Listed in Annex II of the Bern Convention, Annexes I and II of the Bonn Convention, CITES Appendix II. Though occasionally recorded during the breeding season in the project area, the Lesser Spotted Eagle is mainly a passage migrant. The area around Burgas is the ‘bottle-neck’ site, where up to 52,000 individuals have been recorded per season, which is about 86% of its global population. Some of the eagles stage in the area, which expose them to a risk of electrocution or collision with the powerlines. Included in the national RDB as Vulnerable. A national Action Plan for the species was in 2018.
