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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

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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. I think all were males, at last two huge ones certainly were.

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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

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We were then able to walk down Upper Thomson Road and get public transport back to our hotel. There were wild boars and monitors rustling through the leaves as well as the plantain squirrels that we had become so accustomed to. We had not been expecting to see a Banded Woodpecker and there we had one right in front of us.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Beljarica floodplain, from the Danube at the left to the embankment at the right hand side. Zorana Mihajlovic, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, pr@ms.gov.rs. I would like to call you to express your concerns to the authorities: Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister, predsednikvlade@gov.rs.

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Finding an Asian Openbill in Singapore-second ever record!

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Arriving in Singapore we soon collected our bags and got ourselves a NETS card for travel on public transport and to also use in supermarkets. The train system is fast and efficient and was our primary mode of transport. There was something “not right” about it. Due to the fact it was not yet 07:45am it was a S$1.09

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