A three-day Vulture Festival marked the beginning of the new LIFE project, ” Restoration of the Cinereous vulture population and trophic chain in the Bulgarian-Greek cross-border region “. In Bulgaria project will be implemented by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) in partnership with Rewilding Rhodopes Foundation. The event, held in Madzharovo, was attended by more than 300 people from across the country, some of whom are now regulars to the festival.

Six more Cinereous vultures, transported from Spain, arrived last week Rhodope Mountains rewilding landscape. The first group of Cinereous vultures in the Rhodope Mountains arrived 2022 and now a total of 16 birds are currently living free in the Rhodopes.

The Rewilding Rhodopes team have been releasing red and fallow deer in the local landscape for 10 years. As the size and range of deer populations in the Eastern Rhodopes continue to increase, so the positive impact on biodiversity and local food webs will continue to increase too.

The Rewilding Rhodopes Foundation (RRF) is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with “Wild Forest” Honey, a local producer of organically certified honey. This collaboration aims to create the start of a market for nature-based products and enhance sustainable business opportunities in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.

Rewilding in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria is about to take an exciting step forward, with the local rewilding team preparing to carry out a wide range of measures in a new area.

More than a hundred people celebrated this Saturday (March 23rd) World Rewilding Day. The participants took part in a one-day hiking and wildlife watching event specially organized for the nature holiday.

Rewilding Rhodopes offers a full-time job opportunity for a Rewilding Manager to contribute to our rewilding mission.

In February we witness a remarkable moment for the Bulgarian part of the Rhodopes. After 31 years, two pairs of black vultures once again occupied nests in this part of the mountain.

Second large group of 13 cinereous vultures were released the Rhodope Mountains rewilding landscape in Bulgaria as part in a long-term programme to re-establish as a breeding species run by our local Rewilding Rhodopes team and their partners from the Bulgarian society for the protection of birds (BSPB). It is expected that they will join the eight black vultures released last in the Eastern Rhodopes and Sakar Mountains, forming a colony together, as this keystone species gradually re-establishes itself within the local ecosystem.

This Saturday with more than 200 visitors from all over Bulgaria our local team from Rewilding Rhodopes marked the International Vulture Awareness Day.