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 [...]

Last Monday the FCQ presented the LIFE Pro Bearded Vulture project to the members of SEPRONA and GREIM of the Avila command in the Casa del Parque de Hoyos del Espino. During the conference, the details of the project were explained and special emphasis was placed on the aspects in which the Civil Guard can [...]

Throughout the month of January, taking advantage of the fact that the herds are in winter quarters, FCQ technicians have traveled through the Sierra de Gredos to analyze the situation of extensive livestock farming in mountain pastures. The report highlights that, while cattle have doubled their numbers since 1982, sheep have almost disappeared and maintain [...]

Last March, the two bearded vultures released in Gredos in the framework of the LIFE Pro Bearded Vulture project, settled for several months in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, which suggests The national park will become one of the most important points during the dispersal process in the coming years. For this reason, the [...]

Training sessions on the Life Corredores Ibéricos por quebrantahuesos project in Molinos (Teruel). In 2022, two bearded vultures were released in the Maestrazgo region (Teruel). This release is part of the LIFE Iberian Corridors for the Bearded Vulture project, whose objective is to recover the historical territories lost by the species in the Iberian System. [...]

Tawny vultures tagged as toxic sentinels enable detection of another unexpected threat: the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus. The Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ) and the Government of Aragon have unexpectedly detected antibodies against the avian influenza virus in seven of the eight griffon vultures they have captured in the [...]