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Godwits are bad ambassadors of conservation

10,000 Birds

It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia. Judging by my experiences with the species, the Black-tailed Godwit’s behaviour is restricted to two aspects.

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Siberian Chiffchaff in the Altai Mountains

10,000 Birds

The Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita is an abundant species with an impressive global range that stretches from the West of Europe across Siberia to Russia’s far East, just falling short of reaching the Bering Straits by a laughable 800 kilometres, a fact one individual apparently found too awkward to bear. Enter hell’s gate!

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. This is big, global-level stuff with amazing findings but worrisome data.

Cyprus 264