News - Green Balkans, Bulgaria

Calendar for "Life for lesser kestrel" project - February 2023!

02.02.2023

Dear friends,
February has come at last.

As we promised at the beginning of the year, every month we will provide you with a page from the wonderful calendar of project "Life for lesser kestrel" LIFE19 NAT/BG/001017, implemented by Green Balkans NGO and funded by the EU LIFE programme.

A team from the Green Balkans Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre exchanges knowledge and experience with Greek organisations!

25.01.2023

At the end of last week, a team from Green Balkans NGO was a guest at a work meeting of the Greek wildlife rescue centres.

The nest boxes for lesser kestrels – my home is my fortress!

25.01.2023

The man-made nest boxes (or nesting platforms) are of paramount importance for the recovery of the lesser kestrels and in strengthening their colonies.

Belcho and Nadezhda the Griffon vultures’ pair has just laid an egg

12.01.2023

The Griffon vultures Belcho and Nadezhda included in the Green Balkans’ Wildlife rehabilitation and breeding center are about to become parents for fourth year.

The Еnd of a Journey

10.01.2023

The journey started in Extremadura, Spain and ended on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran. This is the story of Dzhuranli - a Black Vulture named after the famous Bulgarian village of Dzhuranli, now renamed Kalitinovo.

Saker falcons Orpheus and Eurydice gave the start of the breeding season for the species at the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre - Green Balkans!

10.01.2023

In the very beginning of the new year, good news came from the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre.

Visit to Community Center "Vazrazhdane 1912" - The Town of Bolyarovo

05.01.2023

On 05.01.2023 our team visited the town of Bolyarovo, where the film "Botev" was presented, in which both employees of Green Balkans and animals raised in our Rescue Center take part.

Happy holidays!

21.12.2022

We wish merry and happy holidays to all our partners, volunteers and followers!

The only Bearded Vulture breeding pair in Bulgaria laid an egg!

19.12.2022

The only Bearded Vulture breeding pair in the Green Balkans’ Wildlife rehabilitation and breeding center is in the beginning of the breeding season for 7^th consecutive year.

The forest of the falcon will grow near the Natura 2000 zone Kamenski Hill!

19.12.2022

At the end of last week we started the "Falcon's forest".

Winter's Tale on Pomorie Lake

16.12.2022

Winter is already gaining strength, and Lake Pomorie shelters an increasing number of wintering species. During the last monitoring conducted by our experts, an active migration from the north was registered, despite the relatively mild weather in recent days. Falling temperatures, shorter days and heavy snowfalls in the northern parts of the continent cause thousands of birds to make a long and exhausting journey south to places like Pomorie Lake, where they find food, peace and rest.

The Hunters Who Killed a Black Vulture in Hungary Were Caught

14.12.2022

Prosecution in Hungary brought charges against four hunters who killed strictly protected GPS tagged cinereous vulture and four common buzzards.

An autopsy of a harbour porpoise was performed at the Green Balkans Rescue Center!

14.12.2022

At the height of the student holiday, the team of veterinarians of the Rescue Center of Green Balkans, supported by our dedicated assistants, the students of veterinary medicine from Trakia University, performed an autopsy on a harbour porpoise.

Animation to promote Natura 2000

12.12.2022

We present to you our new clip aimed at popularizing the European ecological network Natura 2000 in Bulgaria.

Good news for the bearded vulture hatched at the Rescue Center in 2019

08.12.2022

These days, wonderful news reached us! The bearded vulture, which hatched at the Rescue Center of Green Balkans in 2019 and was sent for release in Italy back then, is alive, healthy and... already has a life partner!

On the initiative of Wurt Electronic IBE BG EOOD in Belozem, Green Balkans presented the protection of white storks and their habitats

08.12.2022

At the end of last month, in the village of Belozem, Wurt Electronic IBE BG EOOD organized a working meeting of the specialists from the "Club for Safety and Health at Work" in the city of Plovdiv.

We awarded the most active volunteers for 2022 among the students of Trakia University!

07.12.2022

At a ceremony specially organized by Trakia University, dedicated to the annual awards for outstanding students of the university for 2022, the team of the project "Life for Lesser kestrel" LIFE19 NAT/BG/001017 awarded five students from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the university.

Project "Life for Falcons" guests at an event organized by the Bulgarian Falconry Union!

06.12.2022

For the second year in a row, the Green Balkans team, part of the "Life for Falcons" project, is a guest at the "Falcon Race" event.

Project "Life for Lesser Kestrel" LIFE19 NAT/BG/001017 issued a veterinary medical handbook for the rehabilitation of kestrels and some other species of falcons and hawks!

02.12.2022

These days, a Lesser kestrel-focused rehabilitation guide is out of print!

Science Night - GREEN in Muzeiko

28.11.2022

On November 25, the autumn edition Science Night - GREEN, organized by Muzeiko, took place.