The Central Asian Vultures Project team completed its annual fieldwork in Uzbekistan, tagging Egyptian vultures with GSM/GPS transmitters. With support from the OSME Conservation Research Fund and the Hawk Conservancy Trust, the team travelled during…
As part of the International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) the The Central Asian Vultures Project has been promoting the vultures of Central Asia on is Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CentralAsianVultures Central Asian Vultures project is dedicated to…
Dr Vladmir Dobrev attended the Presentation at the EUROPEAN VULTURE CONFERENCE between 14-17 November 2023. https://4vultures.org/european-vulture-conference/ This event was a large gathering for conservationists and scientists to report their results and network. Vladimir made presentations…
Ubuntu, an online magazine that publishes conservation stories has written an article about the Central Asian Vulture project in their spring issue. We’d like to thank Ubuntu for raising awareness of the program. You can…
In the last two years (2021-2022), the Central Asian Vultures project team has tagged eight Egyptian vultures in Uzbekistan with the goal of identifying for the first time the migration routes and wintering sites of…
On the 8th of November 2022, the project team presented two conference talks at the Life+ Egyptian Vulture Online Conference. Anna Ten presented on the status of Egyptian Vultures in Uzbekistan and John Burnside presented…
The field team carried out fieldwork in Uzbekistan between 25th July 2022 – 4th August 2022. The team, Vladimir Dobrev, Anna Ten, Valentine Soldatov and Dobromir Dobrev, all put a huge effort into surveying rubbish…
The field team in Uzbekistan, Anya, Valya, Vladimir and Dobromir, have successfully caught a 5 year old Egyptian Vulture adult female. They caught her on a dump site near the town of Kitab. The dump…
We have great news this year. OSME and OBC have both agreed to fund the Central Asian Vulture Project again this year. This is on top of the support from the Hawk Conservancy, UK. The…
Since the last update in March, one of our three vultures has moved, while two have remained on their wintering grounds. First, migratory EVs often remain on their wintering ground in their first spring, possibly…