News - Securing the recovery of the endangered Saker Falcon in Bulgaria and Southern Romania

Green Balkans team presented the activities of the project in front of the future hunters from Stara Zagora and the region

Apr. 10, 2024

This March Green Balkans team working on the Life for Falcons project presented the activities within its framework in front of the coming hunters from Stara Zagora and the region.

Green Balkans team of the project found a new Saker falcon pair in Bulgaria

Mar 26, 2024

In march 2024 experts from the Green Balkans "Life for Falcons" team, found a young bird, released by them last year in the wild.

Green Balkans team presented the Life for Falcons project on Agra Exhibition in Plovdiv

Feb. 26, 2024

On 20th and 21st of February Green Balkans team of the project took part of the Agricultural Exhibition AGRA, which was held in Plovdiv.

Young Saker Falcon has been observed by the Green Balkans team and volunteers

Feb. 14, 2024

Last month the Saker falcon project team from Green Balkans observed several times a young bird from the species.

Two Saker Falcons were sighted on New Year's Eve!

Jan. 04, 2024

On the very eve of the new year, the Green Balkans field team of "Life for Falcons" project recorded an exciting observation.

Saker Falcon Project field work results presented at the XIV Annual Monitoring Meeting in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dec. 22, 2023

On the 11th of November 2023 the XIV. Annual Monitoring Meeting took place in Cluj. After an interruption of two years, the event organized by the Romanian Ornithological Society in partnership with the Milvus Group Association came back to the city where this tradition was born.

Life for Falcons team from Green Balkans and volunteers exchanged experience with colleagues from Austria and Czech Republic

Dec. 13, 2023

Members of the Green Balkans’s Wildlife Rescue Breeding Center visited seven Breeding centers in Czeck Republic and Austria to exchange experience with their colleagues in the area of fostering, breeding and releasing into the wild birds of prey hatched in captivity.

New observation of a Saker Falcon in the wild

Dec. 11, 2023

Last week during one of the regular monitorings the field team of Green Balkans, part of "Life for Falcons" project, registered a new observation of a Saker Falcon in Bulgaria!

Saker Falcon one of the contenders for Bird of the Year in Romania

Nov. 20, 2023

Since 2018, at the end of each year, Romanian Ornithological Society calls all bird and nature lovers to vote for the Bird of the Year.

BSPB and Green Balkans started installing the artificial nests for the Saker Falcons

Nov. 17, 2023

In November BSPB and Green Balkans team installed 15 artificial nests for Saker Falcons in Southern Bulgaria.

International Saker Falcon Conference was held in Stara Zagora from 12 till 15th of October

Oct. 17, 2023

From 12 till 15 of October the International Saker Falcon Conference within Life for Falcons project was held in Stara Zagora. It was organized by Green Balkans and BSPB as part of the activities within the project, funded by EU’s LIFE Programme.

Specialized Course for investigating wildlife crimes was held in Stara Zagora

Oct. 13, 2023

Specialized course on wildlife crime investigation was held in the Thrakia University of Stara Zagora in the period October 04-06 2023.

Life for Falcons project celebrates the World Migratory Bird Day on 14th of October in Sofia

Oct. 10, 2023

On 14th of October from 9 till 16 BSPB team of the Life for Falcons will celebrate the World Migratory Bird Day with an event in the Borisova gradina (near the Lillies pond).

Green Balkans’ team of the Life for Falcons project took part in Wildlife Fest 2023

Sep. 29, 2023

Last week the Green Balkans team, part of the project Life for Falcons took part in Wildlife Fest 2023 – Wild animals of the Balkans.

The "Life for Falcons" project team visited a festival in Romania

Sep. 20, 2023

Over the past weekend, a team and volunteers from Green Balkans, part of the "Life for Falcons" project, funded by the EU's LIFE program, visited a festival of the Federation of Hunter Associations in the Romanian capital, Bucharest.

The new generation of Saker Falcons fledged in Romania

Sep. 07, 2023

From March until the end of May the SOR’s experts monitored five protected areas in South-Western Romania in order to identify the breeding Saker Falcon pairs and to find out how many fledgelings make up the new generation of this population.

The 6th Saker Falcon festival took place in Malko Kadievo

Aug. 03, 2023

Last weekend the 6th Saker Falcon festival took place in the village of Malko Kadievo near Stara Zagora.

Green Balkans team presented the project on Uzana Poliana Fest

Aug. 02, 2023

The Green Balkans team of the project Life for Falcons took part in the Uzana Poliana ecofest near town of Gabrovo from 21 till 23 of June.

Endangered souslik colony gets a chance for survival in Protected area Zapadna Strandzha

Jul 28, 2023

Last week a team from BSPB and IBER-BAS made a rescue relocation of the sousliks from the colony near Maglizh within the Life for Falcons project.

Saker Falcon Festival will be held on 29th of July 2023

Jul 12, 2023

The Saker Falcon festival will be held for another year in the village of Malko Kadievo! It is organized by Zeleni Balkani – Stara Zagora within the Life for Falcons project, funded by LIFE Programme.