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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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“I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders. My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Serbia is a cheap and accessible destination, with some real surprises in store for the visiting birder and some excellent guides to show you around.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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Also, it is a part of the international ecological corridor and the “Confluence of the Sava and the Danube Rivers” Important Bird Area (IBA), already proposed for a nature reserve by the Government’s Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia. Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy.

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Trump or Cruz? Clinton or Sanders? NOA! Vote for me!

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My agenda is to help to make the Ross Sea an international marine protected area. What experience do I have to confirm my qualifications? E.g., up to 10 percent of the European population of Pygmy Cormorants overwinters in Belgrade , Serbia. This is WHY. And I do need YOUR VOTE for that. But am I qualified for the job?

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The top-5 birds of 2018

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I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. The next specialty is the Red-footed Falcon in the Deliblato Sands Nature Reserve in the east of Serbia: “Two European Rollers await us on the wires, while one Eurasian Hoopoe flies by. Then 20 more joined them, so I entered 100 in my notebook.

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The Ultimate Reward

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The world record holder is the town of Kikinda, further north, with 700 birds in their town square which has recently become an officially protected owl habitat – a small, urban nature reserve. I observe them, but feel I still lack experience to tell with certainty the SEO from LEO in flight. Birding city birds Europe owls Serbia'

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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I used to live in Botswana, where there are about 450 bird species in an area a few dozen miles from the capital; then somewhat naively moved back to Serbia with mere 250 species around the capital. So, the perfect country to move to needs to have at least twice as many species as Serbia. And it shows. As is every one after it.

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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

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Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat. Actually, the numbers are even higher. The best decorated single tree had 145 owls in its crown.

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