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Acheron Delta, Greece: Hell is Closed for Renovation

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We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra, the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked up (well, not really for renovation, but for further research at this archeological site, after the height of a tourist season). On a wire by the road, one European Bee-eater awaits me.

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Greece: Oliver the Husky

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Most of people in Greece believe that Arachova people knows who's the killer and they are hiding him so as not to spoil the name of the place. We don't how much sure this is real but that about the abuse of the Oliver husky is a fact and made multiple people in Greece very mad about that! And why we believe that?

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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This September I found myself on a bear tracking tour organised by Natural Greece in the prime bear habitat of the Pindos range – the southernmost bear country in Europe, heading for the 2,520 m / 8,270 ft high Gramos Mountain along the border with Albania. inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. Only the Balkan (700 + 2,500 ind.)

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Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide

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On my last trip to Greece, I carried and studied this book, hoping for the Audouin’s Gull (no such luck yet, actually I saw very few gulls). Mars Muusse is a Dutch birder specializing in gulls and the founder of a famous gull identification website Gull Research Organization. pounds, and 6.7 Philippe J.

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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. Beagle , pt.

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge? Greece (346 / 411 – just to give you a clue, the Greek-published checklist I have has 449 species).

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BIRDING ACHERON: Hell is closed for renovation

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We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra , the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked up (well, not really for renovation, but for further research and digging at this archeological site). Trips Greece wetlands' On a wire by the road, one European Bee-eater awaits me.

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