Thank you Daniela for this excellent cover. The full 2006 Eurasian or Common Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) set is used. This species can be found in marshy wetlands in North Africa and in southern Eurasia. Most birds migrate to Africa for the winter. There are three subspecies. It feeds on fish, amphibians and crustaceans. It is a protected species.

Here are two FDCs devoted to the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra). The first one was issued from Belarus in 2005 and it has the WWF logo on it. The second one was issued in 2006 from Algeria. It can be found in warmer Europe and it migrates in tropical Africa and India. It feeds mostly on insects, amphibians and fish.

This is the complete 2008 WWF set issued by Macedonia and it is devoted to Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops). It has nine subspecies. It lives in Europe, Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The European and North Asian birds migrates to the tropical regions. It feeds mostly on insects but it can also eat seeds, berries, frogs and small reptiles.

My only mail from Georgia with the full set of 2007 WWF Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga). It lives in Asia, Europe and Middle East and it migrates. It feeds on small mammals. It is a threatened species.