Destinations
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Crete 20 – 27 April 2010
Conservation project
The lammergeier conservation project is run by the Hellenic Ornithological Society, BirdLife Greece. In the Balkans it occurs only in Greece, with the bulk of the population on Crete. Alongside survey and monitoring, the long-term survival of Europe’s rarest vulture is being tackled by site protection, food provision and the encouragement of traditional grazing systems.
More information about the project to protect bearded vultures - as they prefer to call them in Greece - here.
Why bearded vulture? Lammergeier translates to 'lamb vulture' which conveys the wrong image and wrongly suggests they may take live prey.
lammergeier - or bearded vulture
