The first young Egyptian vulture in the air of Dadia forest

12.08.2014

We are very happy to share the first observation of young Egyptian vulture while flying. On Sunday the 10th of August, the older chick flew from the nest which is monitored 5 days per week . Our volunteer Ana when she reached the view point to observe the nest called for help seeing that one from the two chicks was missing. Based on the experience from the past years when...

The Egyptian vulture at the exhibition of the Educational Park “Bourazani” in Epirus

12.08.2014

Two new information panels for the Egyptian Vulture will be exhibited from now on at the Natural History Museum of the Educational Park “Bourazani” in Epirus. The information panels were especially created for the Museum and include information about the life and habits of the Egyptian Vulture, its migratory routes and occurrence in Greece, the threats it...

The exhibition “The Return of the Neophron” visited Provadia

06.08.2014

The exhibition dedicated to the Egyptian vulture, was exhibited in the gallery of the town of Provadia for a second time . It is no coincidence as nearby is the SPA "Provadiisko-Rojaksko Plateau" - one of the five most important sites for the conservation of the Egyptian vulture. Unfortunately the information boards were exhibited only for three days, because the sun...

Madzharovo Municipality on a visit at the BSPB Vulture Centre

29.07.2014

On 29th of July, in relation to the communication programme of “The Return of the Neophron”LIFE+ project and the initiativOpen Doors of the BSPB Vulture Centre, fourteen employees including the Mayor of Madzharovo Municipality – eng. Armutliev, visited the new exposition in the BSPB Nature Conservation Cntre Eastern Rhodopes . They had the opportunity...

Egyptian vulture in help to other species

27.07.2014

On 25th July, during the fieldwork under the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron”, we were notified about large injured bird on the road near Madzharovo. We checked the site immediately and discovered that this is actually an Eagle Owl ( Bubo bubo ) – very weak, with a gash near the ear and heavily invaded by ticks on the head...

Back home after the 3rd Egyptian Vulture Expedition in Epirus

25.07.2014

Like in the two previous years, HOS team members met once more to carry out a survey in the area of Epirus. The objective was to discover any unknown territories of the species, in particular in the southern part of the region. However, despite the efforts of the team, no new territories could be confirmed in the area further than the three already known to be present...