Bearded vulture re-introduction programm

[vogelcommando]

Sett-back and danger for the re-introduction programm : 3 birds died of West Nile virus :

Three captive bearded vultures die because of West Nile virus - a serious threat for the International Bearded Vulture captive breeding program

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Remaining vigilant is all one can do.

 

[vogelcommando]

Overview of the 2018-results of the programm :

Another fantastic year for the Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Interesting report in the link , thanks for sharing it.

 

[vogelcommando]

Update about the release-programm :

Restoring Bearded Vulture populations in nature requires help from zoos

 

[vogelcommando]

Good news from Andalucia :

Bearded Vulture chicks in Andalucia are hatching both in the wild and in captivity!

 

[vogelcommando]

The Bearded breeding and re-introduction programm and COVID19 :

Life, vultures and COVID19 – we live in a brand-new world

 

[vogelcommando]

Wild-hatched Bearded vulture will stay in captivity at the Bearded vulture breeding unit at the Recovery Centre in Vallcant - Spain :

Pyrenean Bearded Vulture rescued three times and unable to return to the wild becomes part of the captive-breeding programme

 

[vogelcommando]

The Bearded vulture breeding and re-introduction program and the West Nile Virus threat :

Arrival of three Griffon Vultures to the most important Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Centre to help monitor the West Nile Virus threat

 

[vogelcommando]

Seems to become a great year for the Bearded vulture :

Bearded Vulture chicks keep on hatching in captivity

 

[vogelcommando]

A captive bred and re-introduced Bearded vulture is now staying in the Netherlands ( ZooChatter @Ursus already made a photo of it and placed it in our Gallery : View media item 525703I also found a nice video with a lot of information about this animal :

 

[jwer]

Erm, not wanting to bust your excitement but does this relate to the news that a bearded vulture flew itself to death against a wind turbine today in the Netherlands?

Probably huh?

 

[Ursus]

Erm, not wanting to bust your excitement but does this relate to the news that a bearded vulture flew itself to death against a wind turbine today in the Netherlands?

Probably huh?

This was actually a different bearded vulture!
There has been 2 confirmed individuals, a third actually even, however that one only was sighted once and the confirmation about it being a different individual then the other two I only heard via others.

The first one to arrive would be Eglazine, the bird I saw and the one in the video Vogelcommando posted. She stayed first at the Hoge Veluwe for a good while and then moved over to the Archemerberg for a while and seems to have moved on to Germany, if I am not mistaken.

The second bird was sighted in the Groningen region near the coast once. But I don't know much more about this bird.

And the third bird would be ''Angele'' which would be the one that died in the incident after only having been here for a few days.

My sources for this information are observation.org/waarnemingen.nl

 

[vogelcommando]

News-article about the tragic death of the Bearded vulture in the Netherlands :

Bearded vulture on rare visit to Netherlands killed by wind turbine blades - DutchNews.nl

 

[vogelcommando]

Record-year for the re-introduced Bearded vultures in Andalusia : 5 young hatched in the wild of which 3 succesfully flegded.
In the Breeding-station in Guadalentin a record-breaking 10 young were raised and 8 captive-bred birds were released into the wild :

The Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in Andalusia sees a record number of wild-hatched fledglings

 

[vogelcommando]

The Bearded vulture in need for help also in South Africa. A captive breeding program has been discused but sofar not started :

Establishing efficient conservation actions for the Bearded Vulture population in Southern Africa: synthesis of a 20-year research program - Vulture Conservation Foundation

 

[vogelcommando]

At the Breeding-station in Guadalentin sofar this season 8 pairs have laid 15 eggs - a record ! :

Andalusian captive breeding centre welcomes all-time record of Bearded Vulture eggs

 

[vogelcommando]

2 captive-hatched young released in France :

The First Bearded Vulture releases of 2022 already took place - Vulture Conservation Foundation

 

[vogelcommando]

A captive bred and re-introduced Bearded vulture is now staying in the Netherlands ( ZooChatter @Ursus already made a photo of it and placed it in our Gallery : View media item 525703I also found a nice video with a lot of information about this animal :

Eglazine seems to like the Netherlands and is again sighted there :

Bearded Vulture Eglazine returns to the Netherlands – a first for the species - Vulture Conservation Foundation

 

[Jana]

The latest info about the reintroduced population in the Alps is from year 2023:

21 captive-bred chicks were released in different parts of Europe in 2023, and out of them only 4 were destined for the Alps.

Source

Alps had 81 wild-living territorial pairs and they managed to fledge 59 chicks.

Source