Fantastic news!

On February 27, 2026, a young griffon vulture chick successfully hatched on the island of Plavnik, in a nest we have been monitoring for the third consecutive season.

As part of the LIFE SUPport project, Karsterra Ltd., in collaboration with the Public Institution Priroda, developed a remote video monitoring system to observe activities in the griffon vulture nest, as well as the movement of boats in its immediate vicinity. The goal is to study the vultures’ reactions to the presence of tourist boats in the surrounding waters.

This is great news for several reasons:

1. Another chick of this endangered and strictly protected species in Croatia has successfully hatched.

2. The number of active nests varies each year, so it is fortunate that we installed the system on a nest that the vultures have been using for three consecutive seasons.

3. Some pairs begin nesting, but this does not necessarily result in a successful hatching.

4. Installing such systems in remote and hard-to-reach locations, with independent power supply and exposure to extreme conditions such as strong winds, proximity to the sea, and high summer temperatures, always presents numerous technical challenges.

Despite all of this, the cameras successfully captured the hatching of this year’s chick, whose development we will continue to monitor throughout the season.

Best of luck!