#Birding #Beljarica the first day of spring, the only time of the year Ring Ouzel and Common Hoopoe can be observed side by side in #Belgrade, together with Common Goldeneye (a northern species that started breeding only a few years ago), Sparrowhawk, WT Eagle, Black Wood, Mistle Thrush...

I went birding… and to admire trees! Mostly glorious White Poplars. I don’t really think of myself as a tree-hugger, but if I were religious, I’d worship trees!

Birds included Brambling, Mistle Thrush, Woodlark, Marsh Tit, Black Woodpecker, WT Eagle, Sparrowhawk, etc.

#Birding #Beljarica #Belgrade

Late January #birding #Beljarica, #Belgrade, a spacious flood retention basin of seasonally inundated riparian forests, observed fresh Beaver teeth marks and a White-tailed Eagle incubating its recently laid eggs, Merlin in a hunt, Water, & Meadow Pipit, heard a mourning call of Black Woodpecker🌳🌳🌳

The 1st frozen #Beljarica Foreland #birding in 2026: Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, WT Eagle, Black Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Brambling, Reed Bunting… Cold, yet quite productive 2 hours

#Belgrade 🦅 #gobirding 🦆🦢 #birdsuniteourworld 🦆🦢 #seetheunseen 🦅 #SwarovskiOptik

#Birding #Beljarica, #Belgrade, a spacious flood retention basin of seasonally inundated riparian forests of willow and poplar, had a great observation of Black Woodpeckers, Great White Egret, 📷 White-tailed Eagle, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Hawfinch

🌳 #ForlandLeveObaleDunava NR 🌳

The most detailed collection of site descriptions of major #birding areas near #Belgrade (x) – some of my 10,000 Birds blog posts from the last 10 years
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Should I turn them into a guidebook?

🌳 #ObedskaBara 1, #Beljarica 2, #DeliblatoSands 3
🌳 #birdsuniteourworld

October 2025 Global Big Day - 10,000 Birds Edition A couple months ago I had the questionable idea of not only spending all day birding, but coercing my colleagues here at 10,000 Birds to “join in the fun” for the next Global Big Day. I had…

After never colder beginning of the month – literally, since the 19th century when measurements started to be recorded, early October was never so cold – weather finally became more pleasant. Off we went #birding #Beljarica Backwaters ( #Belgrade) and...
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Mid-October #birding the #Beljarica Foreland #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade: Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, WT Eagle, Green Wood, 📷GG Shrike, Willow Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Stonechat, Corn Bunting

#OctoberBigDay 2025
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#birdsuniteourworld

Go #birding #Serbia 376 sp.; 200+ sp. areas: 📷 #ObedskaBara 1, #Beljarica 2, #TamisRiver fish farms 3, #Ečka fish farm 4, #LabudovoOkno (Dubovac–Ram) 6 wetlands; 150+ sp.: 📷 #DeliblatoSands 5, 📷 #Djerdap 7 & #Trešnjica 8 gorges; single-base: #Belgrade; best Apr–Jun & Aug–Sep
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#WTD25

Mid-September #birding the autumn migration in the #Beljarica / #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade, #Serbia: Little Ringed Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black Stork, Lesser Spotted, & Black Wood, Hobby, Golden Oriole, RB Shrike, Wood, & Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Spotted Fly, Redstart

Late August #birding the autumn migration in the #Beljarica / #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade, #Serbia: Spotted Fly, Tree Pipit, Wood Warbler, RB Shrike, Hoopoe, Spoonbill, 📷Glossy Ibis, Black Stork, Redshank, 📷Wood Sand, 📷Cuckoo, Garganey

#birdwatching #seetheunseen #birdfair

Mid-August #birding the summer migration in #Beljarica #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Foreland Reserve, #Belgrade: Garganey, Quail, Cuckoo, Wood Sand, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Whiskered Tern, Black Stork, Glossy Ibis, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Black Wood, 📷RB Shrike, Wood Warbler, Spotted Fly
#swarovskioptik

Birding Beljarica in August Last month, I birded my favourite local patch, Beljarica – the best eBird hotspot in Belgrade city and the 3rd best in Serbia – four times. August is possibly the best month there…

August #birding @ #Beljarica, within the #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade #Serbia, when Hoopoes and Bee-eaters become more numerous & obvious. Aug/Sep are the best months because you gradually observe the rise & fall of numbers of various migrating birds
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A cracking end of July morning #birding #Beljarica Reserve, #Belgrade, a spacious floodplain with 200+ bird & 60 mammal species: 50+ sp. incl. Turtle Dove, WoodSand, Greenshank, Black Stork, Night Heron, Honey-buzzard, White-tailed 🦅, Little Owl, Bee-eater, Hobby, Lesser Grey Shrike
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📷 Milica Peric

Go #birding #Serbia 376 sp.; 200+ sp: 📷 #Beljarica 2, #LabudovoOkno (Dubovac–Ram) 6, #Sakule – #Čenta 3, #CarskaBara (Belo Jezero) 4, & #Paljuvi wetlands; 150+ sp: #DeliblatoSands 5, 📷 #Djerdap 7 & #Trešnjica 8 gorges; single-base: #Belgrade; timing Apr–Jun & Aug–Sep
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#globalbirdfair

