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

Еxpert meeting for improving the cooperation during investigations of crime against nature

Jul 05, 2023

The Ministry of Environment and Water hostеd of technical meeting on the topic of Cooperation in legislation implementation for the protection of Saker Falcon and other raptors in Bulgaria.

NGOs and institutions discussed the effective collaboration against using poisons in the nature

Jul 04, 2023

Two regional working meetings in Plovdiv and Stara Zagora were held on the topic of Action plan against the illegal use of poisonous baits in nature.

Deadline for registration to the Saker Falcon conference is extended till July 21st

Jul 03, 2023

You can register to the conference by filling in the form and attaching your abstract.

Life for Falcons project was presented during Familatlon in Sofia

Jun 12, 2023

Children’s laughter, excitement, and smiles filled the Great Meadow in South Park on Saturday, June 3rd. Over 1500 families honored the tradition and came to Famillathon to celebrate the family, sports, and a healthy way of life for the 15th consecutive year.

Focus group within the project LIFE for Falcons was held in Bolyarovo

Jun 09, 2023

On 31st of May in Bolyarovo a focus group within the LIFE for Falcons project was held. 13 representatives of the key stakeholders took part in it – farmers, hunters, pigeon fanciers, local authorities and local business

Seminar with members of the club of hunters and anglers ‘Diana’ was held in Yambol

May 23, 2023

The club of hunters and anglers “Diana” in the town of Yambol, Bulgaria hosted a seminar within the LIFE for Falcons project on 17th of May, dedicated to the establishment of the cooperation with the regional hunters’ community.

We celebrated Natura 2000 Day with a trek in Protected area Ponor, part of the Life for Falcons project territory

May 22, 2023

We celebrated 21st of May, Natura 2000 day with a birdwatching trek in Protected area Ponor.

Celebrating Natura 2000 Day with walks in the nature

May 16, 2023

On the 21st of May Bulgarian Society for the Protection of birds invites everyone who loves nature to their walks in protected areas of the network near three Bulgarian cities: Sofia, Plovdiv and Haskovo.

Participants from Bulgarian institutions graduated from the Wildlife Crime Academy

May 12, 2023

More than 40 participants from 9 European countries have graduated in the third and final grade of the Wildlife Crime Academy which took place in Malaga, Spain in April 2023.

Green Balkans team presented the project in an event in Santa Marina Holiday Village in Sozopol

May 09, 2023

The Green Balkans team participated in the event, organized in Santa Marina Holiday Village in Sozopol in the beginning of May.

A new nesting territory of the Saker Falcon in Bulgaria has been found

May 05, 2023

Weeks of resilient observations gave results and we found another Saker Falcon pair during this nesting season.

Life for Falcons project was presented to the international hunter’s community

May 04, 2023

On 26^th of April in Sofia was held International conference of Restoring the small wild game in the agricultural lands in Europe – part of the forum of the members of FACE.

Еxperts from LIFE for Falcons project took part in a training on wildlife crimes investigation

May 03, 2023

Dimitar Gradinarov from BSPB and Ivaylo Klisurov from Green Balkans took part in the training, organized by WWF-Bulgaria and the Association of Prosecutors in Bulgaria on the Identification and investigation of wildlife crimes. Case studies.

Registration for participation in the International Saker Falcon conference is open

May 01, 2023

The registration form for the International Saker Falcon conference is now open.

International Saker Falcon conference in Bulgaria in 2023

Apr. 13, 2023

„LIFE for Falcons“ project team is delighted to announce the International Saker Falcon conference which will be held in Bulgaria this autumn.

New sector Crimes against nature at MI has been constituted

Apr. 12, 2023

At the end of February 2023 a new sector Crimes against nature in the Economy police department at the National Police Service has been created.

New sites of Romanian hamster in Bulgaria were mapped by IBER experts

Apr. 06, 2023

In March dr. Yordan Koshev and dr. Maria Kachamakova from IBER-BAS with the help of Yasen Gensuzov, student in the Faculty of Biology (SU St. Kliment Ochridski) successfully proceeded with the activities of mapping the hamster, part of the project “Life for Falcons”.

SOR surveyed over 200 km of powerlines in Southeastern Romania

Mar 21, 2023

In October and November 2022 SOR’s team verified all medium voltage power lines found in a 10 km radius of known occupied Saker Falcon nests in Southeastern Romania.

The monitoring of the Saker falcon in Bulgaria is underway

Mar 02, 2023

Experts from BSPB and Green Balkans are continuing the monitoring of the Saker falcon’s population in Bulgaria. The team is revising not only the known locations of the species but also potential new territories and historical sites. The aim of this activity is to determine the number of occupied breeding territories and their breeding status. Other raptor species are also recorded e.g. Imperial eagles, Peregrine falcons, Long-legged buzzards and Golden eagles.

First results of the study on the attitude of pigeon fanciers towards birds of prey

Mar 01, 2023

In 2022 in the frame of “LIFEforFalcons” project BSPB started a research aiming to study the conflict between pigeon fanciers and birds of prey and to identify good practices for reducing the impact of raptor attacks on homing pigeons. BSPB signed MoUs with 4 pigeon fancier’s clubs in the country.