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
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
AUGUST 31, 2014
No, seriously, a brown warbler with stripes in central Europe really means you are either looking at a Grasshopper Warbler or a Sedge Warbler. However, these are so rare in most of Europe that thinking you are looking at one essentially means you are fooling yourself and should return to considering Sedge and Grasshopper Warblers again.
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
MARCH 14, 2019
The toughest thing for me, as a local birder, was to choose the most attractive birds because those that attract my attention are generally all too common in the northwest of Europe, from where most visiting birders are coming. and the first skyscraper built in Southeast Europe, in 1939. Hence, I asked my friend B.C.,
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.
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