Sep 9, 2024 | News
© Iordanka Lukanova/BSPB This past weekend, we marked the beginning of the new LIFE project, “Restoration of the Cinereous vulture population and trophic chain in the Bulgarian-Greek cross-border region,” (“LIFE Rhodope Vulture”) with a three-day Vulture Festival...Sep 3, 2024 | News
© Dimitar Gradinarov A volunteer conservation brigade, organized by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) in the area of Burgas, brought together nearly 60 volunteers from August 24 to September 1 to help protect nature and birds. The brigade...Aug 28, 2024 | News
© Bogdan Boev Six additional Cinereous vultures, transported from Spain, arrived last week in the Rhodope Mountains rewilding landscape. The first group of these vultures arrived in the Rhodopes in 2022, and now a total of 16 birds are living freely in the area. The...Aug 20, 2024 | News
In July BSPB, FPWC/BirdLife Armenia and SABUKO/BirdLife Georgia held a joint expedition to study raptors in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia. During five days the teams shared best practices in the field and exchanged experience on raptor conservation, habitat...Aug 16, 2024 | News
© Stela Trendafilova/BSPB The BSPB team tagged two young Egyptian vultures last week with GPS transmitters. They are the offspring of the famous family of Izi and Lucky. This is the first time in the world that an entire family of the endangered species will be...Aug 14, 2024 | News
The team of BSPB completed a study aimed to assess pigeon losses due to birds of prey in Bulgaria, identify areas with high risks of raptor attacks and collisions with powerlines, and suggest mitigation measures. Data on raptor attack frequency and phenology were...