Levka Saker mountians Bulgaria July 2022: Today this majsitcal Falcon species is still under threat until 2018 the first Saker falcon nest was found in Bulgaria. Saker falcon population had declined to only a few dozen pairs scattered throughout Bulgaria mid 20th century, as a result of practices, cultivation of pastures, changed land-use, pesticides and hunting. The Saker Falcon was declared extinct as breeding species until 2018 when the first Saker falcon nest in the country. During 2020, 10 artificial nests were built and installed on trees suitable in the region of Stara Zagora. Bet

Levka Saker mountians Bulgaria July 2022: Today this majsitcal Falcon species is still under threat until 2018 the first Saker falcon nest was found in Bulgaria.  Saker falcon population had declined to only a few dozen pairs scattered throughout Bulgaria mid 20th century, as a result of practices, cultivation of pastures, changed land-use, pesticides and  hunting.  The Saker Falcon was declared extinct as breeding species until 2018 when the first Saker falcon nest in the country.  During 2020, 10 artificial nests were built and installed on trees suitable in the region of Stara Zagora.   Bet Stock Photo
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Clifford Norton / Alamy Stock Photo

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2JM4PE6

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29 MB (718 KB Compressed download)

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3750 x 2700 px | 31.8 x 22.9 cm | 12.5 x 9 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

19 July 2022

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Bulgaria Saker Mountians

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Levka Saker mountians Bulgaria July 2022: Today this majsitcal Falcon species is still under threat until 2018 the first Saker falcon nest was found in Bulgaria. Saker falcon population had declined to only a few dozen pairs scattered throughout Bulgaria mid 20th century, as a result of practices, cultivation of pastures, changed land-use, pesticides and hunting. The Saker Falcon was declared extinct as breeding species until 2018 when the first Saker falcon nest in the country. During 2020, 10 artificial nests were built and installed on trees suitable in the region of Stara Zagora. Between 2011 to 2020, 98 young birds have been released through the hacking method (via an adaptation aviary), 71 of them hatched in the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre located in the rural village of Levka in the Saker mountians area of Bulgaria. :Clifford Norton Alamy