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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

10,000 Birds

He made a whirlwind tour of some of the best birding areas in the country, from the Karajukica Bunari peat bog in the extreme southwest (by the border with Montenegro) all the way to the Slano Kopovo Crane Sanctuary in the northeast. ducks), IBA, particularly nice landscape/habitat, or scenery…. r=RS&yr=all&m= ).

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We are Just Money Grubbers

10,000 Birds

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Common Pochard Aythya ferina.