Biodiversity declines more in areas with greater deployment of wind farms. Effective preventive measures exist but are not yet required by current regulations At least 8,960 birds have died since 2020 in Spain after impacting wind turbine blades. This is revealed by official data from 12 regions, reports that the Foundation for the Conservation of [...]

A total of 21 Bearded Vulture chicks have fledged in the Pre-Pyrenees and Aragonese Pyrenees during the 2022-2023 season. These data show the stability of the population of this species in the region, given that the productivity index - the number of chicks that fly in relation to the number of breeding units analyzed - [...]

At the beginning of September, the last goat raisers on the mountains grasslands of the Sierra de Gredos met with the FCQ to develop a mutually beneficial project. On the one hand, the aim is to increase the income of livestock farmers through the enhancement of their production and, on the other hand, the maintenance [...]

La fundación y Red Eléctrica impulsan un plan para instalar dispositivos en 160 kilómetros del tendido con los que evitar accidentes de las aves. A new campaign for the reception and release of bearded vultures starts in the Picos de Europa. Two females arrived yesterday from the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido: 'Europa' [...]

Last Tuesday, June 13, the last of the three Bearded Vultures to be released in 2023 arrived at the hacking facilities in the Sierra de Gredos Regional Park. It is a bird born last March, in the Center for Breeding in Human Isolation (CRIAH), owned by the Government of Aragon and managed by the Foundation [...]

First case in Spain of suspension of a project to reintroduce a species threatened by the wind industry. A study shows that the specimens in the area could have impacted the projected wind turbines up to 756 times The Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ), in agreement with the environmental authorities, has [...]

FCQ participates in the opening day of the IX Ornithology Course "Know the Birds of Avila". This course, which since 2014 has been organized by the Provincial Council of Avila, aims to awaken interest in nature, and especially in the world of ornithology and in the 2023 edition has had the participation of 49 people. [...]

At the end of May, a large multidisciplinary group of Portuguese technicians participated in a training and exchange of experiences on different aspects of the LIFE Pro Bearded Vulture project. They took place in the biological station of Monte Perdido, property of the FCQ, located in Revilla (Huesca), at the border of the National Park [...]

A female named Benemérita will soon join the two birds already flying free in the Sierra de Gredos, Risco and Galana. This Tuesday, he underwent a veterinary check-up and passed to the 'adaptive hacking' platform. Last Tuesday, May 16, the first of the three bearded vultures that will be released during 2023 arrived at the [...]

Last Tuesday, May 16, the first bearded vulture of the 2023 season arrived at the hacking facilities in the Picos de Europa National Park. This time it is a male that was born last February in the Human Isolation Breeding Center (CRIAH), owned by the Government of Aragon and managed by the Foundation for the [...]