Photo: Vaya in Israel, © Avi Livne Two years have passed since we've been tracking the journeys and adventures of the pink pelican Vaya. We remind you that on September 15, 2021, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) successfully...

Photo: Dimitar Gradinarov The  Nature Conservation Camp “Atanasovsko Lake” 2023 united nearly 100 volunteers from August 19 to 27 for the 34th time, taking care of nature and birds. This year, with the help of brigade participants, we managed to repair two floating...

Even for the most passionate travellers, the time comes to settle and establish a place to call “home”. This time came for Panteley as well, who turned six years old this spring. In the last two months, Panteley occupied a breeding territory in the heart of the...

Photo: © Sebastian Bugariu / SOR A Danube Delta-based educational camp held in June saw over 50 participants from four countries come together to learn more about Dalmatian pelicans – and the important role that rewilding can play in recovering populations of this...

After successful completion of the project LIFE for Safe Flight, dedicated to the conservation of the globally threatened Red-breasted Goose, its layman video is now ready. For the past five years a partnership of 11 organisations and institutions across the entire...

© Damyan Petkov At the end of July, the activities for monitoring the artificial nesting boxes for Red-footed Falcons and European rollers, which were installed last winter and spring in suitable habitats in Northern and Northwestern Bulgaria, were completed. Joint...

From April 15 to July 31, a BSPB team carried out regular individual supplementary feeding of six breeding pairs of Imperial eagles in the Sakar Protected Area. Four of the pairs successfully raised chicks and regularly benefited from the provided food. Three of the...

Last week a team from BSPB and IBER-BAS made a rescue relocation of the sousliks from the colony near Maglizh within the Life for Falcons project. 97 individuals were caught and relocated in a new and safe habitat. A photovoltaic parc will be built on the area which...

Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds has already started buying lands which will be managed sustainably in favour of three globally endangered species: the Eastern Imperial Eagle, the Saker Falcon and the European souslik as part of its campaign Land for...

Photo: © Damyan Petkov A new scientific paper published in Acta Ornithologica tracks the long-term changes in the wintering population of the Pygmy Cormorant in Southern Bulgaria. Water birds are declining globally due to different threats that affect their abundance...