Our friend Celestino Vuillermoz sent us some extraordinary photographs of the bearded vultures that populate the Cogne Valley. In these stunning images, you can admire a chick and two adults flying, holding the Colonna mining complex in the background: the essence of Cogne’s natural and cultural history in a single shot.
The pair of bearded vultures have once again chosen Valnontey to nest, and the Gran Paradiso National Park has established a protection zone to avoid disturbing them. In the winter, in fact, bearded vultures lay eggs, which generally hatch in February.
In addition to the Cogne Valley, bearded vultures have returned to populate Gran Paradiso, also settling in Valsavarenche and Rhêmes-Notre-Dame.