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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 2

10,000 Birds

Griffon Vulture chased by Yellow-legged Gulls during spring migration at Gibraltar This is the last hurdle in the arduous journey of the Griffons that left West Africa and crossed the Sahara Desert. I have been following the local gulls with GPS tags and they spend most of their time in rubbish tips in Spain and Morocco.

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People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?

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Henican writes: The truth of the matter, of course, is that most city kids will never have the chance to visit the wilds of Africa and Asia, assuming there are any wilds left in the decades to come. The only way most of us will ever see an elephant (or a tiger or a hippo) is on the National Geographic Channel, at a circus or in a zoo.

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

10,000 Birds

It takes a little longer for the hordes pouring out of Africa to reach the north of England, at least a week, often two after the first migrants make landfall on southern coasts before we get even a sniff of anything that has been near a Wildebeest over the winter. Get yours today! Join Mike in Jamaica!

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