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Événements Publié le 17 avril 2019
New scientific article about the Egyptian vulture
Landfills provide food availabilty but have a negative impact on the physiology of Egyptian vultures
A recent study monitored a population of Egyptian vultures in the Iberian Peninsula and showed that birds prefer to nest in areas near landfills. Fledglings fed with food collected from landfills are "better fed" and experience "fewer food shortages" than those who are not, but this new food resource seems to have an impact on the health of Egyptian vultures.
Événements Publié le 17 avril 2019
Scientific article about the Egyptian vulture
Long term link between the food diet and the breeding success in a declining population of Egyptian vultures.
Context :
Between 2000 and 2009, a study was carried out in Andalusia, southern Spain, whose aim was to analyse the productivity and food habits of Egyptian vultures in 13 territories. The annual 3.4 % decline of the inhabited territories is alarming. In less than a decade, the number of inhabited territories went down from 33 to 23 over the 170 000 km2 studied zone.
Événements Publié le 11 mars 2019
Ethiopian expedition for vulture conservation
In January 2019, an expedition to Ethiopia was conducted jointly by BSPB, RSPB, Birdlife Africa, EWNHS, SCF, NCF and APLORI with three objectives :
- Check the number of Egyptian vultures in Afar wintering sites and in a small area of the Oromia region.
- Gather evidence of the main threats (poisoning, electrocution/collision, direct persecution) in order to implement appropriate conservation actions.
- Fix GPS/GSM transmitters on Egyptian vultures.
Here below is a summary of the results of the expedition :
Publications Publié le 11 mars 2019
VULTURES INFO N° 35
The latest « Vulture info » magazine n° 35, dated winter 2018/2019, can now be downloaded.
The last French and international news about the monitoring and studies on various species, conservation actions, awareness raising and communication actions is available.
Enjoy the reading !
Événements Publié le 11 mars 2019
Ringing program – telemetric monitoring of the Egyptian vulture in France - 2018 follow up Report
Within the national action plan for the Egyptian vulture –“Plan national d’Actions Vautour percnoptère”- ringing and telemetric monitoring of the species are developing with all the association and institutional partners of the program, particularly for GPS tracking operations : the conservatory of natural areas in the French south-eastern region (Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels Région PACA) and the joint association of the Gardon gorges (Syndicat Mixte des Gorges du Gardon).
The various operations and results are presented in the follow-up report by Erick Kobierzycki, technical coordinator for the National Actions Plan "Egyptian vulture".
Événements Publié le 7 février 2019
2018 Report on the breeding season of the Egyptian Vulture in the South-east France
In 2018, the number of couples staying in the south-eastern part of France welcomed a new couple. They were 17 couples in 2015 and the population grew to 20 in 2018. 17 young fledged. The information on the breeding period of the species in the South-East, the monitoring with photo-traps of feeding stations and the telemetric monitoring of some south-eastern birds is available in the annual report by Cécile Ponchon (CEN PACA), coordinator of the National Actions Plan for the Egyptian vulture in South-East France and local contributors implied in the monitoring and conservation of the species.
Événements Publié le 31 janvier 2019
More than 800 Egyptian Vultures migrating to Sarimazi
The Bulgarian association for the protection of birds (BSPB), Doga Dernegi, and the RSPD have set up a camp in Sarimazi, a migration bottleneck in the South of Turkey. From mid-August to mid-October, 3 observation zones made it possible to monitor most of the Egyptian vultures and other birds of prey migrating around the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea. 106731 birds , of which 813 Egyptian vultures, were counted.
A complete version of the daily bird count and the total count is available on Sarimazi count website.
Événements Publié le 31 janvier 2019
Imminent extinction of the Egyptian vulture on Santo Antão island in Cape Verde
« The Egypian Vulture Neophron percnopterus,
Indicator of the evolution of island ecosystems
Example: Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde »
Published in ALAUDA, International ornithological Magazine, Volume 86 (4) 2018
Événements Publié le 21 décembre 2018
Poison is both a silent weapon and a plague for scavengers
The « Réseau Vigilance Poison » (Vigilance Poison Network) led by the « LPO » (League for the Protection of Birds) has collected the bodies of scavengers in the Pyrénées for 15 years in order to identify the causes of mortality. The results are clear : 24% of the mortality cases are due to illegal poisoning and the number is growing.
Événements Publié le 19 décembre 2018
Bob, an Egyptian vulture, is starting its migration
Bob, the young Egyptian vulture born in 2017 in the Grands Causses (South of France) and equipped with a GPS tracker last April has just left its birthplace to start its first migration to the South of Europe. It had missed migration last year due to flight difficulties. The wildlife rescue centre took care of it between September 2017 and March 2018. Its departure coincides with strong northern winds and sudden low temperatures. It was seen around September 24th in the regional nature park La Narbonnaise in the Mediterranean area and is now flying over Spain near the Cadi Moixero nature park. Its tracker regularly transmits data allowing to locate it.
