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We are Just Money Grubbers

10,000 Birds

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Common Pochard Aythya ferina.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

10,000 Birds

This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin. . #1 Rusanda is a shallow natron lake by the village of Melenci, 80 km north of Belgrade. 1 Kompenzacioni bazen lake, Pirot.

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