site.btaLesser Spotted Eagles in Bulgaria Number Nearly 1,000 Pairs

There are nearly 1,000 pairs of lesser spotted eagles in Bulgaria, said Vanya Ratarova, head of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), on Wednesday during the final conference of a project, titled “Lands and Forests of the Eagle,” funded by the European Union's LIFE programme. The project is being implemented in twenty specially protected areas of the Natura 2000 network in eastern Bulgaria and aims to protect the population of the lesser spotted eagle and its habitats by protecting its nesting and feeding areas and creating new ones.