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Bring back the Blue Tit

10,000 Birds

The noble Blue Tit once ranged from Iran through Turkey and Europe to the Canary Islands (the Spanish Islands off North Africa – the other bird was named for the islands incidentally) and North Africa. The Barn Owl was a cosmopolitan species, so as it is split the name has to be shared (American, western and eastern).

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The Lake of Beasts: Kerkini, Greece

10,000 Birds

I am scoping Great Cormorants roosting in their colony in the (now dry) flooded forest, there is oneā€¦ eagle to the right of them. I am right, Kostas confirms, it is a Greater Spotted Eagle. Lesser White-fronted Geese at Kerkini, photo by Kostas Papadopoulos. One done, three more to go. Kerkini Factfile.

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