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Birdwatching in Northern Greece by Steve Mills: Third Edition

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Steve Dudley, a bird guide and author of the Lesvos birding guide, once told me: “Greece is THE premier birding location in Europe for me [and for yours truly as well]. Do the maps right, and you are the leader of the pack. This book is sure to become an essential companion on my future birding trips in Greece.

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The Reva Situation

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Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all. Personally I wasn’t happy, but I do not live there and do not have a septic tank in my backyard, so I felt that I had no right to complain.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Great Flamingo tongues & heads: p.

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Birding Gir National Park, India

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This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I live in the southeast of Europe, for a while lived in the south of Africa and also have extensively birded western and central India. Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right?

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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If you are a migratory bird in Europe and western Asia, this is your sweet spot. There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read. The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting.

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The Lion Forest of India

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This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

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