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Definitively the Egyptians!

10,000 Birds

That was not all, a few days later, by one village rubbish dump, not far from Ahmedabad, we had more than 100 Egyptian Vultures (above); plus 20 more at the dead cattle dumping site at the outskirts of the city. Neighbouring (FYRO) Macedonia nowadays has about 20 pairs, while two decades ago they had 135!

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Serbia – birding overview of a year in the Central Balkans

10,000 Birds

In the last ten years, Cattle Egrets have bred again, on and off, but for the first time since 1870s. Common Quail , Grey Partridge , Turtle Dove , too. There are only about dozen places where Alpine Swifts breed, but downtown Belgrade is one of them since this spring. Glossy Ibises are localized, as well as Griffon Vultures.

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