10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2011

The big story of the fortnight in Cyprus isn’t about birds, but it crosses the path of birding (kinda). From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. Which gets me to the real big news in Cyprus of the fortnight, indirectly anyway.

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Cyprus illegal Game Birds 180

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. If you are a migratory bird in Europe and western Asia, this is your sweet spot. The organization dismantled nearly 9,000 traps on Cyprus last year. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

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Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

Editor Mitchell is the founder and managing editor of Birdwatch magazine, managing editor of Birdguides, a birding news website, and the author of two books on the birds of Europe and Great Britain. They are use the Objects concept as a framework for retelling the history of birding in an appealing, visual manner. Poro-prism binoculars (no.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 173