BirdLife has just released the first results of the expeditions carried out in Ethiopia and Sudan for the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BirdLife in Bulgaria), the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS / BirdLife in Ethiopia) and the Sudanese Wildlife Society in search of owls and their threats. You can see the news by following this link: http://www.birdlife.org/community/2011/01/the-egyptian-vulture-what% E2% 80% 99s-going-on-in-africa /
The reason for these expeditions is the certainty that a portion of adult mortality in owls, the main problem of conservation of the species in Bulgaria, occurs in Africa during the winter.
Expeditions identified the Afar triangle in Ethiopia as one of the most important for species with counted more than 1,400 copies during the expedition. At the moment it seems that it is safe for the species (not using poison and there are few power lines) but it seems that there are plans to electrify the area that could pose a serious threat to the species.
Meanwhile in Sudan found a power line with 17 vultures electrocuted.
is now preparing conservation projects in these areas to ensure the survival of this species in Bulgaria and in many other parts of Europe.
Spain for its geographical position between its many migratory bird species. Therefore, our efforts should be directed not only to know and preserve Birds in Spain but we must do so in Africa. For example, we now know that in the margins of the river Senegal in the national parks of Djoudj (Senegal) and Diawling (Mauritania) overwinter body 20 to 70% of the European population of aquatic warbler ( follow this link) and that in a single roost in Kaolack (Senegal) 24,000 copies have been recorded lesser kestrel, or one third of the European population (page 159 this link).
"In view of these data is any doubt about the responsibility we have the English in the conservation of the Sahel? We're doing it our birds.
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