{"id":21418,"date":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spbt.gr\/?p=21418"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:08:40","slug":"a-small-ring-reveals-the-history-of-the-last-asproparides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spbt.gr\/en\/a-small-ring-reveals-the-history-of-the-last-asproparides\/","title":{"rendered":"A small ring reveals the story of the last Egyptian vultures in the Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A small ring reveals the story of the last Egyptian vultures in the Balkans<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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For years now, vultures have been proving to us that wildlife knows no borders. For this reason, \nresearch and protection often require cross-border cooperation.<\/p>

A few days ago, we received some good news from our colleagues in BulgariaBulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds \u2013 BirdLIFE Bulgaria<\/a> \u2013 BSPB) about a juvenile Egyptian \nvulture with a Greek metal ring on its leg. BSPB researchers used a safe method to catch the bird \nand fit it with a transmitter<\/a>The unique code on the bird's ring immediately revealed its origin. It \nis one of two siblings born in 2022 in one of the last nests of the species in Greece, here in the \nDadia Forest. But the bird's story is even more exciting, because both siblings were rescued<\/a> rom a large fire that broke out in Dadia National Park in July 2022 and threatened their nest. \nThe two birds were not yet able to fly and were taken away as a precaution until the danger of \nthe fire had passed. However, before returning to the nest, they were ringed with metal rings. \nAlmost immediately after their return to the nest, the parents of the two chicks began to care for \nthem and showed no change in their behavior towards them. Then, after a few days, the siblings \nwere observed making their first flight and in early September they began their journey to Africa.<\/p>

For three whole years we had no news of them, as a metal ring can only be read if the bird is \nfound alive or dead in the hands of researchers. The metal ring is small and its code cannot be \nread by telescope. Knowing the high mortality rate of young Egyptian vultures, this news from \nBulgaria gave us great joy and hope. This particular Egyptian vulture is now 3 years old and, \nafter its journey from Africa, is visiting the mountainous Rhodope region in an attempt to find a \nsuitable place to settle when it reaches breeding age. The SPBT team continues its long-term \nmonitoring of the Egyptian vulture in Thrace and hopes to record the bird in a nest in the very \nnear future. With the help of the transmitter, we will learn even more about its movements here \nin the region, but also in Africa.<\/p>

We wish him good exploration, safe travels, and many offspring that will contribute to the \nsurvival of the species in the Balkans!<\/p>

\u00a0* * The monitoring of the Egyptian vulture in Thrace is carried out every year by the Thrace \nBiodiversity Protection Society as part of the \"Alliance for Wildlife,\" an initiative implemented \nwith the support of <\/em>WWF<\/em> in cooperation with 11 Greek environmental NGOs with a common vision of the well-being of wildlife and humans.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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