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The “LIFE for Eagle’s habitats” Team Participates in the World Conference “Eagles of the Palearctic: Study and Conservation”
From September 24th to 30th, a scientific conference dedicated to raptors in the Palearctic region took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Within the conference, meetings of the world's expert working groups on the conservation of the Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, and Saker...
We Placed a GPS Transmitter on a Juvenile Lesser Spotted Eagle in the “Lomovete” Protected Area
© Georgi Georgiev In August, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) tagged a juvenile Lesser spotted eagle with a GPS transmitter in the "Lomovete" Protected Area. The young bird has been named after a local supporter of raptor...
Two Juveniles Successfully Fledge from a Lesser Spotted Eagle Nest in Northeastern Bulgaria
© Mihail Iliev In July, we reported an observation of two juveniles in a nest of a Lesser spotted eagle in the Natura 2000 protected area "Batova" in northeastern Bulgaria. In September, both juveniles successfully fledged from the nest. This marks the first...
A congregation of over 100 Lesser Spotted Eagles in Western Strandzha
Photo: © Svetoslav Tsvetanov On September 15th, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) observed an impressive congregation of over 100 migrating Lesser Spotted Eagles in Western Strandzha. The birds were feeding in cultivated fields with...
The eagle Iliya has started its migration to Africa
© Pavel Stepanek Unlike the other birds that received transmitters as part of the “Lafe for Eagles’ Habitats” project, the young Lesser Spotted Eagle Iliya did not return to Bulgaria but stayed in Turkey, near the capital city of Ankara. According to ornithologists...
Results from the Study on Species Composition and Abundance of Key Small Mammal Prey Species, Part of the Lesser Spotted Eagle’s Diet
The final results of the conducted study on species composition and abundance of key small mammal prey species, which are part of the diet of the Lesser Spotted Eagle, as an indicator for assessing the impact of various habitat management practices on the species'...
First documented case in Bulgaria of a nest with two juvenile Lesser Spotted Eagles
© Mihail Iliev For the first time in our country, a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) has registered a nest of Lesser Spotted Eagle with two juveniles in it. The successful rearing of two juveniles is an extremely rare occurrence for...
The young Lesser Spotted Eagle Iliya is still in the area of the city of Eskisehir, Turkey
© Mihail Iliev A month and a half after the young Lesser Spotted Eagle Iliya, from the village of Alexandria in Dobrich, Bulgaria, embarked on its long journey from Africa to Bulgaria, it is still not home. All the other tagged eagles, thanks to the “Lafe for Eagles’...
Еxchange of experience in the conservation of the Lesser and Greater Spotted Eagles in Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia
© Dimitar Demerdziev In mid-May, experts from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (Dr. Dimitar Demerdzhiev, Dr. Dobromir Dobrev, and Atanas Delchev) visited Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, where they met with leading experts in the conservation of...