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Birding the Cyclades: My my, how can I resist you?

10,000 Birds

In the IUCN Red List, it is listed as vulnerable because of the high mortality of nestlings that become victims to rats and of adults that end up as a fishery bycatch. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. But, the Yelkouan Shearwater is also a lifer for me!

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