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Trips

Finding birds in Deliblato Sands, part 3/3: along the eastern edge of the reserve

April 9, 2020 by Dragan No Comments

Stevanove Ravnice (cover photo) and the flooded mouth of the Karas River, Labudovo okno Part of the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland and protected within...

Trips

Finding birds in Deliblato Sands Reserve, part 2/3: the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland

March 26, 2020 by Dragan No Comments

LABUDOVO OKNO Ramsar Site and an Important Bird Area represents a section of the Danube floodplain downriver from Belgrade, Serbia, and situated in the...

Trips

Finding birds in Deliblato Sands, part 1/3: the largest sand dune system of Europe

March 12, 2020 by Dragan 2 Comments

It has been a while since I wrote on where to watch birds (unbelievable, I know), and will now focus on the nature reserve...

Trips

Going Medieval: Waterfowling the Two Towers of Serbia

February 13, 2020 by Dragan 4 Comments

Cover photo: Ram Fortress by Ilija Jacanovic In the chill morning of late January, I am driving east of Belgrade towards the Two Towers...

Birds

How to find the Ural Owl in Serbia

January 16, 2020 by Dragan No Comments

The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely...

Conservation

The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

December 19, 2019 by Dragan 5 Comments

In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention:...

Trips

Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

April 11, 2019 by Dragan No Comments

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far on a mud-bar, largely...