Early July #birding the levees of #Beljarica Foreland #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade, 60 sp.: Cuckoo 8, Wood Sand 43, Greenshank, Ruff, Black Stork, Squacco, WT Eagle 9, Little Owl, Black Wood, Great Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Hare 18, Golden Jackal 3

#globalbirdfair

Fog, drizzle and four road blockades (Serbia) I am in a state of shock: late May, warm weather and fog! In the morning in the lowlands, fog out of season! However, soon we are sneaking out of Belgrade, getting ourselves large cappuccinos at the…

#Birding #Serbia: While we saw one earlier, White-tailed Eagles are everywhere now, one to the left of us, low above the lake, one in the front... and finally 1 standing in the water, showing how huge it is, some 4 or 5 altogether!
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#Beljarica #Sakule #CarskaBara

Go #birding #Serbia 376sp, 120sp/week; 200+ sp: 📷 #Beljarica 2, #LabudovoOkno (Dubovac – Ram) 6, #Sakule – #Čenta 3, #CarskaBara (Belo Jezero) 4, & #Paljuvi wetlands; 150+ sp: 📷 #DeliblatoSands 5, #Djerdap 7 & #Trešnjica 8 gorges; single-base: #Belgrade; the best timing mid-Apr – Jun & Aug – mid-Sep

Late May #birding along the levees of the #Beljarica Foreland #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade, #Serbia: Marsh Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Bee-eater, White-tailed 🦅, Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill, Whiskered Tern, Turtle Dove, Ferruginous 🦆

Serbia self-drive birding tour planning This October, a previously unknown name shined in the eBird alerts in Serbia: Raphael Nussbaumer. He made a whirlwind tour of some of the best birding areas in the country, from the Karajukica Bunari…

Self-drive #birdwatching tour planning: "My favorite part of #birding 🇷🇸 #Serbia was the raw nature of most of the hotspots. If you’re tired of well-maintained reserves, you’ll enjoy exploring #PešterskoPolje, #Paljuvi, #Čenta, & #Beljarica was good fun:
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Where to watch the top-20 #birds of #Belgrade, #Serbia: #Beeeater & #Hoopoe can be seen anywhere at the city outskirts, especially at the northern bank of the #Danube along the #baraReva - Čapljin Levees #6 & #7, and at #Beljarica #4
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#birding #birdwatching

Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official) I am not used to good news, and am suspicious of them. What could be the big picture here, my suspicious mind keeps asking? But let me go back – you do not know the news! My readers are already…

My readers are already familiar with #Beljarica Backwaters, a spacious floodplain with 60 mammal and 200 bird species (White-tailed Eagle, Black Stork, Ferruginous Duck, Whiskered Tern, Black Woodpecker; Icterine, Eastern Olivaceous and Barred Warblers)
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#birding

Lovely late April morning #birding along the levees of the #Beljarica Foreland #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Reserve, #Belgrade, #Serbia: 40+ sp., incl. Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, a few dozen Bee-eaters, Golden Oriole, Penduline Tit, Wood Warbler, a dozen Nightingales, Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit 🌳🌳

This year’s 1st sunny, spring #birding at #Beljarica to Vrbovski Danube Foreland, #Belgrade: 40+ sp., incl. Ferruginous Duck, Black Stork, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, WT Eagle, Hoopoe, Lesser Spotted, and Black Wood, Song Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Brown Hare
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In #Belgrade, #winter months offer surprisingly good #birding possibilities. Dec-Feb is a season of extremes—opt for the very top and the very bottom of the city
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Hawfinch, Yellowhammer, Great Grey Shrike at #Beljarica Backwaters, #Serbia

The 1st #birding in 2025 at #Beljarica Foreland: Great Egret, Hen Harrier, WT Eagle, GG Shrike, Robin, Dunnock, Meadow, & Water Pipit, Brambling, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting… Cold – but sunny & no wind, quite productive two hours
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#Birdwatching 🦆🦢 #Belgrade 🦅 #Serbia

In #Serbia the #WhiteTailedEagle – the 4th largest 🦅 in the 🌍 – breeds in the floodplain forests of larger rivers like Danube & Tamis. Over 160 pairs breed in the country & 500+ birds overwinter. Two of #Belgrade ’s most important wintering areas are #baraReva & #Beljarica

📷 S. Panjković & M. Mareš

Winter in #Belgrade offers surprisingly good #birding

#Beljarica levee #17 (map ref.) 200 bird sp. 🦅
#ObedskaBara wetland #20 230 sp. 🦅
#TamisRiver floodplain #13 230 sp. 🦆
#CarskaBara wetland #11 240 sp. 🦢
#LabudovoOkno Ramsar area #Danube #16 250 sp. 🦢

#Birdwatching 🦅 #wildlifetourism 🦌 #Serbia

Birding without a phone If you are old enough, you will remember birding without a phone? Not too long ago, it was the norm. Then I started to carry a phone just in case my car stopped or something. Later I carried it becaus...

Yesterday, I carefully packed my scope & bins and left home, only to realise, still in a car park, that I had forgotten the bloody phone. I went to my local patch, #Beljarica, #birding the levee encircling the 9 km2 of the #Danube backwaters in #Belgrade, #Serbia.
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I went to #Beljarica levee, #birding the #Danube backwaters in #Belgrade, #Serbia, yet, forgot the phone (hence, no digiscoping). And you know how rain never falls when you carry an umbrella? It’s similar with birds: good birds never come if you can document them.
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