tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882221882797373672024-03-05T09:29:57.712+01:00Never Mind The FinnsticksBirding and wildlife travel notes with photographs from Stephen Daly
andalucianguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055971217914269603noreply@blogger.comBlogger340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088222188279737367.post-82634152896197764042023-08-10T12:59:00.001+02:002023-08-10T12:59:25.831+02:00Birds Beaks<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I made this simple explanation about the diversity of beak types in the birds. You could of course delve deeper into more complex beak types and their uses but these photos of mine show a broad selection of beaks, that I thought may be interesting to show.<br />Over the years I have seen lots of beaks...<br /><br /><br />Type: <b>Strainer.</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Flat bill that is long enough to strain small animals or plants from water.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type: <b>Spear.</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Sharp and pointed beak for catching fish and amphibians.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type: <b>Tweezer.</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Thin and pointed beaks, sometimes overlapping for taking seed and insects especially during the breeding season insects.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type:<b> Pouched.</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Large beak with playable pouch that can hold over 4 litres of water and fish.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type: <b>Cracker.</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Short, thick cone shaped often with ridge or ‘tooth’ to crack tough seeds.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type: Hooked.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Curved bills that are shaped for shredding meat.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type: <b>Chisel.</b></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Long and chisel-like bills for hacking through wood to find insects.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Type: <b>Probe.</b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adaptation: Slender and long to probe nectar from flowers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWEkXzIxifmmesu7WOHL32Y7AEy2MYQCfQbP68KDDdjgZAVbBhSu5J0nTlviVxLiNPDLJYGt3lCjytc3NJ5TBeRf0Da4AgPbvwQXlrrvnE2ZyQ07WAJ0XfWUKAJmvMvElKEc3f3yzh7zDf_UfuNyAv3OXgLJ3AHBFcJkuaenKk6MfG7qQfD_kMUMKBew/s1414/Bird%20Beaks%20named.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnY3Vbzd4Tp-7DyLH3FRjoC46fiTjz0BXYHfWWy-t9aUy2t7PF-b0zo7hK4HdKmSomC-AQtj0jr2hIsTClAKLq2cwDS3asrFpKyudinjJiKDNZ7wKlFJCpDU-TvA50M1mdVVxVkOPp_xM/s2000/Red+backed+Shrike+male+in+rain_w_1037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnY3Vbzd4Tp-7DyLH3FRjoC46fiTjz0BXYHfWWy-t9aUy2t7PF-b0zo7hK4HdKmSomC-AQtj0jr2hIsTClAKLq2cwDS3asrFpKyudinjJiKDNZ7wKlFJCpDU-TvA50M1mdVVxVkOPp_xM/w427-h640/Red+backed+Shrike+male+in+rain_w_1037.