The pesky ravens (Short stories from guards’ diaries)

26.01.2014

When Vasilis, the guardian of one of the last Egyptian vulture's nests in north-eastern Greece, observed 30 ravens flying around the nest was quite anxious. September had started and the 2 chicks had hardly come up from their nest. In 2013, this pair delayed to nest since only one parent was present throughout April. The other parent appeared at the end of April. For this...

Gender equality? Not necessarily! (Short stories from guards’ diaries)

22.01.2014

Katerina, Paschalis and Thodoris, the guards of 3 Egyptian vultures' nests in Dadia National Park and in Nea Santa, were impressed by the gender equality among male and female Egyptian vultures during their breeding activities. They observed that the parents collaborate during all breeding phases. Together they fly from place to place on the rock till they decide the final...

The project for capacity building in the wintering grounds of the Balkan Egyptian vulture population finished successfully

19.12.2013

photos: D.Gradinarov The short (only 8 months), but valuable project “Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of Migratory Egyptian Vultures (Neophron percnopterus) from the Western Palearctic on their Wintering Grounds in Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad” implemented in 2013 gave important information about vulture‘s wintering territories and built...

Svetlina in Ethiopia

26.11.2013

We continue to present you interesting journeys of the young Egyptian Vultures. This time the focus is again on Svetlina. On the morning of the 22nd of November she left Yemen, crossed the Red Sea via Bab el Mandeb and entered into Africa through Djibouti. By the end of the day Svetlina reached Afar in Ethiopia where spent the night between 24th and 25th of November...

2 out of 10… or where are the juvenile Egyptian vultures

19.11.2013

Out of 10 juveniles that we tagged with satellite transmitters in 2013, only 2 survived. Unfortunately, in early October Ilina was found dead on a small island northwest of Rhodes. Ironically, her brother Ilin was found near his home nest , killed most likely from terrestrial predators . Unhappy destiny has also Ibrahim, whose last signal came to us on the 25 September...

Against the poisoning of large carnivores in Europe

02.11.2013

Experts from „The return of the Neophron“ participated in the LIFE+ ANTIDOTO congress „The poisoning of wildlife in Europa. Impact on threatened species and tackling measures“, 24 – 25 October, Assergi - Italy. Vladimir Dobrev and Victoria Saravia presented the main problems about poisoning on the Balkans and some of the crucial aspects...