10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2021

We are heading towards the Great Bustard Pastures Nature Reserve in the very north of Serbia, along the border with Romania (near the town of Kikinda, the world Long-eared Owl capital ). still hadn’t seen his White-tailed Eagle , hence we headed for the Beljarica backwaters, along the Danube upriver from Belgrade. who dipped it).

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Serbia Birds Romania Eagles 247

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2022

On the second day of that visit, the wardens suggested to try the “Forgotten” Road, once the main road to Romania, but today, after a dozen tunnels and a new riverbank road were constructed four decades ago, merely a track of a derelict and crumbling tarmac winding over a mountain pass. Hopefully, something may have changed in the meantime.

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Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Romania 250

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. The Greater Spotted Eagle mostly breeds from Ukraine eastward and in Serbia is only a rare but regular wintering species (several birds are recorded every winter).

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Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The national park ranges some 100 km in length along the right bank of the Danube (the left bank is in Romania), where the river varies in width from 5 km / 3 mi to only 150 m / 500 ft and the mountains rise up to 800 m / 2600 ft a.s.l. The highest section of the Forgotten Road lies at 500 m / 1600 ft a.s.l,

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Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 194