Our team was nicely surprised by a newly appeared small whilte ball in Bearded vultures' nest early in the morning. We have been observing constant copulations for the last two months and we hope that the egg will be fertile, but only time will tell.
The Bearded vulture pair have been in the Center since 2008, it is the only breeding pair in Bulgaria and we hope that this will be their fourth year in a row as parents.
The species has gone extinct from Bulgaria in the middle of the last century. Green Balkans' are part of an international nature conservation group, led by VCF, which works for the recovery of the species in Europe, as some of the birds, hatched in our Center, are already flying in the sky above the Old Continent.
Additional information:
Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is the largest coordinated network for nature conservation. More than 30% of the territory of Bulgaria falls within the scope of the network - 120 areas for the protection of wild birds and 234 areas for the protection of natural habitats.
Bearded Vulture
The Bearded Vulture - protected within the Natura 2000 ecological network. A symbol of Bulgarian nature protection, sadly extinct from the Bulgarian fauna since the 1960s. Its former habitats are protected within the Natura 2000 network.
The information activities of the Green Balkans' Wildlife rehabilitation and breeding center are implemented within project '"NATURA 2000 in Bulgaria - NEW HORIZONS" LIFE17 GIE/BG/000371
