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About Dragan

Dragan Simic is obsessively passionate about two things – birding and travelling in search of birds, and that has taken him from his native Balkans to the far shores of Europe and the Mediterranean, southern Africa, India and Central America. His 10,000 Birds blog posts were Highly Commended in the International Category of the 2015 BBC Wildlife Blogger Awards. Birder by passion and environmental scientist by education, he is a field researcher, an ecotourism consultant, a bird guide and a guy who always think that birding must be better around the next bend in the road, and that the best bird ever is – the next lifer.

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

Maharashtra, February 2013 In front of us, in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve one wild Grey Junglefowl runs across the…

Disaster in the Sundarbans

I dreamed of birding the Sundarbans delta – roughly the size of Connecticut or Cyprus – ever since my very…

The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost in the World

It all started during the icy February of 1996. The night temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, were already below minus 10…

Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

Gujarat, December 2010 Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius). The official definition of CR status says the…

Spotting scope review: Swarovski 25-60×65 STX

My best bird of the weekend was a Great Black-backed Gull, a rarity in a land-locked Serbia, with less than…

The Ruddy Shelduck Twitch

One of those mornings that somehow let the light in, but without a trace of sun. I leave tarmac behind,…

Where to watch birds in Belgrade

While there are some two dozen birding spots in Belgrade, Serbia, that stand out, in this guideblog I will focus…

Where to Watch Birds in the Iron Gates

Beside birds, in this park you stand a chance of spotting the Eurasian Lynx, Brown Bear and Gray Wolf! Well,…

Pelican Lake (Greece): Magic Revisited

Early September morning. The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not…

What makes a good bird guide – your saying

My last blog has created quite a discussion among the readers, mostly from US, but also southern and eastern Africa…

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