The migratory flyway through the eyes of the tagged Egyptian vultures

17.10.2015

September. The time has come for us to say our farewells to the Egyptian vultures as they depart to their winter grounds in Africa. Some of them have traveled those thousands of kilometers many times, but for the fledglings, it will be a new and dangerous rite of passage. Their first flights from the nest were observed closely by researchers and volunteers from “The...

The Return of the Neophron participated in a joint meeting of the LIFE NATURE projects in Bulgaria

15.10.2015

On 7 and 8 October 2015 in Koshov village near Rousse the fifth meeting of the LIFE projects was held. The meeting is organized every autumn and is hosted by one of the beneficiaries of the projects. This year was hosted by WWF and their project Free Fish , which is implemented in partnership with the Directorate of "Rusenski Lom" Nature Park . The meeting aimed to...

The White Father – the new face of Madzharovo

05.10.2015

After the International Vulture Awareness Day on the 5th of September, Madzharovo has a new “face”. A huge graffiti (16 x 6 meters) of an Egyptian vulture is painted high at the entrance of the vulture’s town. The art is made by 140 Ideas and portrays the vulture’s role in the lives of humans. Since ancient times these birds have watched over...

Poisoned baits close to the National Park of Dadia

30.09.2015

Last weekend, the Antipoison dog unit of WWF Greece in Dadia, was informed by hunters of the village Sidiro about poisoned baits and animals in the area. After two days of searching, in collaboration with the Forestry Service of Didimoticho and the local hunters, 20 poisoned baits and 13 dead animals were detected: 7 foxes, 5 shepherd dogs and 1 hunting dog. The...

27 young Egyptian vultures have successfully left their nests in Bulgaria and Greece in 2015

19.09.2015

The monitoring of the territories in Bulgaria occupied by Egyptian vultures in the beginning of the breading season had shown that 22 of the 27 pairs in the country had started incubation. 19 of them successfully raised 25 chicks (four in North Bulgaria and 21 in the Eastern Rhodopes). This is a relatively high percentage of successful pairs of Egyptian...

Rescue mission for the only and last young Egyptian Vulture in Lomovete

11.09.2015

On the 08.09.2015, a joint expedition between BSPB , Nature Park “Rusenski Lom” , Speleology club “Helictit” and the Regional Environmental and Water Inspection “Ruse” was set to save the only and last young Egyptian Vulture in Rusenski Lom. The bird, emblematically named Zhoro Manev, was admitted and hospitalized in the Wildlife...