The Danube, downstream of Belgrade in Serbia.
January 5th 2024
There are a string of intriguing birding spots along the right bank of the Danube downstream of Belgrade. I am now based at Pozarevac and enjoying the Serbian Christmas holidays. Today we drove down the right bank of the river to a grand castle monument just before the famous Iron Gates of the Danube. The Romanian shore was very close. The unique landscape of this great river valley is really beautiful. There are hills, rocky slopes, small woodlots and rather mature woodlands nearly everywhere. Very different from Western European agricultural landscapes. Authentic small villages with their poultry varieties, summer homes along the river, forts and more castles. Highlights for me were the Common Goldeneyes a duck I usually rarely see further south....And we also saw several Pheasants! Not a option in heavily-hunted southern Balkan states. So the 'Northern Balkan' area is a realy escape for anyone from Greece.
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| These are the birding sites catalogued in the birding site "Birding Places". I was based at the village of Pozarevac, east of Belgrade (the place with the concentration of birding sites at Left). |
