10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2024
Birds that nest in southern Africa winter to the north in the tropics, while birds that breed in southern Europe and Turkey migrate south to, you guessed it, tropical Africa. I wonder whether birds that breed in Europe ever meet up with those nest in southern Africa? Cyprus is one of those places where anything can turn up.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece is the very best birding area in the Balkan Peninsula and definitely among the top ten hotspots of Europe. Great White Pelicans by Kostas Papadopoulos We devoted the afternoon to the small, abandoned and revitalised quarry behind the hamlet of Chimarros.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2019
Even in the comparable wilderness of coastal Shanghai, it is far more likely to see the tree sparrow near an abandoned hut than in a more pristine spot. Still, a bird that has its moments – and I am always surprised how this sparrow really seems to enjoy human presence, however destructive it may be.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2011
Common Merganser ( Mergus merganser ) photos by Larry Jordan (click to enlarge) The Common Merganser ( Mergus merganser americanus ) or Goosander ( Mergus merganser merganser ) as it’s known in Europe, is a large, cold-hardy, fish-eating duck that nests worldwide near large lakes and rivers in northern forested habitats 1.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2016
In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not at all.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2016
Over a few obstacles, we follow the dirt track into an abandoned and overgrown claypit. Yet, Starlings cannot dig and are happy to use abandoned cavities. In the south of Europe, pines do not normally appear at this altitude – a mere 260 m / 850 ft – and these ones were clearly planted, some half a century ago.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us. It is too early to show.
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