We are pleased to share with you our Layman’s Video of the LIFE for Safe Flight Project. After the successful completion of the “LIFE for Safe Flight” project dedicated to the conservation of the globally threatened Red-breasted Goose, today we present to you in video format the achievements during this period and the main threats […]
At the end of May 2023 г., after almost 6 years of coordinated efforts by 11 organisations and institutions from the five key Red-breasted Goose range countries, successfully ended the “Conservation of the Red-breasted Goose along it global flyway”, funded by the EU LIFE Program. The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds was leading […]
Our LIFE for Safe Flyway project was part of the World Biodiversity Festival, which precedes Biodiversity Day and took place on Natura 2000 Day – 21st May 2023. The project manager, Dr. Nikolai Petkov, presented the main activities of the project’s implementation, as well as its main achievements to date. Over 30 participants from around […]
Training kit for Sustainable Waterbird Harvest & Conservation The Training kit was created by Neils Kaintstrup of the University of Aarhus in Denmark – a leading expert on game biology and Dr. Shabolsc Nagy of Wetlands International. It represents important aspects of the ecology of migratory waterbirds and basic principles of sustainable harvesting of […]
February is “month of the geese” in Bulgaria this winter. Among the big flocks of Greater White-fronted Geese in the regions of Dobrudzha, Burgas and Belene, the globally threatened Red-breasted Geese also appeared. These two species are relatively easy to distinguish in the field, due to their different sizes, plumage, flight behaviour and call. Amongst […]
The first national action plan for the conservation of the Red-breasted Goose is already a fact.The plan was developed by the Romanian Ornithological Society, and the activity is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, a partner in the project.The document was approved by Ministerial Order No. 2480/2022 and published in the State […]
In the mid-February it took place the last for the season international synchronized count of the wintering geese along the Western Black Sea coast. The experts and volunteers of the project Life for Safe Flight visited the most important Red-breasted Goose wetlands in the region in Romania and Bulgaria. As usually in the last few […]
This year, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) participates with a team in “Champions Of The Flyway” – a competition dedicated to the protection of one of the world’s most threatened goose species – the Red-breasted Goose. Support it by donating funds and sharing the cause to reach more people. Until the […]
During this season’s first monitoring, SOR specialists, together with volunteers, counted 1,107 Red-breasted Geese. This is the lowest number in the last 10 years for the month of November. A possible reason for the low numbers during this period could be the rather high temperatures, which slowed down the migration of the birds. A simultaneous […]
A new winter festival took place on December 17th and 18th on the square in front of the community center in Shabla.It is called “Shabla and the Birds” and is dedicated to the emblematic for the region Red-breasted Goose.The purpose of the event is to popularize the idea of protecting the birds that flies over […]
Marking devices (diverters) were fitted on powerlines in the area of the Durankulak Lake SPA. The aim is to make the marked wires more visible to flying geese and other bird species and to reduce collisions and mortality. Bird diverters reduce by 60-80% the cases of collision accidents and are used in the frames of […]
In the month of October, the annual monitoring of migrating geese in Kazakhstan, conducted by the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), took place. This monitoring makes it possible to obtain, on the one hand, timely and, on the other hand, long-term information over the years, to assess the number of geese […]
