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Upside-down January

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And used the opportunity to send an open letter to the City Mayor, enquiring about his still-unfulfilled promise of this particular area finally becoming protected. At the end of the month my list stood at a ridiculous 45, instead of 100 or more.

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Those Sea Serpents

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One Common Raven is disappearing towards its nest among the branches of the poplar plantation, only to reappear a few minutes later to give a good chase – aerial acrobatics included – to its first neighbour, the White-tailed Eagle which breeds in the vicinity. Because they aren’t fishes, but – Eurasian Otters! kilometres / 0.7

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Birding and Wildlife photography at Limneo Lodge, Kerkini Lake, Greece

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From that year onward my work became dedicated to the protection of the area, as well as promotion of local ecotourism possibilities. Other important breeding species include Black and White Stork , Lesser Spotted , White-tailed , and Booted Eagle. Next to them, Whiskered and Black Terns nest on floating leaves of White Water-lilies.

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The Belgrade Amazon Campaign or the House of the Eagle

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That is hardly a surprise: this area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country! Then, there were Eurasian Otters , which I’ve seen twice. And how about Black Storks, otters and eagles? The Beljarica is the very buoyancy aid of Belgrade.

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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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Whenever I come here, I am focused on birds, but I have had some good mammal sighting as well: a roe deer swimming across a pond (only its head and antlers visible), a pair of otters playing in the water, a curious (young?) These handsome finches breed in the far north of Europe and come here for the winter only.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Photo: This area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles , which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country. Wigeons are only migrants and not a breeding species in Serbia and August is a bit too early for any longer distance duck movements. Photographed by Szekeres Levente. and one ad.).

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Is The Hooded Grebe About To Go Extinct?

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If you’ve ever seen a Mink at a distance (a live mink, not a coat) you know that they are cute frolicking fun loving land otters. Some of the lakes they breed on have been stocked with salmon and trout. And, the Mink are capable of wiping out large portions of a breeding colony in a short period.

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