This initiative by the LIFE Aegypius Return project aims to strengthen the country’s most fragile and isolated Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) colony of. The action has gained renewed urgency following the devastating wildfire that swept through the region last August. New group of Cinereous Vultures in the acclimatization programme ©Palombar Four juveniles and a familiar face The 2026 acclimatisation cohort consists of five Cinereous Vultures: four juveniles born in 2025 and a young...

The LIFE Aegypius Return project presented the diplomatic and scientific approach adopted in Portugal to harmonise the energy transition with the protection of biodiversity. Participants at the Free Sky for Birds 2026 Conference ©Jozef Chavko, Tomáš Veselovský Electrical infrastructure is a major cause of bird mortality Electrical infrastructure – including transmission and distribution lines and their supporting structures – represents one of the greatest threats to bird conservation...

The soft release programme of the LIFE Aegypius Return project has already completed the acclimatisation of ten Cinereous Vultures ( Aegypius monachus ) in the Douro InternacionalNatural Park, in Northern Portugal. With just a few weeks to go before another group arrives, let's find out where these birds are. Cinereous Vultures acclimatising in the Douro International. ©LIFE Aegypius Return A - The founding group The Douro Internacional acclimatisation station was inaugurated in May...