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Red-backed Shrike male getting wet again...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ3vODscNVqcE2DsUElmFyF4TYYaOwjyrljjOqteibHPDMIBGq-T3XmtBOxQufvGGcFMSPEcFAZdGEUMA-PdTTPdkF5nAfDmIKAgG2Ti4hxPL_6qSq0zt3nhdRksw-bO-PgPhOJj9fZ4/s2000/Purple+Heron+adult+flight_w_0463.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ3vODscNVqcE2DsUElmFyF4TYYaOwjyrljjOqteibHPDMIBGq-T3XmtBOxQufvGGcFMSPEcFAZdGEUMA-PdTTPdkF5nAfDmIKAgG2Ti4hxPL_6qSq0zt3nhdRksw-bO-PgPhOJj9fZ4/w640-h427/Purple+Heron+adult+flight_w_0463.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Another Purple Heron flight shot</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtapHQCnUa2vE0rKm0Q5Nd5RBVlFAPWPGNANTY6rI0-mLEqgYiUQqYoY-ITeVhpmxK822kbnsT_ddW7dFlz_VD_z5vjNZH9JAW87H_LgHlN726hG-2yS29Dt0uHa4sXLGI0AqIQ18-tw/s2001/Middle-spotted+Woodpecker_w_2210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="1333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtapHQCnUa2vE0rKm0Q5Nd5RBVlFAPWPGNANTY6rI0-mLEqgYiUQqYoY-ITeVhpmxK822kbnsT_ddW7dFlz_VD_z5vjNZH9JAW87H_LgHlN726hG-2yS29Dt0uHa4sXLGI0AqIQ18-tw/w426-h640/Middle-spotted+Woodpecker_w_2210.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Middle Spotted Woodpecker</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f3byyZpjdHZOCQ5X6PtW8JU9Sgm2BcE6ZtNz_fE6Jy6itjQIO-oMCyPztw-TuxE7Q2iNS_n93uWpIVqlnZYkkJtA0SUz8V1EqwzdtOUygx_CNMXYp-50EIFU5nlh0NKMCbcbfePVD_8/s1200/Hawfinch-newly-fledged_w_6838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f3byyZpjdHZOCQ5X6PtW8JU9Sgm2BcE6ZtNz_fE6Jy6itjQIO-oMCyPztw-TuxE7Q2iNS_n93uWpIVqlnZYkkJtA0SUz8V1EqwzdtOUygx_CNMXYp-50EIFU5nlh0NKMCbcbfePVD_8/w640-h427/Hawfinch-newly-fledged_w_6838.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Just out the nest - juvenile Hawfinch<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_kjmjg6tgP0xLm3GDZPM96_uLUZLBlFGaBgqpu682EykZoEbU_BHu2m1_BWnpRGG9gcT22YbMcjqXytiVnWtxD7rUkmM45okzWMe0nmyRsnHGNF9hXeZm3V09zGznzkNeNXk8jqK9L8/s2000/Blackcap+male_w_8354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_kjmjg6tgP0xLm3GDZPM96_uLUZLBlFGaBgqpu682EykZoEbU_BHu2m1_BWnpRGG9gcT22YbMcjqXytiVnWtxD7rUkmM45okzWMe0nmyRsnHGNF9hXeZm3V09zGznzkNeNXk8jqK9L8/w640-h427/Blackcap+male_w_8354.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Male Blackcap<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2iNAd8vP68hcY9nbBovtlec_m5Gfn6r8RCsQJ1SfqK3hpLaMNX5-5SI10uKGXJKA2rv_fj7pKYEB_eQHkRcBxvWeAJdDj1UtjxzYmFvIniDsRxfFc5RctO_P7FlKZiE8hzM8-eNSm8U/s2000/Black-tailed+Godwit_w_9952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2iNAd8vP68hcY9nbBovtlec_m5Gfn6r8RCsQJ1SfqK3hpLaMNX5-5SI10uKGXJKA2rv_fj7pKYEB_eQHkRcBxvWeAJdDj1UtjxzYmFvIniDsRxfFc5RctO_P7FlKZiE8hzM8-eNSm8U/w640-h427/Black-tailed+Godwit_w_9952.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black-tailed Godwit<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn0J0khbC1v0Im-Gb0XyKrz9UjrwER2JAylvcES9s3Ixgk74GU605PyPxj_q7UdGripPbRNkyAJvmmrN0brxe6TVc6sqx_pPj4d0CEA1ZJOl81wy6uUgASF_lNwQuEdqSZZ35OfEFTqI/s2000/Black+Woodpecker_w_1951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn0J0khbC1v0Im-Gb0XyKrz9UjrwER2JAylvcES9s3Ixgk74GU605PyPxj_q7UdGripPbRNkyAJvmmrN0brxe6TVc6sqx_pPj4d0CEA1ZJOl81wy6uUgASF_lNwQuEdqSZZ35OfEFTqI/w640-h427/Black+Woodpecker_w_1951.