#Birding #DeliblatoSands steppe, sandy & agricultural landscapes, as well as black locust, black pine, & Scots pine woodland, E of #Belgrade: GG Shrike, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Meadow Pipit, Brambling, Linnet, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer

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Chilly early December #birding grasslands and woodlands of #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1 hr east of #Belgrade, #Serbia: Little Owl, Great Grey Shrike, Marsh Tit, Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Black Redstart, Common Linnet, Yellowhammer 🌲

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Those wild landscapes that I know, love and study: #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade

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Late November #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade, #Serbia – 350 km2 of forest (40%), scrub (30%) and grassland (20%) in the largest inland dune system of Europe: Lesser Spotted, and Syrian Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Hawfinch, Common Linnet, European Serin

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
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Steppic habitats, scrub & mixed forest in the largest inland dune system of Europe, about an hour’ drive east of #Belgrade, or late October #birding the #DeliblatoSands Reserve: Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, Short-toed Treecreeper, Wren, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Black Redstart, Hawfinch, Linnet, Siskin🌳🌲

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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For several days of #birding the #DeliblatoSands Reserve, #Serbia, the best base is #KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge in the #Šušara Village, 90 min from #Belgrade: Turtle Dove, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Red-backed Shrike, Wood Lark, Crested Lark, Barred Warbler, Tawny Pipit
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#Serbia is hot!!! Late July epic #DeliblatoSands & #DubovacWetland endurance #birding at a temperature of 41oC (106oF!): Ferruginous 🦆, Turtle Dove, Whiskered Tern, Purple Heron, Goshawk, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Hobby, LG Shrike, Crested Lark, Sand Martin, Northern Wheatear…
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#KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge

#Butterflying #DeliblatoSands and the #LabudovoOkno Reserve: Southern Festoon Z. polyxena, 📷 Clouded Apollo P. mnemosyne, 📷 Danube Clouded Yellow C. myrmidone, Large Copper L. dispar, Green-underside Blue G. alexis; #KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge, 90min E of #Belgrade

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia The coronavirus has locked us all in, literally, doing something that was totally unthinkable only a few months ago: it has prevented us from birding abroad! And now we are all dreaming about new…

I wasn’t really planning to write a #birding #guide, but here is a choice of essential hotspots of #Serbia, e.g. #DeliblatoSands NR with 180sp & #LabudovoOkno Reserve (240sp), combined with #Djerdap Gorge NP with, mostly, additional 170sp
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#globalbirdfair #Belgrade

Birding the Pannonian Sea Sands Sandy terrains are at their best during spring migration and this is the off season for such habitats. July is that boring period after the breeding and prior to migration season. Yet, somehow…

#Birding the Pannonian Sea Sands: The first sand dunes lie 60 km east of #Belgrade. These are overgrown in steppe grasses and local sheep herders are subsidised by the authorities to bring their animals here to
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#DeliblatoSands to #LabudovoOkno, #globalbirdfair

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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Early July #birding #DeliblatoSands NR, the largest inland dune system of Europe: Turtle Dove, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Syrian Wood, Hobby, RB Shrike, Woodlark, Skylark, Crested Lark, Tawny Pipit, Linnet; #KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge, 90min E of #Belgrade
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#globalbirdfair

Late June #birding #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade, #Serbia – 400 km2 of forest (40%), scrub (30%) and grassland (20%) on sand dunes: Turtle Dove, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Hobby, Golden Oriole, Syrian Woodpecker, Red-backed Shrike, Marsh Tit, Woodlark, Crested Lark, Nightingale, Hawfinch

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

A cracking morning #birding steppe & woodland of the #DeliblatoSands Reserve (1hr E of #Belgrade) bursting with birds: Corn Bunting, Hawfinch, Tawny Pipit, Spotted Fly, Collared Fly, Barred Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Woodlark, Skylark, RB Shrike, Golden Oriole (19!!), Bee-eater, Hoopoe (4), Turtle Dove

#Birding steppe & mixed forest on sand dunes of the #DeliblatoSands Nature Reserve, near #Belgrade, #Serbia, in mid-May: Quail, Turtle Dove, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Red-backed Shrike, Woodlark, Crested Lark, Barred Warbler, Corn Bunting, Brown Hares...

And I’m back #birding the #DeliblatoSands Reserve, 1hr east of #Belgrade, #Serbia, 20km through steppic habitats, woodland, and scrub for Black Kite, Quail, Turtle Dove, Roller (6), Hoopoe, Bee-eater, RB Shrike, Woodlark, Skylark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Whinchat, Stonechat, plus a Red Deer hind!

Lovely early May morning #birding #DeliblatoSands, the largest sand dune system of Europe, 1hr east of #Belgrade: 12 km through steppe and mixed forest for Greater Short-toed Lark, Barred Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Turtle Dove, Bee-eater, RB Shrike, Lesser Whitethroat, Nightingale, Redstart, Corn Bunting

What #birders dream about? Properly, in a sleep? Do you dream of #birding? A Quail woke me up somewhere under the window, a Turtle Dove flew at the back of the yard + a Bee-eater and a Hoopoe @ the #KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge in #Šušara Village #DeliblatoSands #Serbia
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#Birding #KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge in the largest inland dune system of Europe, #DeliblatoSands NR, 90min E of #Belgrade: Turtle Dove, Montagu's Harrier, Scops Owl, Hoopoe, Lesser Gray Shrike, Woodlark, Red-r. Swallow, Barred Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Ortolan Bunting
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The end of March #birding #DeliblatoSands, the largest sand dune system of Europe, 1hr east of #Belgrade: 25 km through steppe and mixed forest for Firecrest, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Collared Flycatcher, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Meadow, & Tree Pipit, Hawfinch, Linnet, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer🌳

Winter isn’t the best time to bird steppic habitats, woodland, and scrub of the #DeliblatoSands NR (1hr E of #Belgrade), & yet, this January I found Middle Spotted, &Black Wood, Raven, GG Shrike, Hawfinch, Marsh Tit, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Fieldfare, Brambling, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting

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