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Results from the first field surveys in Bulgaria under the project “EP for Birds LIFE”
Photo: © Vladimir Dobrev / Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds In February, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds carried out the first field surveys under the project “EP for Birds LIFE”. A total of 1,085 power poles were identified...
Bird Conservation Experts from Around the World Gathered in Bratislava
© Jozef Chavko The risk of interaction with power lines and other electrical equipment has been documented in more than 380 bird species, including critically endangered ones. Several million birds die each year after colliding with power lines or being electrocuted...
New Case of Cinereous Vulture Poisoning in the “Byala Reka” Protected Area
Photo: © Nikolay Terziev/BSPB On 17 March 2026, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) recorded a case of Cinereous vulture poisoning in the area of the village of Mandritsa, within the “Byala Reka” protected area. The alert was received...
EDN North continues activities under its key bird conservation project in Northeastern Bulgaria
Photo: EDN North With the arrival of spring, EDN North is continuing its work on the project “Safe Sky for Birds in North-Eastern Bulgaria”, funded by the EU LIFE Programme and implemented in partnership with the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds. The...
Mass poisoning threatens key Cinereous Vulture colony in the Balkans
Photo: © NECCA A mass poisoning incident in Dadia–Lefkimi–Soufli National Park in northeastern Greece has resulted in the death of nine Cinereous Vulture individuals, while three were found in critical condition but rescued. Two of them have already been released back...
EP Yug to make thousands of power poles bird-safe under EU LIFE project to protect globally threatened bird species
Photo: © EVN Bulgaria For the first time, the network company of EVN Bulgaria will act as coordinator of an international project with partners from Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Turkey. On 18 March 2026, in Plovdiv, the international project “Reduction of mortality...
The first birds from the 2026 class of the BSPB Vulture School have already been housed in the special aviary in the Eastern Rhodopes
The two Egyptian vultures, which were donated to the Bulgarian nature by the British organization Hortsmann Trust, arrived in our country on February 18. For a month, they were under quarantine at Sofia Zoo, where they were cared for by specialists from the zoo's...
The first Egyptian Vulture of the spring has arrived in Bulgaria
Spring is already here – and this time it arrived on the wings of Egyptian vultures. Earlier today, before noon, the first Egyptian vulture of the year returned to Bulgaria. In the Eastern Rhodopes and in some parts of the Balkan Peninsula, such as Greece and Albania,...
Two Egyptian Vultures Donated from the United Kingdom to Support Conservation in Bulgaria
On 18 February, two Egyptian vultures arrived at Sofia Airport “Vasil Levski” on a flight from the United Kingdom. The birds have been donated to support conservation efforts in Bulgaria and will be included in the national Egyptian Vulture population reinforcement...
VisitSakar.com Presented at Holiday & Spa Expo 2026
Between 12 and 14 February, the international tourism exhibition Holiday & Spa Expo took place at the Inter Expo Centre, where the team of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds officially presented the new online platform VisitSakar.com to a broad...
Scaling Up Vulture Conservation: Three Replication Projects Funded Through LIFE Rhodope Vulture
Photo: © Bogdan Boev We are pleased to announce that three project proposals have been awarded grants for the implementation of Replication Projects under the open call launched within the framework of the LIFE Rhodope Vulture project. Together, these three...
Call for Offers: Remote Sensing Research Services under EP for Birds LIFE
Contracting beneficiary: Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) Project: EP for Birds LIFE (LIFE Programme of the European Union) Procedure type: selection based on the best value for money principle Subject BSPB invites offers for the provision of...