May 28, 2018
Europe’s biggest bird, the
bearded vulture, has been spotted over the province of Zeeland, broadcaster
Omroep Zeeland reports.
The bird, which has a wingspan of
almost three metres, was seen near Oostkapelle and the dunes at Dishoek at the
weekend.
The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), or lammergeier, is
rarely seen in the Netherlands. Its European habitat is in the Alps and the
Pyrenees where it was successfully reintroduced some forty years ago. The
quebrantahuesos (bone breaker), as they are called in Spain for the way they
drop bones from a great height to break them up in bite-size pieces, very
nearly became extinct, falling victim to poachers who robbed their nests,
hunters and sheep herders putting down poison.
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