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White Storks Everywhere

10,000 Birds

So, yes, it was Spain. Specifically, rural northwestern Spain, at various points along the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route to the supposed burial place of Saint James the apostle and, before that, to the westernmost point in continental Europe, the supposed End of the Earth, the Finis Terra.

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

10,000 Birds

Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. Birds to see There are 139 bird species recorded within the national park, 96 of them breeding in recent years. Distribution of the Ural Owl in the Tara NP in the breeding season (Rajkovic and Pantovic).

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Catalonian Spring

10,000 Birds

In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and India, where he chased that country’s rarest owl. A pair of these eagles breed nearby, but this bird shows no wish to reappear and show itself better.

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Homage to Catalonia

10,000 Birds

First stop is the nearby Llobregat Delta reserve, a network of canals and pine forests squeezed in between the airport and industrial plants. A pair of these eagles breed nearby, but this bird shows no wish to reappear and show itself better. The road follows the riverbank overgrown with reeds. Steve answers: Bonelli’s Eagle !

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