10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2011
Last but certainly not least, the macaw suffers along with the other species in its ecosystem from rampant habitat destruction and deforestation. You might also want to see how the World Parrot Trust works to protect parrots in the wild. To be more specific, this vast tropical savanna is home to some 800 bird species.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
And here in Europe, they are the real deal, an indigenous species and not domesticated animals gone wild. These handsome finches breed in the far north of Europe and come here for the winter only. I think all were males, at last two huge ones certainly were. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
In a co-ordinated protest, members of the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) destroyed hundreds of traps and set free the birds inside. The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. From the Guardian.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry. A worrying trend.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 26, 2018
Due to mass wolf poisonings in the 1960s and the 1970s, Griffon Vultures in Serbia suffered a dramatic population crash. We approach a low limestone cliff topped with separate rock formations, like a medieval city wall topped with parapets that offered protection to defenders. No, they weren’t in raspberry fields.).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2016
The next morning is for the Kerkini Lake, one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only ten years ago, in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 312 bird species. Going even lower, we add a Cirl Bunting and a Syrian Woodpecker. Enough of the mountains. The Greater Spotted Eagle is a threatened species.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
It's the largest civil penalty imposed under EU legislation in which wildlife protection is a condition for receiving funds from the EU's Single Farm Payment Scheme. Tags: UK europe. This guy is the third Scottish landowner to have subsidies cut under these regulations. Don't worry. He's a millionaire. He'll be okay.)
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