10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention: three wild boars , appearing all black because they had just swam through the swamp to reach the bottom of the levee. Photographed within Beljarica: an otter by Snezana Panjkovic.

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Serbia Otters Boars Eagles 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

Serbia has a right-centre Government that for years avoided protecting any of the already proposed areas, heavily pushing the development at whatever cost and miserably failing the environment. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 Golden Jackals in Beljarica.

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Serbia Protection Deer Boars 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2017

Then, there were Eurasian Otters , which I’ve seen twice. The first time I spotted some movement on the water, focused my binos to see a Common Moorhen , but, hey, there’s something deep behind it, focusing further and seeing two otters diving and surfacing, swirling and playing. And how about Black Storks, otters and eagles?

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Eagles Campaign Otters Serbia 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Beljarica floodplain, from the Danube at the left to the embankment at the right hand side.

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Serbia Protection Eagles Ducks 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

There are 172 species of butterflies recorded within the national park, 24 species of bats, plus the Beech Marten (which I saw only as a road-kill), Otter , Wild Cat , Badger , Wild Boar , Grey Wolf and the European Brown Bear, among others. Other taxa. Maps and guides.

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

mi at its widest point, consisting of seasonally inundated riparian forests, industrial poplar plantations, river arms and ponds with 60 mammal ( Eurasian Otter , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , etc.) Two Wild Boars crossed our path, returning from the arable field where they fed overnight, to the safety of Beljarica.

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Farming Birds Fish Boars 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

This is like Sibley calling his bird guide “The Sibley guide to Birds of Massachusetts and North America” The latter sounds silly, right? Examples are wolf, beaver, otter, domestic cat, wolverine, wild boar, elk (moose), and reindeer. So what is one to think of the former?

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Europe Mammals Animal Birds 166