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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 3 The Egyptian Vulture

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Photo courtesy Stewart Finlayson The latest Spanish breeding bird atlas (2014-18) compares the results with the previous atlas (1998-2002) and shows that Egyptian Vultures continued to breed in 60% of squares examined. Is the loss of populations and species of birds the price to be paid for a miniscule reduction in the carbon footprint?

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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mi2 of the Danube Backwaters in 2014 (cover photo). Yet, the environmental problems are pulling people together, uniting the people with very different political views with the simplest of all agendas: “We want to breathe clean air, we want clean tap water.” It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1

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Jochen’s Top 10 birds of 2016

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I therefore finished the year on a high note, seeing quite a few species I scarcely got to see during the previous years. So here they are, my top 10 bird species of 2016, in no particular order except for No. This allowed for my first very nice views at this species since the year 2001, which made me very happy.

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