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Η χρήση δηλητηριασμένων δολωμάτων (φόλες) είναι τεκμηριωμένα μία από τις σοβαρότερες απειλές για την άγρια ζωή σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο. Αν και παράνομη σε Κύπρο και Ευρώπη, η χρήση δηλητηριασμένων δολωμάτων αποτελεί επίμονο πρόβλημα της κυπριακής υπαίθρου και αποτελεί την κύρια αιτία για την κατάρρευση του πληθυσμού του Πυρόχρου Γύπα Gyps fulvus στην Κύπρο. Στο […]

GPS tracking of big birds started in the early 90s and saw an exponential growth in recent years. In the early days, the tags were quite big and were only available with batteries, which meant that only big birds could be fitted with these tags. Today, tags are much smaller and are equipped with solar

BirdLife Cyprus has been monitoring the Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus for a decade now. Last January, when we carried out the winter vulture census, 2020 was already shaping up to be a better year, but now, we have even more reason to feel optimistic, having confirmed three active Griffon Vulture nests during our latest breeding

What are ecosystem services and how do birds provide them? Ecosystem services are defined as the contributions that ecosystems (i.e. living systems) make to human well-being, according to the European Environment Agency’s Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES). Essentially, they directly or indirectly support our survival and quality of life. There are three main

Every year, BirdLife Cyprus coordinates two large-scale Griffon Vulture surveys, one in winter and one in late spring, aiming to check on any nesting activity and estimate the current population size of the species, by carrying out simultaneous counts across the entire feeding range of the vultures and also their known breeding and roosting cliffs. On Friday 24 January,

BirdLife Cyprus, the Game and Fauna Service, Terra Cypria-The Cyprus Conservation Foundation and the Vulture Conservation Foundation have joined forces to provide a lifeline for the threatened Griffon Vulture through ‘LIFE with Vultures’, a new four-year project aiming to prevent the extinction of the species in Cyprus. The Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus is the largest