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The seventh issue of the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE Project Newsletter
© Dimitris Vavylis/HOS Introducing the seventh issue of the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE Project Newsletter. It systematically collects the most interesting activities for the protection of the emblematic species from the beginning of the year until now, carried out by a...
Three Egyptian vultures were tagged with transmitters in the Eastern Rhodopes
Nero, © Volen Arkumarev At the end of July, a BSPB team tagged three more Egyptian vultures with GPS transmitters in the Eastern Rhodopes. Meet Bella, Sky, and Nero. Bella and Sky are four years old and soon to be fully grown, and Nero is three years old. The three...
IBER team mapped successfully Romanian hamster colonies in Bulgaria
© Yordan Koshev & Maria Kachamakova The IBER team mapped donor colonies of the Romanian hamster instead of the hot weather and harsh conditions in July 2022. During the research holes were found and some individuals were captured. The hamsters were measured and...
UN Members States have voted to recognize the right to a healthy environment as a human right
Photo: © Dimitar Gradinarov UN Members States have voted to recognize the right to a healthy environment as a human right! With 161 votes for, 0 against, and 8 abstentions. Although not legally binding, this unequivocal statement is a powerful force for action....
BSPB team tagged an Eastern imperial eagle with a satellite transmitter
© Volen Arkumarev This week a young Eastern imperial eagle was successfully tagged with a satellite transmitter in its nest in Southeastern Bulgaria by our colleagues . Thus the tagged birds in the last two years are already 5, and our goal is to reach 10 within the...
Pesticides in the new CAP: business as usual puts nature and human health at risk
The use of synthetic pesticides contaminates our air, water and wider environment, which harms human health and continues to drive biodiversity decline in agricultural areas. Therefore, Member States urgently need to reduce the use and risk of pesticides and deliver...
А second pair of Saker Falcons was registered on the territory of Bulgaria!
The newly discovered pair, © Ivaylo Klisurov A few days ago, experts from BSPB and Green Balkans registered a new pair of Saker Falcons in nature! Initially, a male bird and a young fledgling were observed, and subsequently, the presence of a female was confirmed....
The breeding season of the Dalmatian pelicans in Persina Nature Park and the Kalimok-Brushlen Protected Area has ended
Kalimok-Brushlen Protected Area, © Damyan Petkov Unfortunately, 2022 turned out to be an unkind year for the Dalmatian pelican of the Balkan Peninsula. In the spring, more than 2,000 adults from breeding colonies in Greece and the Danube Delta in Romania died as a...
For the first time on the Balkans a captive-bred Egyptian Vulture released in the wild forms a pair
Boyana and her partner, © Volen Arkumarev The famous vulture named Boyana and her partner occupied a breeding territory in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. It is the first time this territory is occupied by the species for over 20 years. The male is a wild untagged...
Throwback snap from 14 years ago!
© Volen Arkumarev A few days ago we tagged with GPS transmitter a gorgeous female Egyptian Vulture within the LIFE project “Egyptian Vulture New LIFE” and named it Adi. It is a bird with an extraordinary story that started 14 years ago. Let’s make a little throwback...
Historic moment – first Dalmatian pelican tagged with a satellite transmitter from a nesting colony in Bulgaria
© Dimo Shehlarski On June 24, a team of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) successfully tagged with a satellite transmitter a young Dalmatian pelican from the breeding colony of the species in the Kalimok-Brushlen Protected Area. This is the...
Training seminar on the project “Pelican Way of LIFE”
© Svilen Cheshmedziev A training seminar was held in Lemos (Greece), near Prespa Lake, on June 22-23 as part of the "Pelican Way of LIFE" project. The workshop is specially organized for experts from Albania, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkey. The aim of the...