10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2024

I’m sure many in Europe will remember a world without Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) but the younger ones will never have experienced a world without these ubiquitous town birds. Those of us who have lived long enough to see significant changes to bird populations will have personal recollections of this or that species.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2022

When you spot a brand new bird identification guide, especially for your home region – in this case, Europe – reaching for it comes naturally. And that became heavier with each passing day… On the other hand, Europe’s Birds cover less than half of that number – 900+ species and a softback weighs 1.4 Highly recommended.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2021

And ten years later, I found my name among the data providers in this magnificent book – possibly the most important ornithological publication in Europe in the 21st century, so far. Hence, study the Species and habitats and, combined with Biogeographic patterns in the distribution chapter, construct new bird tours of Europe.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

Birds that nest in southern Africa winter to the north in the tropics, while birds that breed in southern Europe and Turkey migrate south to, you guessed it, tropical Africa. I wonder whether birds that breed in Europe ever meet up with those nest in southern Africa? Cyprus is one of those places where anything can turn up.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

This decision comes in response to increasing public demand for stronger animal protections across Europe. Hungarian politician Olivér Várhelyi has been nominated as the Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, pending approval by the European Parliament. However… Source

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10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2014

Now, it is after the old eagle to grab it… and this is the heavy-weight eagle champ of Europe. Birds eagles Europe Serbia wetlands' It goes after the falling fish… …almost… …but no, the older eagle misses the fish, which falls to the ground, to make some stray cat a very happy cat.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Collins Bird Guide covers Europe, North Atlantic islands, much of North Africa and the Middle East. may be more usual for northern Europe? Europe’s relief makes it a particularly hard continent to present bird distributions on a small scale and I wish it was possible to enlarge the maps.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2014

No, seriously, a brown warbler with stripes in central Europe really means you are either looking at a Grasshopper Warbler or a Sedge Warbler. However, these are so rare in most of Europe that thinking you are looking at one essentially means you are fooling yourself and should return to considering Sedge and Grasshopper Warblers again.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

At least two of the birds ended up in the Netherlands where they have been delighting birders from across Europe. How about so dramatic that nine birds caught a ride on a freighter and some made it all the way across the Atlantic Ocean ? You can see pictures of them on this blog , which is in Dutch. This irruption is absolutely insane.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2024

That is, species that migrate down western Europe in autumn but rarely cross the Sahara Desert. They stay in south-west Europe and north-west Africa. When we look at it closely, we find that this is not the case. In fact, the breeding birds are overwhelmingly dominated by pre-Saharan migrants.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Balkans, by the way, is a loose term for Europe’s south-eastern peninsula, covering the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece.) It is these Balkan specials that are the target species… Source

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

For the last two decades, Europe and the greater Mediterranean have been covered by one of the best field guides anywhere: “Collins Bird Guide” by Lars Svensson et al., published in the US by Princeton as “Birds of Europe”. Still, in this case CBG wins in the JIZZ category as well.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2013

While it might fall within the autumn migration, if you are in the south of Europe, it isn’t in full swing. This timing suites Britain and Netherlands well, I suppose, but Europe is somewhat larger than that.). Birding city birds Europe Serbia' October is a strange month. Photos (2): Nebojsa Pantelic. source: EBW2013.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2024

My target at the start of the year was 200 species in the UK and 300 in Europe, so I’ve achieved the latter, while the chances of reaching the former are pretty good. Three months ago the former was on 139, but it’s now grown to 180, while the European list was 173, but has now reached a much more satisfactory 303. Wood Sandpiper.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Few places boast so many different bird species in such a small area — over 900 species (more than Europe, or all of the United States and Canada combined), including 75 different families, like 51 species of hummingbirds, 48 warblers, and 45 tanagers. Travelling from Eastern Europe to Central America was also an 8 hours back in time trip.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. It has become extinct, one may say, but such formulation hides the gruesome fact: it has been exterminated. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

Between finishing one graduate program and begining another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Here’s his first stop: Before starting graduate school at the end of June, I planned a whirlwind trip this spring, visiting the major cities in Northern Europe. Trips Europe Iceland seabirds' Total Species: 37.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2015

You see, the Great (White) Heron/Egret is a polytypic species with four subspecies: alba in Europe, egretta in the Americas, melanorhynchos in Africa, and modesta in Asia and Oceania. The Intermediate Egret – by the way – now resides in isolation within its own genus Mesophoyx. Just so you know.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2025

