Bearded vultures released in the Baronnies – a new reintroduction site – finally fledged

 

Girun and Volcaire – two young bearded vultures bred in captivity within the VCF managed captive-breeding network – were placed in the hacking platform on the 3rd of June, as part of the reintroduction project in the Alps-Grands Causses, now managed under the LIFE GYPCONNECT project.

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July 19th, 2016 | Category: bearded Vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Reintroduction | Comments are closed

Black vulture in Mallorca – new record this breeding season with 25 eggs hatched – but some controversy over access to exclusion areas too

Serra de Tramuntana, Mallorca

Black vulture in Mallorca – new record this breeding season with 25 eggs hatched – but some controversy over access to exclusion areas too.

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July 19th, 2016 | Category: Black Vulture, raptor captive breeding, Raptor Reintroduction | Comments are closed

The only Hen Harrier we are likely to see in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland

Mark Avery and Chris Packham drinking a few cans of the Local Hen Harrier beer, the only type of Hen Harrier anyone is now likely to see in the Forest of Bowland, or anywhere else in England for that matter following extensive persecution. Please sign the petition to ban driven grouse shooting. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003

July 19th, 2016 | Category: Hen Harriers | Comments are closed