10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2020

The first thing to appear was its yellow bill – a locally rare Cattle Egret ! This was only my seventh observation of this species in Europe (3 in Greece, 4 in Serbia). The local levee warden sometimes shepherds his cows here, and the eagle would stand right above him, giving him no second glance. I am a stranger in his realm.

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Greece Bulgaria Birds Serbia 234

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

Consequently, my first local patch becomes a largish Danube River floodzone opposite to Belgrade (Serbia) city centre (cover photo: April 1992). Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right? armed with binoculars only?),

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Serbia Stray Dog Protection Botswana 241

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2015

Loess bluff with numerous bee-eaters and one Northern Wheatear and, cut into a low grassy ridge, the set of tracks veers right. Not far from Deliblato Sands lies the village of Dubovac and, between it and the Danube, a wetland important for its heronry – in some years among the largest in Serbia. Deliblato Sands.

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Factory Stray Dog Turtles Serbia 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

The very best wetland birding around Belgrade, Serbia, is not to be found in the locally famous and tourist-promoted Obedska or Carska Bara Ramsar areas, but at Beljarica Backwaters and the fish farm triangle of Centa, Baranda and Sakule villages, in the Tamis River floodplain. Before that, on a rather sharp right bend, 1.8

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Farming Birds Fish Boars 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Claire and Grant went walkabout for 20 FOYs.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2020

9 beats visited 9 countries (China, Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, Jamaica , Serbia and Japan) and submitted 151 checklists when they got back. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Note; The Megalomanagement reserve the right to refuse to gift prizes on the grounds that they are The Megalomanagement. Just me then?

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