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
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...
Foresters are trained in the “Saarland method”
More than 30 foresters from Executive Forest Agency (EFA), South-East State Company (SESC) and North-East State Company (NESC) will be trained this week in the Saarland method, which is a part of the implementation of the project “LIFE for Eagle’s habitats”. The...
Tagging LSEs with satellite transmitters continues
In the next 10 days 7 young Lesser Spotted Eagles from several nests around Bulgaria will be tagged with satellite transmitters. For the first time this year transmitters will be put on birds from North East Bulgaria. The placement of the transmitters will be carried...
The maintenance of the new forest belts in Dobrudzha has started
In June, the first activities on maintenance of saplings of the forest shelter belts has began on the territory of the Northeast State Company – Shumen within the project "Life for Eagles’ habitats". “The mechanical cleaning of the row-spacings in the belts was done...
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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