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black Woodpecker, male</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIRpDJaFCjor9VySAMsJcl2aJlOeNF88yRjEJ2bgHa39KbUS8R3pQUBqZo0lvifxKnRfTLxuuFXe5ef3708rDFGo4yDEVExCbXE-CnqfmcVdnlJUt5AQrEQ1WWyppMI9xI0mKJVintJw/s2000/Black+Woodpecker+male+in+flight_w_9296.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIRpDJaFCjor9VySAMsJcl2aJlOeNF88yRjEJ2bgHa39KbUS8R3pQUBqZo0lvifxKnRfTLxuuFXe5ef3708rDFGo4yDEVExCbXE-CnqfmcVdnlJUt5AQrEQ1WWyppMI9xI0mKJVintJw/w640-h427/Black+Woodpecker+male+in+flight_w_9296.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJXGgQzgOK77TEhCcXYHNwfI9-Ik4pOiYkGOq9HktiOb2is6pIBZ8HaCIp7HzMxKpZkgQxqf6cJXnhnxZwBjnlP6Z4-op4G6bvSdQkUGN1kVsBLfqwoZxP7Dvjj8Yqm2yLvEVK91an8k/s2000/Bee+Forget-Me-Nots_w_0955-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJXGgQzgOK77TEhCcXYHNwfI9-Ik4pOiYkGOq9HktiOb2is6pIBZ8HaCIp7HzMxKpZkgQxqf6cJXnhnxZwBjnlP6Z4-op4G6bvSdQkUGN1kVsBLfqwoZxP7Dvjj8Yqm2yLvEVK91an8k/w640-h427/Bee+Forget-Me-Nots_w_0955-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bees in our garden feeding on Forget-me-nots</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmDzoPKdHo-0iwWkeRM2Ydccv_utAwdOhWyb-0kzUGphIH8dMTK_lEXhHWWpBvINiQCx4BW73lwGDwaI-Ou1PHjhEGvBcTtfKYSOe23MKzNv6vu90OrQKDm95JOs8kC8AmV_wrXnqu90/w427-h640/Black+Woodpecker+male_w_1899.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Him again..</span>.</div><br /><p></p>andalucianguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055971217914269603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088222188279737367.post-39282133771218627402020-08-03T10:34:00.003+02:002020-08-11T08:53:57.579+02:00Red-Backed Shrike/Neuntöter(Lanius Collurio) SW Germany - From Nest building to fledglings close to the nest sites.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo80FinSE28LJUCt02lCneZH2MVM8GwJivEVirvnNCdP1IpkuK9CB5VH8t32oNmWBhhFV9VeXUyKoKPnVlFe-CFFOX2dz-K4BxnhT95PRCoAflyR7_CtXX_rrp7ZyMceMzLTStyMU8bE/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+adult+%2526++juvenile-_w_8219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo80FinSE28LJUCt02lCneZH2MVM8GwJivEVirvnNCdP1IpkuK9CB5VH8t32oNmWBhhFV9VeXUyKoKPnVlFe-CFFOX2dz-K4BxnhT95PRCoAflyR7_CtXX_rrp7ZyMceMzLTStyMU8bE/w800-h534/Red-backed+Shrike+adult+%2526++juvenile-_w_8219.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica">The weather here in SW Germany has changed with welcome rain during the night and this morning. It's been extremely warm at the end of July although insect life has been pleasantly abundant
