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Bustard protection area Buckow.

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Largest research and raising station for airworthy birds in Europe.

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Possible to see lots of other birds like Cranes, swans, sometimes White-tailed Sea Eagle (when the eagles appear, the Great Bustards hide for hours), Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Golden Plover, Redwing, lots of Northern Lapwing.

Very good chance to see Great Bustard (best time around 10 am). There is a cage, where the bustards hide if a predator such as White-tailed Eagle arrives. From the tower between Garlitz and Buckow, you can look into this cage. A scope can be useful as the bustards are very shy.

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Birds you can see here include:

Common Starling, Eurasian Blackbird, Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Tree Sparrow, Common Magpie, Common Pheasant, Western Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Whitethroat, Eurasian Skylark, White Stork, Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Osprey, Red Kite, Mallard, Great Tit, Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Great Bustard, Golden Oriole, Jay, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Common Cuckoo, Barn Swallow, Rook, Greenfinch, Red-backed Shrike, Whinchat, Hooded Crow

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Another bustard area is in Baitz near Belzig.

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Around 80 km west of Berlin. The nearest (3 km) railway station is Nennhausen on the line from Berlin to Hannover.

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[edit] External Links

Brandenburg Bird Consevation Centre

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