10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf

Elephants 197

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

Allow me to take you back in time, to November 2014. And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal. Unfortunately, this meeting was not about their protection, but about the lack of it!

Serbia 270

Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

They mimic snakes, a claim to fame that goes all the way back to Aristotle’s History of Animals. But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter).

Woodpeckers 250

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

When I came here for the first time in 2014, I stayed at the Limneo B&B in the Chrisochorafa Village and met its owner, Nikos Gallios. Nikos managed to show us the incubating Cattle Egrets, of which only 2 or 3 pairs breed in this enormous heronry, counting up to 9000 pairs back in 2014. What should I expect?

Greece 201

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The two main areas, Greater Sundas and Wallacea, are separated by ‘Wallace’s Line,’ a boundary drawn in 1859 by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who realized that the two areas had totally different birds and animals.

Indonesia 137

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 137