The Birds of Prey Protection Foundation took a part in “Workshop for the future of Vulture in Balkans. Tackling Threats and Building Network opportunities, Messolonghi, Greece” from 7th to 9th of December 2018. We thank our hosts for the hospitality and extraordinary organization of the workshop.

At the same time as we stayed in Greece, we received information from Maria Ganoti and a photo of our Griffon Vulture with wing label “33” located at Athens on Mount Parnitha.

We marked him in May this year on Uvac, and the last time he was recorded with video surveillance on September 30, 2018. at the Rastoke feeding station on Uvac:

In Turkey, near the Syrian border was found in our griffon vulture with a wing with “18”. He was the gentlest sup at this year marking the Uvac and is known for its “self” photographs with team members marking the Foundation for the Protection of Birds of Prey.

The bird is found starved, but healthy and after recovery he will be released. The Vulture was taken over by the Burak Tatar Wildlife Biologist Department” of the Wildlife Management Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In addition to the Vulture named “Kerem”, which was also saved in Turkey (more about that… » ) this is another example of good practice that shows how Turkey has made progress in protecting endangered species in recent years.

Unfortunately, because of the small number of feeding stations in Serbia, there is a sharp competition in the winter period, and young birds are forced to leave Serbia. We estimate that about 50 young birds from Serbia died from such wanderings annually.

The photo of “Marija mts” we have got from Brano Rudić. He made it on the “Vape River” near the Uvac. Satellite tracking shows her movement during that period on the same place.

Photography by Brano Rudić from 27.10.2018.:

Satellite track record of “Marija mts” on the October 26th and 27th of 2018. year:

Photo of “Marija mts” before she was released with satellite transmitter and wing marker “06”, on the 1.9.2018. More about that here… »

Dear friends,

The Web site of the Foundation is enriched with many new contents. There are informations about marking…» and “naming – adoption”…» of Griffon Vultures, our Center…» for the Rehabilitation of Birds of Prey, “GPS TRacking”…» two Griffon Vultures – Zlatar and Marija, to which we are particularly proud of. How you can get involved…» and support a number of activities. You can also see some of our activities in “Photo”…» and “Video”…» Gallery.

Our goal is to keep the presentation up-to-date and to provide informations about the latest events in the field of protection and conservation of this group of birds and biodiversity of Serbia in general. We also would like to have a lot of interaction with visitors to our Presentation (contact…»).

Welcome!

Photographs of the Griffon Vulture “Dodo” were taken in Bulgaria on the Studen rock, near the border with Turkey. We were sent by Dimiter. Dodo was last recorded on Mount Carmel in Israel in March this year. It seems he is coming back home to Uvac. He is last year’s bird, who as marked at the nest at Uvac.

Jury: Zoran Milutinovic, Luke Ristanović, Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Sasa Preradović and Joseph Gergely chose photos that have received the award.

I AWARD is the little owl, Glaucidium passerinum, author Vladan Vučković:

II AWARD is a photography of a Spotted Eagle, Clanga clanga by Levente Sekereš:

Our Griffon Vulture which we marked in June 2018 on the Uvac with wing mark “21”, who was about two weeks ago trapped by accidenton the roof of a supermarket in Istanbul successfully recovered and released. More about that here… »

Today we got information that our young Griffon Vulture with wing mark “21” was in trouble in Istambul. Vulture somehow was stucked on the roof of a supermarket. Firefighters came to help, but they could not catch him. Thanks to the Mr. Kerem Yesilyurt, the Vulture is saved and now is under the supervision of a veterinarian at the National Ministry. He should be released soon. Griffon Vulture with the mark “21” is named “Kerem”, according to his rescuer.

We would like to thank everyone for their efforts to save our bird!

You can see what was happening here… »

Photos from Istambul:

Kerem Yeşilyurt

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The Griffon Vulture “21” was hatched in Radoinja lake. He was marked by the Birds of Prey Protection Foundation Marking Team on the 2.6.2018. in the program of monitoring the Griffon Vultures in the Special Reserve of Nature “Uvac”, in Serbia.

Photos, 2.6.2018.:

Radoinja, 2.6.2018.

The alpinist returns the marked Griffon Vulture to the nest.

The Griffon Vulture which was marked in June 2018 in the nest with a mark “26”, last recorded in the colony on the Uvac on the 30 August, close to the nest. Colleague Volen Arkumarev sent us a photo from the Potochnits feeding places in eastern Rhodopes.