Read about the start of the Bearded Vulture breeding season in captivity and other exciting news in our latest newsletter!
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** Vulture Conservation Foundation news bulletin
September 2020
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** The start of the new breeding season for Bearded Vultures in captivity!
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The previous breeding season of Bearded Vultures in captivity only finished a couple of months ago, and it seems the birds are already getting into the mood for the next one!
In the image above, you can see the gorgeous pair BG 108x175. On 27 September, the pair performed an unsuccessful copulation attempt, signalling the start of the new breeding season for the species in captivity! These vultures have been parents in the past and reside at the Richard Faust Bearded Vulture Specialised Captive Breeding Centre in Austria that hosts the most birds out of any other facility within the Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network (EEP).
During the beginning of the breeding season, human keepers need to provide the necessary nesting material to pairs and constantly monitor their progress.
We hope the 2020/21 breeding season will be a fruitful one, allowing for several releases of birds into the wild!
Pair in Austria signals the start of the new breeding season of Bearded Vultures in captivity ([link removed])
** New study demonstrates that vultures don't pose a threat to public health or other species
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A recently published study illustrates that although vultures can carry microorganisms that can cause disease in humans, there is no evidence that they spread these to humans and other species, but more likely limit the spread of diseases. However, further research is required to fully evaluate the role of vultures in disease transmission, as scientific evidence is still limited.
Research review: study finds no clear evidence that vultures spread microorganisms to humans and other species, but more likely reduce disease transmission ([link removed])
** Latest news about Europe's four vulture species
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** Bearded Vulture
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West Nile Virus poses a threat to Bearded Vultures in captivity – and to humans too ([link removed])
2020 Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting cancelled – but join us for a webinar on Bearded Vultures on November 13th! ([link removed])
Plumage, bleached feathers and moulting: How we can tell apart Bearded Vultures in the wild! ([link removed])
Pyrenean Bearded Vulture rescued three times and unable to return to the wild becomes part of the captive-breeding programme ([link removed])
First study on the conservation status of vultures and raptors in Morocco reveals mortality hotspots ([link removed])
Bearded Vulture “Vigo” left Derbyshire and is heading south — where to now? ([link removed])
The International Bearded Vulture Monitoring Network 2019 Annual Report ([link removed])
Vulture watching: Tarifa during bird migration - the European region where you might see six vulture species! ([link removed])
Why we need to protect vultures ([link removed])
** Griffon Vulture
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First flights of the first-ever Griffon Vulture fitted with a GPS tag in Mallorca ([link removed])
First study on the conservation status of vultures and raptors in Morocco reveals mortality hotspots ([link removed])
Why we need to protect vultures ([link removed])
Vulture watching: Tarifa during bird migration - the European region where you might see six vulture species! ([link removed])
** Egyptian Vulture
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Four more captive-bred Egyptian Vultures released in Basilicata as part of the restocking efforts in Italy ([link removed])
Update on Egyptian Vultures released in Italy this year: one reached Africa another needed rescuing ([link removed])
First study on the conservation status of vultures and raptors in Morocco reveals mortality hotspots ([link removed])
Why we need to protect vultures ([link removed])
Vulture watching: Tarifa during bird migration - the European region where you might see six vulture species! ([link removed])
** Cinereous Vulture
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2020 Cinereous Vulture breeding results in Herdade da Contenda — an important colony in Portugal ([link removed])
The first movements of three GPS-tagged Cinereous Vultures in Portugal that recently fledged ([link removed])
Why we need to protect vultures ([link removed])
Vulture watching: Tarifa during bird migration - the European region where you might see six vulture species! ([link removed])
** Latest news from our vulture conservation projects
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Vultures Back to LIFE ([link removed]) led by Green Balkans and the Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna, aims to reintroduce the Cinereous Vulture back to Bulgaria since it was declared extinct in the 1980s.
Latest news
The Ambassador of Spain in Bulgaria visited the Green Balkans as part of the Vultures Back to LIFE project ([link removed])
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The LIFE Rupis ([link removed]) project, led by Portuguese wildlife organisation SPEA and co-funded by the MAVA Foundation, is working in the cross-border Douro region of Spain and Portugal to protect and strengthen the populations of Egyptian Vultures and Bonelli's Eagle.
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Is Cinereous Vulture Carrascalinho a Real Madrid fan? ([link removed])
The first movements of three GPS-tagged Cinereous Vultures in Portugal that recently fledged ([link removed])
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The LIFE Rupis ([link removed]) project, led by Portuguese wildlife organisation SPEA and co-funded by the MAVA Foundation, is working in the cross-border Douro region of Spain and Portugal to protect and strengthen the populations of Egyptian Vultures and Bonelli's Eagle.
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How many Bearded Vultures are currently present in Vercors where the species is being reintroduced? ([link removed])
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The LIFE with Vultures ([link removed]) project, led by BirdLife Cyprus, aims to save the threatened Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus by tackling key threats and restocking their population.
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Griffon Vulture in Cyprus crashes with a car — the bird's fate remains a mystery ([link removed])
GPS movements of 58 Bearded Vultures
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The International Bearded Vulture Monitoring Network (IBM) monitors Bearded Vultures across seven different regions in Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland through common observations and with GPS tags.
Overall, the IBM network monitors 58-tagged birds, both wild-hatched and captive-bred. Monitoring the movements of Bearded Vultures is important to evaluate the success of our reintroduction projects, and this year we can follow the movements of 18 more individuals. Six wild hatched — five hatched in 2020 and one (Pierro) in 2019 — as well as 12 captive-bred and released in different regions as part of reintroduction efforts — two in Switzerland, three in Baronnies/Vercors, five in the Grands Causses and two in Maestrazgo. View the latest movements of 58 Bearded Vultures in the wild across seven important European regions. ([link removed])
We here at the Vulture Conservation Foundation follow the movements of several vultures as part of different projects. You can track the movements of all the European vulture species we tagged within our different projects and regions by visiting our online public maps ([link removed]) .
Bearded Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Cinereous Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Egyptian Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Griffon Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Photo credits: Hans Frey/Vulture Conservation Foundation, Pilar Oliva, Hansruedi Weyrich, Bruno Berthemy
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