Overview

• LBV urged hikers, hunters and others in the Alps to watch for bearded vultures and submit clear photos to aid the search.
• Bavaria was last seen on March 11, her fourth birthday, and her GPS transmitter sent its final signal ten days later.
• Project leaders report no indications of mortality, citing possible transmitter failure or loss of signal as plausible reasons for the silence.
• She was released in 2021 in Berchtesgaden and had been regularly observed between the Hagengebirge, Hochkönig and Tennengebirge until early 2025.
• Although her bleached ID feathers have molted, she can still be identified by two light-grey leg rings.