Good breeding season for bearded vultures in the Alps – more pairs (34) and the same number wild born chicks fledged (19) than last year

After becoming extinct by the beginning of the 20th century, bearded vultures started to be reintroduced in the Alps in 1986, in a project coordinated by the Vulture Conservation Foundation, and implemented by a number of partners in 4 countries across the mountain chain. First breeding happened in 1997, and the population has been steadily […]

September 12th, 2015 | Category: bearded Vulture, European Raptors | One comment - (Comments are closed)