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Specialized Course for investigating wildlife crimes was held in Stara Zagora
Photos: © Volen Arkumarev Specialized course on wildlife crime investigation was held in the Thrakia University of Stara Zagora in the period October 04-06 2023. The trainees were police investigators from 6 regional departments of the Ministry of Interior and two...
Survey of the Food Spectrum of the European Roller in Northern Bulgaria
Photo: © Damyan Petkov In September, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), in collaboration with Electrodistribution Grid West ЕAD and Stefania Kamenova from the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,...
For two years we have been monitoring Vaya’s travels
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...
Second Great white pelican was successfully tagged with a satellite transmitter in Bulgaria
Photo: Vladimir Mladenov At the end of August, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) successfully captured and tagged with a satellite transmitter an adult male Great white pelican in the Burgas Lake area. Additionally, the team managed...
The 34th Nature Conservation Camp “Atanasovsko Lake” 2023 Successfully Concludes
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...
Experts from BSPB successfully tagged with a GPS transmitter Dalmatian pelican in Albania
Photo: Vladimir Mladenov In July, experts from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) successfully captured and tagged with a GPS transmitter Dalmatian pelican in Albania. The project is coordinated by colleagues from Protection and Preservation of...
The Egyptian Vulture Panteley occupied a breeding territory
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...
Danube Delta educational camp connects kids with pelicans
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...
Layman video of the project Life for Safe Flight
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...
Monitoring the nest boxes for Red-footed Falcons and European rollers
© 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...
Summer supplementary feeding of six pairs of Imperial eagles in Sakar
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...
Endangered souslik colony gets a chance for survival in Protected area Zapadna Strandzha
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...