Last summer’s Evros fire burned a significant number of mature trees in the “heart” of the black vulture colony
In the first week of January the installation was completed 15 artificial nests for Black vulturein its two cores Dadia – Lefkimi – Soufliou Forest National Park.
As the OFYPEKA (Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency) states in its relevant announcement, the large area fire which manifested itself in Evro last summer burned a significant number of mature trees in the “heart” of the Black Vulture colony, resulting in the loss of valuable nesting sites.
THE Black vultureEurope’s largest bird of prey, builds its nest, over 2 meters in diameter, in tops mature trees.
The Dadia-Lefkimis-Soufliou Forest National Park hosts the only natural colony of the species in the Balkans, with 30-36 breeding pairs.
The breeding season begins in early to mid-January – when the birds begin to build their nests – and ends in late August, when the chicks leave the nest. Each pair lays one egg a year, and only about half of the chicks manage to survive until it’s time to fly and leave the nest.
Given the interval required for the natural restoration of the trees, specified in several years as it follows the course of vegetation restoration and in order to ensure the existence of suitable places during the next breeding seasons for the Black Vulture, the installation of artificial nests was implemented.
The use of the artificial nests by the Black Vultures will be systematically monitored by the staff of the relevant Management Unit of the Organization in order to establish the effectiveness of the project as it is the first time that in the Dadia National Park the autonomous is attempted installation without relying on neighboring trees to remain available to birds even when the burned trees gradually begin to fall.
In the announcement, it is also clarified that this is the first of a series of measures by OFYPEKA that is being completed after the fire. The installation is expected to be completed by the end of February 140 artificial nests for nocturnal birds of preywhile at the same time the supply of 13 transmitters has been completed, which are gradually being placed on black vulture individuals for their monitoring after the fire.
At the same time, the implementation of a monitoring program for local birds of prey has begun in order to determine the state of their populations after the catastrophic phenomenon, while OFYPEKA intends to proceed with the implementation of a monitoring program for the entire bio-community in the affected area, in order to determine the effects of the fire , to record the course of its gradual restoration and to take measures to better restore the ecosystem.
Source: Skai
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