10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2020

First, 800 km of driving from Belgrade through Bulgaria to very NE corner of Greece and the Dadia Forest National Park with its 36 species of diurnal raptors, out of Europe’s 38. Farther on along the levee, there was a huge White-tailed Eagle standing on a big, old poplar. I am a stranger in his realm.

Greece 225

Greece Bulgaria Birds Serbia 225

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. The Greater Spotted Eagle mostly breeds from Ukraine eastward and in Serbia is only a rare but regular wintering species (several birds are recorded every winter).

Serbia 198

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. Unlike the previous hotspots, which lie close to Belgrade, the Kompenzacioni bazen lake (literally “compensation pool”), is in the town of Pirot, close to the border with Bulgaria and about 300 km from Belgrade. eBird bar chart. #1 1 Kompenzacioni bazen lake, Pirot.

Serbia 150

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 150