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. Since this spring’s revision of the European Red List, the Turtle Dove is listed as a vulnerable species.

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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. Also, a European Roller and a Turtle Dove made their appearances, too. but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding. Photo: Gordan Pomorisac. And I felt… relieved?

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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? Bird therapy?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For example, I simply cannot comprehend how such seemingly common species such as the Common Pochard (yes, for the third time, the common), still allowed for shooting in Serbia and many other countries, found its way into the Red List of Threatened Species. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia.

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