site.btaRecord-High Number of Griffon Vulture Chicks in Eastern Rhodopes This Spring

Dimitrina Solakova

A griffon vulture chick (Sinite Kamani Nature Park Photo)

Sofia,

31.05.2023 06:09

(BTA)

A record-high number of griffon vultures hatched in the Bulgarian part of the Eastern Rhodope Mountains this spring. The annual monitoring of this species’ nesting colonies in the Eastern Rhodopes counted 90 chicks, up by 15 from last spring. The

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