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New report reveals huge declines in Europe’s birds
A new study on breeding birds in the EU shows one out of every six birds over nearly a 40 -year period has been lost. Overall, we have lost around 600 million breeding birds in the EU since 1980. Scientists comprising a team of European collaborators from RSPB,...
Disney Conservation Fund supports the Egyptian Vulture conservation in the Balkans
The Hellenic Ornithological Society/BirdLife Greece in a partnership with the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds/BirdLife Bulgaria are among the most recent recipients of a grant from the Disney Conservation Fund, for their many years of work to protect the...
The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds celebrated the World migratory bird day in the Sofia Subway!
The Bulgarian Society for the protection of Birds celebrated the World Migratory Bird Day in the Sofia subway! Short video presenting the Egyptian vulture and two other emblematic migratory birds – the Red-breasted goose, and the Lesser spotted eagle was projected...
Results of the nest guarding campaign 2021 in Bulgaria
© Еmil Yordanov Between August 9 and 28, for the ninth consecutive year, the BSPB's nest guarding campaign took place. This season, the necessary funds for the campaign were raised, thanks to donors from all over the country, who supported the guardians of the...
The Egyptian Vulture in the Focus on the World Migratory Bird Day in Provadia, Bulgaria
© Dimitar Gradinarov This Saturday, October 9, on World Migratory Bird Day, two events dedicated to the emblematic Egyptian vulture took place in Provadia, Bulgaria. The region hosts the most famous family of Egyptian vultures not only in Bulgaria but also around the...
Rare bird species will fly along the lines of the Sofia metropolitan on the Migratory Bird Day
On the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day the displays in the Sofia metropolitan will broadcast a video, dedicated to some of the rarest migratory birds in Bulgaria – Egyptian vulture, Red-breasted goose and Lesser spotted eagle. The initiative aims at spreading...
Field survey to try to reveal the numbers of migratory geese populations in Kazakhstan
On the World Bird Migratory Day this year an international expedition organized by AEWA Secretariat, BSPB/BirdLife Bulgaria and ACBK will try to get closer to understanding the numbers and population status of tow of the rarest goose species - the Lesser White-fronted...
A bird belonging to one of the rarest and most iconic species in the world – the Imperial Eagle, was shot near Yambol
© Green Balkans On September 20th, a team of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) found the helpless bird thanks to its GPS/GSM transmitter. Shortly afterward the eagle was transported to the Green Balkans Wildlife Rescue Center. The veterinarians...
For the first time in Bulgaria, we are tagging a Great white pelican with a satellite transmitter
© Ralitsa Georgieva After a team of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) marked a Dalmatian pelican in Atanasovsko Lake with a satellite transmitter in February, a Great white pelican was successfully trapped and tagged on September 15 in the area...
Cinereous vulture found poisoned in the vicinity of the town of Krumovgrad
Once again illegally placed poison in the wild causes the death of an endangered bird species in our country On Friday (September 17th), the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) received a report of a poisoned Cinereous vulture in the area of...
The first field studies of dangerous power lines in Southeastern Bulgaria have been completed
© Anton Stamenov The first field studies of the dangerous power lines in Southeastern Bulgaria, carried out within the BSPB projects for implementation of measures from the Action plans for the Conservation of the Saker Falcon (BG16M1OP002-3.027-0007) and the Imperial...
A poacher who has killed dozens of endangered bird and mammal species was caught in Bulgaria
In a joint action of representatives of Regional Police in the town Razgrad and State Hunting Area "Voden-Iri Hissar" the person, R.K. was detained. During the inspection in the home of the offender, frozen carcasses and stuffed animals of over 20 species of protected...