Bearded vulture 2022 breeding season

[cliveGrazalema]

Fantastic to see the start of the egg laying has now reached 16 eggs already in the Guadalentin breeding centre Andalucia.

We’ll follow the progress through 2022 including hatchlings and releases etc for the 2022 season here on this topic.

VCF article here: https://4vultures.org/blog/andalusian-captive-breeding-centre-welcomes-all-time-record-of-bearded-vulture-eggs/

Read about bearded vultures here: https://wildsideholidays.co.uk/bearded-vulture-gypaetus-barbatus-quebrantahuesos/

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[Rachel]

There is an article about this in Spanish at the Diario de Jaen.. https://www.diariojaen.es/provincia/aumentan-a-16-los-huevos-de-quebrantahuesos-en-el-centro-de-cria-guadalentin-BY8247223

Also Clive’s article about the Sierra de Cazorla (where the breeding centre is) is worth a read. https://wildsideholidays.co.uk/sierra-cazorla-segura-y-las-villas/

[cliveGrazalema]

Nice to hear that the first of this years wild bearded vulture chicks has hatched in Andalucia

We have an exciting development for the Bearded Vulture breeding season in Andalusia – the first chick hatched in the wild!

After completing the long incubation period, which lasts between 52 to 56 days for the species, our colleagues observed the parents feeding the chick for the first time with a lot of care.
This breeding season, pairs have laid five clutches in the wild so far, just like the record achieved last year, which resulted in three fledglings. As some of the pairs have more experience this time around, we hope more chicks will manage to successfully leave the nest and so surpass last year’s number.

Learn about the reintroduction project: https://4vultures.org/our-work/reintroduction-and-restocking/bearded-vulture-to-andalusia/

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[cliveGrazalema]

First chick has also hatched at the VCF’s Bearded Vulture Specialised Breeding Unit, located within the Centre de Fauna de Vallcalent, owned by Generalitat de Catalunya.

Read here: https://4vultures.org/blog/breeding-and-rearing-the-first-bearded-vulture-chick-of-2022-in-our-specialized-centre/

Below photo by Hansruedi Weyrich

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[Rachel]

There is a great picture of the first chick being hand fed and a lot of background about the breeding centre in Lleida on the VCF website: https://4vultures.org/blog/breeding-and-rearing-the-first-bearded-vulture-chick-of-2022-in-our-specialized-centre/

[cliveGrazalema]

Two more Bearded Vultures have been released in Parc Natural de la Tinença de Benifassà

The project has so far released a total of 11 Bearded Vultures, five males and six females, in Parc Natural de la Tinença de Benifassà. Today, nine of these birds are alive, which is considered a high survival rate.

Read the full article here: https://4vultures.org/blog/two-more-bearded-vultures-released-in-parc-natural-de-la-tinenca-de-benifassa/

 

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