{"id":3381,"date":"2017-11-02T13:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdlifecyprusnew.org\/?p=3381"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:46:36","slug":"dead-vulture-found-in-vretsia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/el\/dead-vulture-found-in-vretsia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead vulture found in Vretsia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The positive news we had last spring on the record of new Griffon Vulture nests unfortunately did not last. On 21 October a young Griffon Vulture was found dead at Ai Yiannis area at Vretsia. This vulture was probably the one that was recorded as a nestling on the cliffs of the area during the usual island-wide vulture census last May.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of death still remains unknown but an x-ray has excluded the possibility that the bird was shot. 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