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) is a striking diving duck species native to Europe and Asia. Red-crested Pochard, February 25, 2025, Mehsana, India Eurasian Teal, February 28, 2025, Kutch, India Greater Flamingo, March 01, 2025, Jamnagar, India Photos by Ming Li. I took the photo from a small boat in the river.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2020

Not far from its capital Lisbon lies Cabo de Roca, the westernmost point in mainland Europe. But like Spain, its only neighbor on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal is cut off from the rest of Europe by the steep, natural border formed by the Pyrenees.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

Lion – much easier to see than an Aardvark In contrast to East Africa, encounters with mammals while out birding in Europe are relatively few. Over the years, though, I have enjoyed a number of memorable mammal sightings in Europe. Otters may be widespread in Europe, but they are usually elusive and difficult to see.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

When the ground-breaking A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe was first published 70 years ago, the Red Grouse ( Lagopus scoticus ), was still regarded as Britain’s only endemic bird, with the Field Guide treating it as a separate species to the closely related Willow Grouse ( Lagopus lagopus ).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2023

Finding Birds in Northern Greece offers information on how to reach the best sites, detailed hand-drawn maps, and notes on what birds you might see once you get there.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2019

It was not my first time birding in Europe, and my work obligations only allowed me to get out four too-brief times in nine days. And when an American or Latin American birds Europe, what appear to be common species can still be lifers. Even so, I was able to see 54 species, of which fully half were lifers.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Of course such a clear case of misjudgement would never have happened here in the Olde Europe. Here in Europe, we have the dull green and challenging leaf warblers of the genus Phylloscopus. We are more careful, more restrained and mindful, and we have been taught to consider the consequences of our actions.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As Aristotle noted, this is also true in Europe, where the most common swallow is the cosmopolitan Barn Swallow ( Hirundo rustica ). Keulemans (1842-1912).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2014

Birding Europe In memoriam Turkey' Faced with the further spread of cancer, five years ago – at the age of 62, Brian has finally fallen asleep… under the walnut tree in the Sleepy Valley.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

It can still be an entirely opposite end of a continent, but – if you are residing in Europe – the flight can be as short as one (from Germany) to two hours (from UK). I am talking of the very heart of the Balkans and the final birding frontier of Europe: Serbia.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Very occasionally though, one might stray down the eastern seaboard of the USA, but for the most part, those that breed in arctic Canada migrate towards Europe and swell numbers there during the winter. The Common Ringed Plover’s two-toned call is lower and less sophisticated than the Semi-palmated’s.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

It resembled a Hooded Crow of east europe, only the grey parts were white – the Pied Crow , as it turned out to be. (Statistics would go in favour of the Cape Glossy Starling , as I later learned.). The next bird was some crow-like UFO observed from the shuttle bus. Crow-like has to be a crow, doesn’t it? Umm, yes, the bird?” “The

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America. This is where they got their name. According to R.D. ca 1630–1647. Crawford, R.D.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2015

I was still telling the truth when I mentioned the four subspecies, species, taxa, forms, you name it, of the Great Egret: modesta (Asia), alba (Europe, Asia), egretta (Americas) and melanorhynchos (Africa). This is particularly interesting for birders in North America and Europe (duh!), How then could such a vagrant be identified?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2020

And I am in the southeast of Europe. published in the US as “Birds of Europe”), shows only a male in breeding plumage. Oh, who’d go back home now? Anyway, I don’t even have an app for the European birds at the moment, but for the Birds of Southern Africa. My favourite poplar tree. mi2 of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade, Serbia.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is used mostly as a wintering ground, with just a handful of breeding colonies between Greece, northern Italy and eastern Spain (and recently through central Europe all the way to Ireland). I’ll start with the Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

These are African, sub-Saharan, vultures that were unknown in Europe until recent times. Now the chances of Ruppell’s getting caught up in Griffon flocks and straying north into Europe are much higher, simply because there are so many more Griffons making the journey.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2014

Its range extends well beyond our shores through Europe and beyond. The Long-tailed Tit , Aegithalos Caudatus , is one of the most endearing of British birds. It is a tiny ball of fluff with a long tail and the tiniest of bills. In Japan, it is represented by the A.c. japonicus race. Here in Britain, we have the A.c. rosaceus form.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Now, it is much easier for me to achieve first-time sightings of species in Europe than it is in Mexico, at this point of the game. Dunlins , Black-bellied Plovers ( known as Grey Plovers in Europe), a Whimbrel , and the inevitable Mallards and Rock Pigeons , all turned up to make me feel at home. But this time, I could.

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