I think that the air quality has been particularly good for all life due to the Covid-19 lockdown and the dramatic reduction of all transport especially with the skies almost empty for months. Sadly this has started to change. The economy rules.</font></span></div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dy5TlGBH0yiXPeyJRHna53l5EeYfcuZhiryfEsBiWW-VAP7DkN4nf5R9O9G6q8AeHRWshY3Tx7bQRbutlED8I-oPSU3wj_3dGTiXHKSJBruZRZ7Ex8QZ72q2Uxsdd5cPTJsQslwV7z0/s1500/Red-Backed+Shrike+adult+male+on+wire_w_7194.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dy5TlGBH0yiXPeyJRHna53l5EeYfcuZhiryfEsBiWW-VAP7DkN4nf5R9O9G6q8AeHRWshY3Tx7bQRbutlED8I-oPSU3wj_3dGTiXHKSJBruZRZ7Ex8QZ72q2Uxsdd5cPTJsQslwV7z0/w534-h800/Red-Backed+Shrike+adult+male+on+wire_w_7194.jpg" width="534" /></font></a></div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoVllPUv6Gor8yJnLHcPv4YVgisl8SXXeGYW5-AoBTIHFHqgO6M_u3lAiJ9uSnc1dcvAWVvSN1swWv8s4BbDpCqVPA4vKiek3s0e4kvVvDD980ZudMNLNi90r2yLfUSreHIf-tDZkfWI/s1500/Red-Backed+Shrike+adult+male_w_7216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoVllPUv6Gor8yJnLHcPv4YVgisl8SXXeGYW5-AoBTIHFHqgO6M_u3lAiJ9uSnc1dcvAWVvSN1swWv8s4BbDpCqVPA4vKiek3s0e4kvVvDD980ZudMNLNi90r2yLfUSreHIf-tDZkfWI/w800-h534/Red-Backed+Shrike+adult+male_w_7216.jpg" width="800" /></font></a></div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpK_fcQUZZqOfWIivI37jl9FCUVMz0GFGLJjIbgKq2dnZomQu6-FnX81QC55xCJj7LlnLx6UJcBcDf3yykntAFch1zysLuvBvy4cW8knVaq_f9yIhpq7YF9RuDc5VACF-UW2aS48unx8/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+adult+male_w_8305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpK_fcQUZZqOfWIivI37jl9FCUVMz0GFGLJjIbgKq2dnZomQu6-FnX81QC55xCJj7LlnLx6UJcBcDf3yykntAFch1zysLuvBvy4cW8knVaq_f9yIhpq7YF9RuDc5VACF-UW2aS48unx8/w800-h534/Red-backed+Shrike+adult+male_w_8305.jpg" width="800" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica">Some adult male Red-backed Shrikes</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OaJi4effQqEd0jH78lTwFMUkckOZv86k5jMjdBxQFb36JKZDyXcrahqL8SH2QbPa8HOggummf5a3YJ-b03iH7wvyjgA4dBneyFZTIOan8La8IPU5rMLfzSUi-_jwlb-6PH_AS0bPEBU/s2000/Red-backed+Shrike+female_w_6818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OaJi4effQqEd0jH78lTwFMUkckOZv86k5jMjdBxQFb36JKZDyXcrahqL8SH2QbPa8HOggummf5a3YJ-b03iH7wvyjgA4dBneyFZTIOan8La8IPU5rMLfzSUi-_jwlb-6PH_AS0bPEBU/w781-h520/Red-backed+Shrike+female_w_6818.jpg" width="781" /></font></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AIY64J3zFUJL4sB6gp2b1fo58a7ugb0Fn-D6jQDj7IkKs82KQg3KDJboR-dJ4mtvEU-TAXiT269eymAqkud42ros9HBjFrRSVhEETjFGLGt4-PtMtjKmMYE5SLClZQ-e4G-vO95GVkc/s2048/Red-backed+Shrike+male+summer_w_9367.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AIY64J3zFUJL4sB6gp2b1fo58a7ugb0Fn-D6jQDj7IkKs82KQg3KDJboR-dJ4mtvEU-TAXiT269eymAqkud42ros9HBjFrRSVhEETjFGLGt4-PtMtjKmMYE5SLClZQ-e4G-vO95GVkc/w781-h520/Red-backed+Shrike+male+summer_w_9367.jpg" width="781" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica"> Male on top of a Dog rose bush</font></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica">I have been watching the five local Red-backed Shrikes nest sites for weeks now, and, no surprises, taking some photos as well. All of these nests are close to the ground, less than 1.5m. Most are in Dog Rose or Brambles (Rubus) but one was built in a small spreading Spruce.