Stephen Wiltshire is organizing this fundraiser – he writes:
"The region of Dobruja is located in Northeast Bulgaria
and is where, in 2016, I purchased the piece of land pictured above.
It’s not very big, a large garden really, but, like much of Eastern
Europe it remains a good place for wildlife. However, as with the
countryside in Western Europe, declines in wildlife have begun even here
because of intensive agriculture which encroaches all around.
Currently
this plot is abandoned cultivated land – which is OK – but I want to
revert it into what Dobruja looked like before humans intervened: Flower, Butterfly, Bee, and Bird-rich Steppe grassland with areas of Trees and Scrub.
I would also like to dig a pond, put up numerous bird-boxes, and create
other features to maximise biodiversity. I have already recorded an
amazing 80 species of birds from the site and there are nesting Golden Orioles, Red-backed Shrikes, Turtle Doves, Nightingales, and Tree Sparrows nearby – all species that have declined massively or already been lost from the British countryside in recent years."
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