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Lessons from the LIFE Egyptian vulture project: the educational activities carried out in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

Between the months of January and May 2021, 319 educational sessions were carried out under the coordination of GESPLAN within the sphere of the LIFE Egyptian vulture project with the aim of divulging the naturalistic importance of the birds of the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and, in particular, that of the Egyptian vulture, the ... Read more

Diego continues his tour of the Balkans

The young Egyptian vulture Diego is continuing his journey through the Balkans, which began on 26 April 2021 when, after leaving Basilicata and reaching the coast of southern Apulia, he crossed the Adriatic Sea and arrived in Croatia. In the following days Diego continued north to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia, then east to Romania and south ... Read more

Diego flies to Bosnia-Herzegovina

Diego has flown to Bosnia-Herzegovina. The young Egyptian vulture was born at CERM in 2018 and he was released in Basilicata in 2019 by the CERM Association and ISPRA as part of the LIFE Egyptian vulture project. This is the first time such an event has occurred: none of the other 32 Egyptian vultures born ... Read more

Spring brings Diego home again

Diego is back home: after spending the winter in southwestern Sicily, the young Egyptian Vulture made his spring migration and reached the Murge area. Here, in the Murgia Materana Regional Park, he had been released in 2019 and here he had returned also in spring 2020 after spending the previous winter always in the same ... Read more

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