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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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They belong to the same species like those found back in Europe, Sus scrofa – which inhabits a belt stretching from northern Africa and Europe all the way to Indonesia, but a different subspecies, S.s. Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus.

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What is killing birds at Karla Lake (Greece)?

10,000 Birds

Before it was drained for agriculture in 1962, Lake Karla covered 180 km2 / 70 mi2 – a good portion of the eastern Thessaly Plain and was among the largest wetlands of Europe (visit the Management Body of the lake’s GIS platform ). A few Lesser Kestrels by the dyke wall, then a Black-eared Wheatear at some cattle fencing.

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