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About Dragan

Now 50, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – barely more than half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing. In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia to the four corners of the Old World: England and Spain, southern Africa and India. Birder by passion and environmentalist by education, he is a field researcher and a bird guide, an ecotourism consultant, a bird blogger and a guy who always think that birding must be better behind that next curve of the road, and that the best bird ever is the – next lifer. His 10,000 Birds blog posts were Highly Commended in International Category of the 2015 BBC Wildlife Blogger Awards.

Birding the Cyclades: My my, how can I resist you?

I am half-awake, but keep my eyes closed. Listening to the wheeping of stays and shrouds and screeching of fenders…

Birding the outskirts of Athens, Greece

I love birds. I like to travel. And – I hate flying! Does that make sense? If you do not…

There it is, on a tree!

One more wakeup call way too early (quite often, when I should wake up early – I hardly sleep at…

Being a Birder

We barely started the drive, when a flock of 14 Common Cranes forced us to stop and reach for binoculars…

Brian Stoneman has fallen asleep

Brian Stoneman (1946-2009) was a friend of mine and a top class birder. He grew up in the London East…

The Ultimate Reward

The first stop of the morning: young White–tailed Eagle, right next to the road and several dozen Rooks around. Birding…

Birding Where St. George Killed the Dragon

Half past six, barely one degree Celsius, but the snow is melting fast. East, down the Danube we go, to…

Luck favours the stubborn

This weekend, S. and I were counting waterbirds along the Danube and stumbled upon that Great Black-backed Gull that I…

Call B for Birder or Waterfowling East Anglia

A few winters ago, I went waterfowling in East Anglia. At local Internet forums, my friend Dr B. (sounds like…

The Headless Birder

Some time ago, I was doing research of waterbird migrations with a friend of mine, a young ornithologist currently busy…

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