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A new project reveals the secrets of the Egyptian vulture in Central Asia
© Vladimir Dobrev The first-ever project on the Egyptian vulture in Uzbekistan was kicked off in June 2021. The main goal of the project is to reveal the migration routes and wintering grounds of Egyptian vultures from the Central Asian population of the species and...
Nature conservation brigade “Atanasovsko lake” 2021 successfully completed
From 21 to 29 of August 2021 nature conservation brigade “Atanasovsko lake” gathered nearly 50 volunteers for the 32nd time. Its main goal was to help providing a better nesting environment for the birds in the area by maintaining and repairing the existing...
Activities and results in the conservation of the Egyptian vulture – Project Newsletter №5
© Bogdan Boev It was also the turn of the fifth Newsletter of the “Egyptian Vulture New LIFE” project, which presents a variety of conservation, research, and communication activities dedicated to the conservation of the iconic species in a number of countries along...
The dangerous power line which caused the death of dozens of storks was secured
Over the last two days Electrodistribution North AD (part of ENERGO-PRO) secured the dangerous electric poles near the village of Stozher, Dobrich Municipality, which caused the death of dozens and most probably hundreds of storks during their migration. Last week,...
IVAD 2021 challenge “Can we outrun real-time migrating Egyptian vultures?
Inspired by last year challenge results, enthusiasm and the spirit where more than 180 people from 19 countries fulfilled the motto "Birds connect our world" and took part in our real-time running challenge, surpassing the result of the three migrating Egyptian...
For five months we watched live the secret life of birds
In April our team installed cameras for online video surveillance to two stork nests in the villages of Yarlovo and Dragushinovo. Since then a lot of interesting, and some worrying events took place and captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of people from...
For the first time in Bulgaria we have been tracking the flight of 10 Lesser spotted eagles
Over the last two weeks, a team from the Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds (BSPB) placed GPS-GSM transmitters on seven Lesser spotted eagles thus increasing the number of the tagged birds to ten. Three of the transmitters were placed last year. This activity...
Huge environmental success for Bulgaria – the National Action Plan for Combating Poisoning in Nature enters into force
Photo: © Mathias Putze On August 2, the Minister of Environment and Water approved the National Action plan to combat the Illicit use of poisons in the wild (2021-2030), developed by the Bulgarian Society for the protection of Birds. This plan is an extremely...
Successful breeding season for Dalmatian pelicans in “Persina” nature park and protected area “Kalimok – Brashlen”
© Svilen Cheshmedziev For the sixth year in a row, Dalmatian pelicans nesting in Persina Nature Park had a successful breeding season. It is completely delightful that in 2021 the pelicans occupied all three wooden platforms build for them in the marshes on Persin...
The field surveys under the LIFE Danube Free Sky project have started
In the middle of March 2021, the field surveys under the LIFE Danube Free Sky project (LIFE19 NAT/SK/001023) started. This is one of the key activities in the project, from which the team of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) will receive...
A record number of 41 pairs of Imperial eagles in Bulgaria
Imperial Eagle, © Svetoslav Spasov Three – that was the number of the known nests of globally endangered Imperial eagle in Bulgaria in the 1970s. Today they are the record number of 41! Six newly found pairs of the species were added to the 35 known ones thus...
EU countries take giant step towards killing nature
By Honey Kohan Today, representatives from European governments, the European Parliament and the European Commission struck a deal on the EU’s farming policy, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), for the next seven years. Every year, between 2021-2027 around 54...