We protect the forests and the eagles of Bulgaria
About the project
The objective of the LIFE for Eagle’s Habitats project is the long-term preservation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle population by securing the protection and sustainable management of the species’ nesting and foraging habitats, as well as the creation of new ones. The project will be implemented on the territory of twenty Special Protection Areas of the Natura 2000 network in Eastern Bulgaria.
News
Where do the Lesser Spotted Eagles spend the winter?
The new transmitters, which we placed on Lesser Spotted Eagles within the project Life for Eagle’s habitat, send us lots of interesting data for the migration and territories which birds have visited. At the moment we are receiving data from 8 out of 10 transmitters....
5.1 ha will be afforest till the end of the year in State Hunting Area Balchik
5.1 ha new forests will be afforest until the end of 2021 in the State Hunting area Balchik within the project Life for Eagle's Habitats. 2.9 ha have been already afforest with saplings of Quercus cerris during the summer. This is three belts in the land of the...
Rare bird species will fly along the lines of the Sofia metropolitan on the Migratory Bird Day
On the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day the displays in the Sofia metropolitan will broadcast a video, dedicated to some of the rarest migratory birds in Bulgaria – Egyptian vulture, Red-breasted goose and Lesser spotted eagle. The initiative aims at spreading...
A lesser spotted eagle with a transmitter has been found dead in Turkey
One of the lesser eagles tagged with a GPS/GSM transmitters this summer by the BSPB died several days ago in the Konya area, Turkey. After the data from the transmitter showed that something is wrong with the bird, our colleagues – ornithologists from Turkey –...
For the first time in Bulgaria we have been tracking the flight of 10 Lesser spotted eagles
Over the last two weeks a team from Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds (BSPB) placed GPS-GSM transmitters on seven Lesser spotted eagles thus increasing the number of the tagged birds to ten. Three of the transmitters were placed last year. This activity is new...
Eng. Martin Borisov, PhD: The Saarland method is a new opportunity for environmentally friendly forest management in Bulgaria
Over 150 foresters from the forest enterprises of North-East State Company, South-East State Company and Executive Forest Agency, as well as citizens from environmental organizations and NGOs will undergo training this and next year on how to apply the Saarland...
Lesser Spotted Eagle
The Lesser Spotted Eagle is migratory-breeding and migratory species in Bulgaria. In the past it was a common bird in the country but in the period 1950 – 1980 its numbers show an uninterrupted decrease. At present nearly 50% of its population (600 breeding pairs) is concentrated in the Eastern Rhodope Mountain, Sakar Mountain, Derventski Vazvishenia Hills and Strandzha Mountain. There are scattered records from Dobrudzha Plain, Danubian Plain, Thracian Plain, the Western Rhodope Mountain, Sredna Gora, Vitosha, Plana mountains, etc.
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