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A mission from the European Commission to the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron”
13.10.2014Officers from the LIFE Nature Unit of the European Commission - Mr. Simon Goss, Mrs. Brunhilde Rack, and Mrs. Silvia Barova from the Department “Natura 2000”, the “Birds” Directive, and the “Habitats” Directive,visited the project “The Return of the Neophron” during the period 22-24.09.2014. The aim of the mission was to...
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The last eight
08.10.2014Twenty two satellite transmitters were set in the period 2010 - 2014 (20 young birds, one adult bird and one approaching adulthood) within the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron”. Nine of them were placed in Bulgaria, nine in Greece, three - in Macedonia, and one in Albania. In the first half of 2014 two more stars died on our map with tagged...
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The “Vultures stories” start with “Lazaros”
16.09.2014In the new section in the site of the LIFE+ project “The return of the Neophron” – “Vulture stories” , we will publish the real stories of Egyptian vultures in which our team is a witness, as well as a direct participant. By gripping narrative and compelling illustrations we hope to rouse interest in the reader for these...
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In the "kitchen" of the Egyptian vultures
10.09.2014The study of the diet and the breeding biology of the Egyptian vulture is important for the planning of effective conservation measures. For two years, the LIFE+ project "The return of the Neophron" has closely observed the Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria and Greece through photo traps, installed in their nests. In 2012 in Bulgaria was placed 2 photo traps and 2 in...
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A Long-legged buzzard without passport stopped her “travel” to Evros custom in Kipoi
07.09.2014Five months after the seminar to the Kipoi custom, the custom officers called us for a raptor found in a car that entered from Turkey to Greece. In the framework of LIFE+ project "The return of the Neophron" we carried out seminars in 5 customs in Evros and Rodopi prefectures focused on bird crime and specifically the illegal trade and traffic of raptor and vultures'...
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Vultures in Africa and Europe could face extinction within our lifetime warn conservationists
06.09.2014The world’s biggest conservation Partnership – BirdLife International – has announced that vultures have rapidly become one of the most threatened families of birds on the planet. In a bid to stop this important family of birds slipping towards extinction in Europe and Africa, they have launched a global campaign asking for public support to Stop Vulture...
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