Gamla Vulture Feeding Station Live Cam

Charter Wildlife Cams streams this live broadcast from a vulture feeding station in the Gamla Nature Reserve, in the Golan Heights. It is presented as the first live broadcast from a vulture feeding station in Israel, and it is part of the Open Wings project, led by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority with the Israel Electric Corporation and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

The Eurasian griffon vulture is a huge scavenger, with a wingspan of up to about 2.8 meters, and once nested in large numbers across the region. In recent decades its population has declined sharply, mainly because of poisoning, collisions with power lines and a shortage of safe food. Feeding stations supply carcasses that are free of poisons and veterinary drugs, giving the birds a reliable, safe source of food, and the project also works to make power lines safer for large birds.

Gamla is famous for its dramatic cliffs, which provide nesting ledges for the vultures, and for the tallest waterfall in the area. The reserve also protects the ruins of an ancient town known from the time of the Jewish revolt against Rome in the first century.

On the camera you can watch vultures gather, squabble and feed, as well as ravens and other scavengers. The region runs two hours ahead of UTC in winter.

The stream is provided by Charter Wildlife Cams.