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We are Just Money Grubbers

10,000 Birds

I dipped it once before and only this autumn found them in Greece. The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. Lesser White-fronted Goose by Ingar Oien. The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List).

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review

10,000 Birds

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), YOC was the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ Young Ornithologists’ Club. Number 57, Great Northern?