{"id":1164979,"date":"2026-08-23T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1164979\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:22:22","slug":"endangered-bird-of-prey-rescued-from-severe-storms-in-spains-javea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1164979\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered bird of prey rescued from severe storms in Spain&#8217;s J\u00e1vea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"\">An endangered bird of prey has been rescued in J\u00e1vea (Val\u00e8ncia) after taking shelter on a balcony during severe storms in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Local residents  &#8230; spotted the large bird taking refuge on their terrace during a period of heavy rain and strong winds on Thursday, 20 August. Seeing the creature in distress, they contacted local police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Officers attended the property to secure the bird, identified in initial assessments as an Egyptian vulture. The police then alerted the regional environment department&#8217;s wildlife recovery services to arrange for the bird to be collected, assessed, and rehabilitated.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"v-cmp-rld__u\">\n<li class=\"v-cmp-rld__l\">\n<p><a class=\"v-a-lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surinenglish.com\/malaga\/spains-specialised-guardians-the-natural-environment-20241115130907-nt.html#vtm_modulosEngag=noticiasrelacionadas-cmp-uno:surinenglish:noticia:1\" data-voc-vtm-id=\"in-text-traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Imagen Seprona.jpg\" class=\"v-a-img\" width=\"258\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Spain\u2019s specialised guardians of the natural environment\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Town council sources confirmed the vulture is fitted with a yellow leg ring displaying the code C41, indicating it is part of a scientific tracking and monitoring program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">If the identification is confirmed, the rescue marks a positive outcome during a period of adverse weather. The Egyptian vulture is classified as vulnerable on Spain&#8217;s National Catalogue of Threatened Species and listed as endangered in the country&#8217;s Red Data Book of Birds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The migratory species, which breeds in Europe before wintering in sub-Saharan Africa, has suffered a severe population decline in recent decades due to poisoning, electrocution on power lines, and human persecution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The incident occurred during a bout of stormy weather in the coastal town, which caused fallen branches and minor tree damage, though local authorities reported no severe structural impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An endangered bird of prey has been rescued in J\u00e1vea (Val\u00e8ncia) after taking shelter on a balcony during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1164980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[24560,46043,31029,64734,2000,299,244496,35627,316218,104,167787,2464],"class_list":["post-1164979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-an","tag-bird","tag-during","tag-endangered","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-javea","tag-prey","tag-rescued","tag-spain","tag-spell","tag-storms"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117145512997006520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}