In 2022, the Egyptian vulture nested for the first time in Timanfaya National Park after an absence of more than twenty years. The same pair of vultures that nested again in 2024 has reproduced once more. This news confirms the «incipient recovery» of the vulture population in Lanzarote, a species that was on the verge of extinction in the 1990s due to the indiscriminate use of poisons and human activity
This event suggests a resurgence in the recovery of this species on the island of Lanzarote, complementing the significant growth recorded in Fuerteventura in recent decades. As for this pair of Egyptian vultures, their breeding began in early January 2026 in the same breeding territory they chose two years prior. In the first few months of the year, the vultures spend almost the entire day selecting the cave they will use for breeding, adding nesting material, and strengthening their bond through joint flights and frequent copulations, explains Walo Moreno, a field technician who has been studying the Egyptian vulture in the field for fourteen years as part of the Monitoring Program promoted by the Directorate General of the Natural Environment of the Government of the Canary Islands, currently co-financed by the Canary Islands FEDER 2021-2027 Program and with scientific advice from the Doñana Biological Station of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).