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Reviving the Skies: Reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture in Bulgaria and t…
On August 1st, an international project titled “Life for the Bearded Vulture” (project #101113869 LIFE22-NAT-BG-Bearded Vulture LIFE) was launched to reintroduce the Bearded Vulture, a symbol of Bulgarian nature protection…
A record-breaking number of Cinereous Vulture outside the Eastern Rhodopes
A total of 20 Cinereous Vultures were counted through visual observation and transmitter data in Vrachanski Balkan in July. This is a record-breaking number of this rare species for the…
The first chick of Cinereous Vulture hatched in the wild in Bulgaria for de…
Meet MITCHEV-BOEV – this is the name of the first juvenile Cinereous Vulture hatched in Bulgaria for the last nearly 30 years and the first in Balkan Mountains for more…
А chick was hatched by a pair in the Kotlenska planina SPA, 36 years after…
Thus, the breeding population of the Black Vulture becomes: 2nd on the Balkans, along with the one in the Dadia NP, Greece. 4th for the Southeast Europe (Dadia, Crimea and…
Sofia Zoo supports in-situ conservation programs in Bulgaria
Sofia Zoo donated fifteen Fellow deer and a Red deer to FWFF and Green Balkan’s Vulture program in Bulgaria. The animals were released in Kresna Gorge and in Kotel Mountain.…
Lead poisoned Griffon vulture in Kotel
A Griffon vulture, released in 2017 in Kotel mountain, was found almost dead under a power line in 2020. Unfortunately, the bird died in the Wildlife Rescue Center in Stara Zagora.…
The Spring of the Cinereous Vulture in Bulgaria – The first observed active…
Three pairs started nesting activity at the beginning of 2021 – two are in the Eastern Balkan Mountains and one in the Vrachanski Balkan. Copulation was also observed in one…