10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2015
Twenty years ago, flocks consisting of a thousand European Turtle Doves were a common sight in Serbia in spring. As we speak, in Serbia these birds are still hunted in August and September. Turtle Doves have been declining in Europe since the 1970s, and in this century alone, the continent has lost 40% of its population of the species.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2023
The night temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, were already below minus 10 Celsius / 14 degrees Fahrenheit for two weeks. Up to the mid-20th century, Pygmy Cormorant was a common breeding species of wetlands around Belgrade until most wetlands were drained and the birds were lost, at one moment – from the entire territory of Serbia.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2017
While Serbia claims to strive towards the EU membership, it is back to the Chinese credit and Chinese environmental standards. Annex II of the Bern Convention lists 45 of Beljarica’s bird species, with a further 91 species in Annex III. Finally, 24 species in Annex I of the EU Bird Directive were recorded in this area.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2021
Also, it is a part of the international ecological corridor and the “Confluence of the Sava and the Danube Rivers” Important Bird Area (IBA), already proposed for a nature reserve by the Government’s Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Belgrade City Environmental Secretariat accepted the initiative and the Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia produced the study and the official proposal for the protection of 18.6 It took 12 years to reach this point. The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010. sq km / 7.2 sq mi of the Danube Backwaters in 2014.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Last month, I birded my favourite local patch, Beljarica – the best eBird hotspot in Belgrade city and the 3rd best in Serbia – four times. Before I start, my readers are already asking themselves why are they familiar with the name of this locality? but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding. Photo: Gordan Pomorisac.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 18, 2020
My country, Serbia, is nowadays slowly emerging from the corona-virus grip. Still, the ease of restrictions allowed me to escape some of the elections campaign torture through the media and exchange it for the soothing sensation of being in a deep and damp conifer forests in the rain. I don’t think so. Forest bathing?
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