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

Staff and volunteers from the Green Balkans Rescue Center participated in an exchange program at the Attica Zoo in Greece

Dec. 12, 2024

Attica Zoo – the largest in our southern neighbor – hosted an experience exchange program in which our staff and volunteers took part.

Green Balkans team visited 10 rescue centers and zoos in Europe as part of the "Life for the Falcon" project

Dec. 11, 2024

The Green Balkans team visited a total of 10 rescue centers and zoos across Europe that focus on breeding various protected bird species, including peregrine falcons.

The "Life for Falcons" Project Team Participates in a Conference in Hungary Dedicated to the Saker Falcon and Power Lines

Dec. 10, 2024

In November, a team of experts from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and Green Balkans attended a conference organized by the Hungarian electric company MAVIR.

Video surveillance for the protection of Saker Falcons

Dec. 05, 2024

Video surveillance is used to monitor the artificial nest boxes installed for the Saker Falcons is Southern Romania on the pylons of high voltage power lines, especially during the breeding season.

For the first time in Bulgaria, the endemic Romanian hamster species has been successfully bred

Dec. 03, 2024

Scientists from the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research ahave successfully bred four generations of Romanian hamster.

In search of Saker Falcon chicks

Nov. 19, 2024

With the arrival of spring starts also the fieldwork in search of Saker nests and pairs. The monitoring action took place between March and May, and the first finding was that, compared to previous seasons, in 2024 the Sakers started breeding two-three weeks early.

International workshop on nature crimes investigation was held in Stara Zagora

Nov. 06, 2024

From October 29 to 31, the Veterinary Faculty of Trakia University hosted a specialized training course on investigating environmental crimes, led by experts from the regional government of Andalusia, Spain.

From Kestrels to Sakers in over 20,000 shots

Oct. 22, 2024

Although the Saker Falcon is still considered rare in the southern part of Romania, and any birdwatcher would consider themself lucky to notice the bird, let alone to photograph it, Dragoș Plăeșu, SOR member, managed to gather a collection of photos of these magnificent birds. We asked him to tell us in a short interview about how „one makes their own luck”and his two passions.

We celebrated World migratory bird day with a lecture on Saker falcon

Oct. 16, 2024

We celebrated the World Migratory Bird Day on 12th of October.

Interesting observation made by the field project team of Green Balkans

Oct. 15, 2024

The field team of Green Balkans within the Life for Falcons project made an exciting observation during the regular monitoring.

Conservationists and Racing Pigeon Community in Bulgaria Join Efforts to Reduce Human-Wildlife Conflict

Oct. 04, 2024

BSPB and Bulgaria’s pigeon fancier community have signed Memorandums of Understanding aimed at fostering cooperation and reducing tensions between racing pigeon enthusiasts and birds of prey.

Installation of the artificial nests for Saker falcons continues in Southern Bulgaria

Oct. 02, 2024

BSPB and Green Balkans have installed more than 30 new nests for Saker falcons in Southern Bulgaria.

Experts from BSPB visited Armenia to exchange experience on raptor conservation

Aug. 20, 2024

In July BSPB, FPWC/BirdLife Armenia and SABUKO/BirdLife Georgia held a joint expedition to study raptors in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia.

New Study Highlights Challenges and Solutions for Racing Pigeon Losses Due to Raptors in Bulgaria

Aug. 14, 2024

The team of BSPB completed a study aimed to assess pigeon losses due to birds of prey in Bulgaria, identify areas with high risks of raptor attacks and collisions with powerlines, and suggest mitigation measures.

The Hunter’s guide, published within the Life for Falcons project was presented to the hunters of HFU Asenovgrad

Aug. 13, 2024

In April the UHAB team presented the pocket edition of the Hunter’s guide in front of nearly 80 hunters from HFU Asenovgrad.

Life for Falcons project was presented in front of the hunters and anglers in Burgas

Aug. 06, 2024

On the 17th of May Union of Hunters and anglers Lebed – Burgas was a host of the seminar for presenting the Life for Falcons project.

Team of the project Life for Falcons and representatives of a hunting party released mallards near Zemlen

Aug. 01, 2024

Green Balkans team, part of the project Life for Falcon together with representatives of the hunting party of Kolarovo village released 14 mallards in the vicinity of Zemlen.

Green Balkans presented Life for Falcons project at Uzana Poliana Fest

Jul 24, 2024

From 19th till 21st of July Green Balkans project team was part or the green ideas festival – Uzana Poliana Fest.

The sixth Saker falcon festival was held in Malko Kadievo

Jul 23, 2024

At the end of the last week Green Balkans project team partnering with the Community Center Mitio Stanev – 1929 organized and held the Sixth Saker falcon festival.

Sousliks relocated in Sakar have made a new colony

Jun 25, 2024

At the end of March experts from the BSPB team from Life for Falcons project monitored the status of the sousliks, relocated last year from Maglizh in Sakar.