Land is 40% grassland - some is Steppe and is shown green here |
Spanish steppe at Lleida - a popular twitchers resort |
Mixed grass steppe in Southern Russia near the Azovi Sea. |
Hungarian puszta - equivalent to American mixed-grass prairies |
Shortgrass steppe in central Mongolia, southwest of Ulan Bator |
Abundant antelope on the steppe is Saiga tatarica |
Nose heats air in Winter - in Summer it is a dust filter |
Relic of Taipan? - Whipsnade Zoo |
Otis tarda - Great Bustard |
Rose-colored Starling (Sturnus roseus) |