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Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
aka Lammergeier
Status
Category E
Native Range
Europe, Asia and Africa. North Africa, East and South Africa, mountainous regions of southern Europe and Iran then eastwards from Pakistan across southern China and Mongolia.
Conservation Status
Near Threatened
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 155 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
An immature bird, first filmed at the Severn Bridge on 12th May 2016 toured Devon and Cornwall until 28th. It had previously been seen in Belgium. The BOURC made the decision to place the bird in Category E because of the likelihood that the bird originated from the reintroduction scheme in the Alps; birds that have originated from re-introduction programmes are not accepted into Category C (part of the British List) until they have a proven self-sustaining population.
