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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 1

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The south, just 21 kilometers away, is the coast of Morocco and the Griffons have just completed a short but arduous sea-crossing across the Strait of Gibraltar. The chicks need six months to develop so the adults lay their eggs in January. This time it’s a group of Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus that have just arrived from the south.

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