</font></div></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqlpS7t_pG7F9czL8xlUWPMgFVaVAS7IQYJKbS0S88QDXduZqOCz1gCJHEImxUZI0k0YBN5Q_7nV8NdTrWf9Nis4ioBzzG-k8n-4N0lzMhnLWZgUAdGG44sqNUVysTcV648XuZ_pSfHM/s2000/Red-Backed+Shrike+juv+being_fed_w_7307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqlpS7t_pG7F9czL8xlUWPMgFVaVAS7IQYJKbS0S88QDXduZqOCz1gCJHEImxUZI0k0YBN5Q_7nV8NdTrWf9Nis4ioBzzG-k8n-4N0lzMhnLWZgUAdGG44sqNUVysTcV648XuZ_pSfHM/w781-h520/Red-Backed+Shrike+juv+being_fed_w_7307.jpg" width="781" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica">These birds like woodland edges or clearing where there's open meadows and when the meadows are cut there's ample grass to build nests. Four of the five broods have two chicks and one with three. It's unknown what predation took place if any at each nest site or clutch size at each nest. </font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvPjQ_we-LfktdU44MjtaAXURkaUfl2_k9CzdgZFflNCDMncv_RmUsn-yT2OLqnd5Lad2razDwi4QhuoxC_VWJbHfey7RRzarD66eij11U5VVAqy8QTDyHRn-yLBIBflMq_WuI9mfDO4/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+female_w_4219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvPjQ_we-LfktdU44MjtaAXURkaUfl2_k9CzdgZFflNCDMncv_RmUsn-yT2OLqnd5Lad2razDwi4QhuoxC_VWJbHfey7RRzarD66eij11U5VVAqy8QTDyHRn-yLBIBflMq_WuI9mfDO4/w625-h416/Red-backed+Shrike+female_w_4219.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><font face="helvetica"><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica">Adult female</font></div></font></blockquote></blockquote><div> </div><div><font face="helvetica">Females and juveniles are often trick to tell apart. Juveniles have barring on the breast and flanks as with adult females. It's best to look at the crown and cheeks. If they are grey or barred then it's most likely juvenile 1cy or first calendar year. If crown and cheeks are brown then it is a female. I does get tricky with intermediate plumage but young males will start to get pronounced darl to black coloured eye-stripes and a more uniform grey on the crown. Pinkish breast feathers may also be just visible too.</font></div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGZBLkpNHq_BGvA4Ihl0EOEW7fUVJwNuFz0THCMIdfrfzfgvj0ox_S2RK5eoTUBBgf7YD6UEphzvrhf1qFExPOIuhFTeKLccsSbLvIH9Nytxh2TWP9mmJJSDCCYBGDBLoCm9cgfzGvqM/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+female+takeoff+Germany_w_4372.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGZBLkpNHq_BGvA4Ihl0EOEW7fUVJwNuFz0THCMIdfrfzfgvj0ox_S2RK5eoTUBBgf7YD6UEphzvrhf1qFExPOIuhFTeKLccsSbLvIH9Nytxh2TWP9mmJJSDCCYBGDBLoCm9cgfzGvqM/w625-h416/Red-backed+Shrike+female+takeoff+Germany_w_4372.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica">Adult female in flight showing crow and cheek colouring</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-BsM9p9WSCRjV_Jb6-m0CLxVzarvNgfy0NU8FuqdoltSHPyj9YodiG3MKfl7e0wQy0mtG3PnYkxAfu8iG3PQhpZEIlTBpZCBNlO_IenFBvxtOX-Cj2NLJ_WDan5rNqqmCoH-wXiwa3I/s2000/Red-Backed+Shrikes+juvenile+departs_w_7541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-BsM9p9WSCRjV_Jb6-m0CLxVzarvNgfy0NU8FuqdoltSHPyj9YodiG3MKfl7e0wQy0mtG3PnYkxAfu8iG3PQhpZEIlTBpZCBNlO_IenFBvxtOX-Cj2NLJ_WDan5rNqqmCoH-wXiwa3I/w625-h416/Red-Backed+Shrikes+juvenile+departs_w_7541.