Pictures: Nelly Valkanova The Haskovo Regional Branch of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIB) presented the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) Eastern Rhodopes Nature Conservation Centre with a special award in...

From 21 to 25 September 2026, the Faculty of Biology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" will host the European Conference on the Conservation of Small Mammals.  The conference is organised by Habitat Foundation and the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem...

Pictures - Dimitar Gradinarov BSPB A protest against the investment proposal was held in front of the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) in Haskovo. The decisive votes in the Environmental Expert Council came from the representative of Krumovgrad...

The RESTORIVER project marked the end of its journey on 9 June 2026, with a final conference held at Hotel Riga in Ruse. Led by BSPB/BirdLife Bulgaria as the lead partner, the project united 15 partners from Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, and...

Pictures - Dimitar Gradinarov - BSPB  A conference organized by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and WWF Bulgaria brought together representatives of institutions, academia, and civil society organizations in Sofia for the first expert dialogue...

A new international study published in Avian Research presents the first comprehensive genetic analysis of the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) across the species’ entire range — from Southeastern Europe to Central Asia. The study involved scientists and...

The young Egyptian Vultures from the Class of 2026 of the “Vulture School” programme have successfully completed their adaptation and training period and are now flying freely in the skies above the Eastern Rhodope Mountains. Picture: Chris Eley After spending several...

Photo: © Luiza Nikolaeva On 24–25 May 2026, the Eastern Rhodopes once again demonstrated why they are among Europe’s most valuable wildlife areas. Fourteen participants from the Sofia group of BSPB’s ornithology course spent two unforgettable days near Madzharovo,...

Scientists from the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS), partners in the “Life for Falcons” project, have launched the 2026 breeding season for the Romanian hamster. The first litter of eight pups was born...

The international project “Egyptian Vulture New LIFE”, coordinated by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), has won the Citizens’ Prize (LIFE Citizens’ Prize) at the LIFE Awards 2026 – the European Union’s most prestigious awards for nature...

This spring, a joint team of experts from the ACBK and M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University successfully carried out the capture and satellite tagging of Red-breasted Geese in northern Kazakhstan as part of two international conservation initiatives: the BSPB...

Five more cinereous vultures have arrived in Bulgaria from Spain as part of the ongoing efforts to restore the species in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains within the LIFE Rhodope vulture project.  The transfer was made possible through the collaboration between the...