Our goal is to watch as many nests as possible in order to provide a safe flying for the largest possible number of young vultures.

Your support is extremely needed for the save future of the Egyptian vulture. Your contribution will be used for nest guarding of the Egyptian vultures’ nests during the most critical period - the young birds’ first fly in late July and early August. Volunteers will guard the nests and we have to cover their expenses for travel and food. The LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron” has provided funding for this conservation action for 2012 and 2013, and from 2014 onwards the activity should be funded through donations.

The sum what we need is £ 3300.

You can see the project “Giving hope for the Egyptian vultures on the Balkans” and donate funds here or at the LIFE+ project site.

For every pledge in return you receive a reward: a personal thank you letter, a sticker with Egyptian vulture, a badge with Egyptian vulture, a large photo of Egyptian vulture or the opportunity to give a name to some of the young vultures, which nests we guard.