Tag: Iron Gates Np

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Guide to birding the Forgotten Road in the Djerdap National Park, Serbia

August 11, 2022 by Dragan No Comments

That first field trip to Djerdap Gorge National Park, eight years ago, was made as a part of an ecotourism potential evaluation project. And...

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

May 21, 2020 by Dragan 2 Comments

The coronavirus has locked us all in, literally, doing something that was totally unthinkable only a few months ago: it has prevented us from...

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St. Michael’s summer birding along the Danube in Serbia

October 25, 2018 by Dragan No Comments

It was only a few days ago, yet it already seems like days long gone. Unlike today’s cold and gloom, it was a warm...

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Talking of woodpeckers…

December 21, 2017 by Dragan 2 Comments

As tree crowns grow thinner, Autumn becomes the true woodpecker season. September in the Balkans started with the usual unruly bunch of Lesser Spotted,...

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Those magnificent places down the Danube

June 8, 2017 by Dragan No Comments

Cover photo: Black-headed Bunting by Mark S. Jobling / Wikimedia Commons This year, the first heat of the season came late, only with early...

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Birding Balkans: A Play in Two Acts

September 15, 2016 by Dragan 1 Comment

ACT I SCENE I. Iron Gates (Djerdap) national park, Serbia. Small canyon among wooded hills. Morning. Framed by red Permian sandstone, Eric Hyman is...