10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

Morocco 226

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 226

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds. What remains of their range is currently protected as the Pastures of Great Bustard Special Nature Reserve, but in the last several years there are only a dozen birds left, and only one adult male among them.

Serbia 104

Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 104

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2018

But, published in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary, it was written in Hungarian. And that was the time when all 400 km2 were still open to annual rhythms of flooding and represented a famous waterbird hunting ground. The proposal to protect 1860 ha was sent to the City Assembly, which conveniently forgot about it in some dusty drawer.

Beavers 121

Beavers Serbia Eagles Hungary 121