10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

The coronavirus has locked us all in, literally, doing something that was totally unthinkable only a few months ago: it has prevented us from birding abroad! I am talking of the very heart of the Balkans and the final birding frontier of Europe: Serbia. Birding overview. Belgrade – weekend birding break. Top-20 birds.

Serbia 317

Serbia Sanctuary Birds Bosnia 317

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2018

Our destination lies further west, along the Drina River, which marks the border between Serbia and Bosnia. Common Chaffinches and Great T**s are calling from several directions at once, but even such extrovert birds are surprisingly hard to spot among young leaves. And the cliff was white with bird droppings. They are huge!

Serbia 105

Serbia Herzegovina Bosnia Sheep 105

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

Even the first bird club was founded several years later. Two years passed before I found myself looking for a new outdoor pursuit, something to do from a sitting position… And took birding? And from the kayak cockpit, I started to bird. Bird census techniques” by Colin J.

Serbia 189

Serbia Bosnia Research Lions 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The series of birding workshops and meetings continued across the map, through Ulcinj, Montenegro, then Samobor, Croatia and Stip (described here ), North Macedonia, leading to Brussels, the unofficial capital of EU. Yet, Bosnia and Herzegovina was the very heartland of former Yugoslavia, with Sarajevo in its geographical centre.

Bosnia 139

Bosnia Croatia Herzegovina Slovenia 139