Custom officers in Attica are trained to fight illegal trade of wildlife

08.07.2015

On the 24th of June, HOS/BirdLife Greece in collaboration with the UK Border Force and the RSPB, organized a seminar on the matter of CITES and the illegal trading of wildlife. The seminar was held at the Athens International Airport (AIA) and aimed to inform the Custom officers of the different Custom Services in the region of Attica on this important but little-known...

How we celebrated the European Green Week

05.07.2015

On the occasion of the European Green Week in many countries in May and June were organized series of events dedicated to nature and biodiversity. In Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds ( BSPB ) also included initiatives in several towns and villages in the country in both its Nature Conservation Centers "Poda" near Burgas and "Eastern Rhodopy"...

Meteora was full of Egyptian vultures once more!

26.06.2015

Summer holidays are here and as a farewell, the teachers and pupils of the 4th Primary School of Kalampaka prepared a wonderful event to honor Meteora’s rarest resident: the Egyptian vulture! The third and the fourth grade (that had implemented the Hellenic Ornithological Society’s Environmental Education Programme for the Egyptian vulture) dedicated their...

What has the monitoring of occupied territories of Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria and Greece showed in 2015

25.06.2015

The result of the monitoring in Bulgaria has brought good news to the team of "The Return of the Neophron". The number of occupied territories is 28, as 27 of them are occupied by pairs – with 3 pairs more than the last year (two new pairs in North Bulgaria and one in the Eastern Rhodopes). Besides the increased numbers of pairs, this year we have also observed an...

Attempt for assault on Egyptian vulture nest was prevented

24.06.2015

Two incidents were registered and fortunately prevented in late May and early June in one of the nesting territories of Egyptian vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes. In the first case, people were seen climb down to the nest of a pair of Egyptian vultures , but thanks to the timely response of a collaborator of the project “The Return of the Neophron” the...

The Egyptian vulture’s heart beat in Sapes for a day

23.06.2015

Friday June 5th - World Environment Day: Sapes Primary School is equipped with all the necessities and takes to the streets once more to shout for the Egyptian vulture. Masks cover faces, picket signs high in the air, leaflets in hands, 60 pupils marching with the banner "Respect animals and nature" in the front and slogans shouted at maximum volume. It is farmer's...