August 27, 2019

How to release birds back into the wild – The story of three Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria

On May 15th 2019, three young Egyptian vultures named Fer, Andi and Panteley, were released from different zoos in the Eastern Rhodopes mountains after having spent […]
August 27, 2019

Trouble in paradise – the Greek islands that threaten the turtle-dove

Golden sand, clear blue waters, lush olive groves, forested mountains – sounds like paradise on Earth. Scattered along the western coastline of Central Greece, the Ionian […]
August 25, 2019

Perko and Perka: the bird celebrities who brought White Storks back to Montenegro

For 116 years, not a single White Stork nested in Montenegro. Instead, migrating storks flew straight over the country in search of breeding grounds elsewhere. The […]
August 23, 2019

Three month honey buzzards fly 5,000 kilometers all by themselves

Being an early migrant, it is no surprise that the magnificent European honey-buzzard is the third of our magnificent seven to start its journey southward. Known […]
August 22, 2019

Meet the volunteer guardians watching over stork nests in the Czech Republic

The wind howls across the rooftops and shakes the branches of the trees as you huddle in the nest beside your brothers and sisters, trying not […]
August 21, 2019

The turtle-dove, the Czech Republic’s ‘Bird of the Year’, has started its autumn migration!

Today our #MagnificentTurtledove has set off on its epic migratory adventure towards its wintering grounds in Sub-Saharan Africa. Back in the spring, we told the story […]
August 19, 2019

The White stork has taken off! Discover the ‘Stork Villages’ where it spent the summer

Today, our White stork is taking off from Germany, where it has spent an idyllic summer of love finding a mate, building a nest and raising […]
August 14, 2019

Flight for Survival – Winter is coming

This autumn, BirdLife continues to tell the spectacular migratory stories of seven iconic birds. Last spring, our magnificent seven made nature’s most incredible journey north along […]