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We are Just Money Grubbers

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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. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia. (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List).

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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The reservoir is surrounded by traditional farming landscape, adding the European Turtle Dove and the Ortolan Bunting to the scene. 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.

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