10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2015
Twenty years ago, flocks consisting of a thousand European Turtle Doves were a common sight in Serbia in spring. Turtle Doves have been declining in Europe since the 1970s, and in this century alone, the continent has lost 40% of its population of the species. Ten years ago, those flocks were reduced to a few hundred birds.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. Like the felled Turtle Dove photographed above by the BBC.). News Birdlife Malta european union illegal hunting Malta short-toed eagle' Meanwhile, back in Malta, the carnage appears to be continuing.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
I veer into the very heart of the delta… and find myself in the Rubbish Alley, an illegal dumping site where people of Ammoudia leave old bricks and ceramic tiles, plastic chairs and toys, toilet seats, cut palm tree trunks and a lot more. Tiny bird disappearing into the thicket, then showing on a branch – Willow Warbler.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 9, 2008
In its first ever independent operation since its inception last year, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has unearthed an illegal pet trade racket arresting one and seizing four live Indian Tent turtles from Mahipalpur area here. It sure looks like India is taking wildlife crime investigation seriously.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring …. What really puzzled me then was a bird.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
I veer into the very heart of the delta… and find myself in the Rubbish Alley, an illegal dumping site where people of Ammoudia leave old bricks and ceramic tiles, plastic chairs and toys, toilet seats, cut palm tree trunks and a lot more. Tiny bird disappearing into the thicket, then showing on a branch – Willow Warbler.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. It’s a very mixed chapter. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails. Mow grasslands only once a year to arrest succession. And so on.
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