we recommand to visit:

Alpi Marittime Nature Park

A.S.T.E.R.S.

Balkan Vultures (BVAP)

BirdLife International

Black Vulture Conservation Foundation

East European/Mediterranean Griffon Vulture Working Group (EGVWG)

Ecrins National Park

European Raptors

Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS)

Gran Paradiso National Park

Hohe Tauern National Park

Ligue pour la Protection de les Oiseaux (LPO/Mission Rapaces)

Mercantour National Park

Research Institute for Wildlife Ecology

Reseau gypaete Suisse

Rete Trentina per il monitoraggio del Gipeto

Richard Faust Breeding Centre - EGS/AUSTRIA

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

Servizio Foreste e Fauna (TN)

Stelvio National Park

Swiss Bearded Vulture Homepage

Swiss Homepage to follow the radio equipped birds

Swiss National Park

Vanoise National Park

Vulture observations in Germany (Naturschutzbüro Zollernalb)

New marking pattern available now:

Marking Pattern for the Alps 2010
2010d.pdf - 326 kB

New record in ALpine BV reproduction?

Out of 19 couples that started with incubation in the beginning of May 11 remain successfully raising a chick.

The first Bearded Vulture chicks are born

April 2010: Meanwhile a total of 18(19) couples have started with reproduction. At least 9 chicks have hatched in the Alps.

On ~21st of February the first hatchling could be observed this year in the Vanoise National Park. Congratulations to Jean Pierre Martinot and his successful monitoring team.

Alpine Breeding Season 2008/2009

In the year 2009 13 couples started to breed in the Alps. Two more might have started but could not be checked because the risk of avalanche was too high. In 5 cases the breeding failed. The first chicks hatched in March. Eight birds fledge during summer 2009.