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Threatened Birds of Nanhui, Shanghai

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Shanghai is located on the coast of the East China Sea and lies right on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. Other areas in Lingang are starting to be covered with factories (Tesla) and residential buildings. After all, China`s President Xi Jinping recently stated that “We must protect this planet like our own eyes”.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.” And it does not even live in reeds. Did it f*ck.

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Autumn colours

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This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. We receive some beautiful photos from China of individually marked shorebirds on migration each year as they travel through the Flyway.

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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

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Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat. Before the owls brought tourists, billboards along the main road proudly called the town “Kikinda – the Tile Capital”, after its tile factory, which is hardly a reason for any tourist to consider visiting the place.

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