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><font face="helvetica"><div><font face="helvetica"> </font></div><div><font face="helvetica">A newly fledged juvenile taking off - Juvenile birds leave the nest with full flight feathers unlike a lot of other species. For example, Sparrows and other fledglings are extremely cumbersome on the ground and have difficulty taking to the air. This makes them quite vulnerable to predators</font></div><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAIfPP-5R5KqLf471U2wMm9yNmj9rYrLq3M_4FE0cJMHOSoAO6Y-h8ikH6fys_zR40B31bNomJ44gwI-feYyJ0FaEcPxGv_k5BkkEVLReZWrKf4wl8_m2i1Le1eSX6ZCk7kYg_yBeu34/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+juv+preening_w_9778.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAIfPP-5R5KqLf471U2wMm9yNmj9rYrLq3M_4FE0cJMHOSoAO6Y-h8ikH6fys_zR40B31bNomJ44gwI-feYyJ0FaEcPxGv_k5BkkEVLReZWrKf4wl8_m2i1Le1eSX6ZCk7kYg_yBeu34/w625-h416/Red-backed+Shrike+juv+preening_w_9778.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica">The parent birds became quite tolerant of me and I did not go too close or look inside the nests. The young birds (above & below)too seemed to recognise me but the adult male usually persuaded them to come and get fed away from where I was standing. </font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I don't use a hide.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoGrSdJvcFOPHcrgDvYHbvOOYL7wIitjUMJKYSHgY2e3EKTA5cN_wMuwuzTq9ZrG2etMuncISFRwGveof414Y1wMZQ8AI8CfklHlP7LzyIhM_aM2uhJIlQivABfemRdSKc2ZTancYjXM/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+juv+scratch_w_9794.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoGrSdJvcFOPHcrgDvYHbvOOYL7wIitjUMJKYSHgY2e3EKTA5cN_wMuwuzTq9ZrG2etMuncISFRwGveof414Y1wMZQ8AI8CfklHlP7LzyIhM_aM2uhJIlQivABfemRdSKc2ZTancYjXM/w625-h416/Red-backed+Shrike+juv+scratch_w_9794.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><font face="helvetica"><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><div><font face="helvetica">Loose feathers, nest or feather parasites need constant grooming - and a lot of scratching!</font></div><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcYegpY6JYGXpcIZl_sHA7XyJ-NSkuBmZDn5adlpGgPcB_v2ALr-y2NDc9fa2ArFrq8KKFbr1gLv9C7MAMGqOoOnw_rFyWkGc7VDco0PQXmNnOFq0U5-j4jDoLwOBZrpKDGQLiONYhKg/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+juvs+two-98555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcYegpY6JYGXpcIZl_sHA7XyJ-NSkuBmZDn5adlpGgPcB_v2ALr-y2NDc9fa2ArFrq8KKFbr1gLv9C7MAMGqOoOnw_rFyWkGc7VDco0PQXmNnOFq0U5-j4jDoLwOBZrpKDGQLiONYhKg/w625-h416/Red-backed+Shrike+juvs+two-98555.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><font face="helvetica"><div style="text-align: center;">Juveniles side by side</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1O68tf99u43WVAM5LCHYITeG2LSWk1tER8VjCqiWLHpSd0IQ4X6L7MwY8gHr0GbVimbuxaX-0csY50KM45vKnKkfSNraLE4DsfKWiILtYPxlICVNe16YFeg3VPEWY6IPPr5MgEMuKjc/s1500/Red-backed+Shrike+newly+fledged_w_9902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1O68tf99u43WVAM5LCHYITeG2LSWk1tER8VjCqiWLHpSd0IQ4X6L7MwY8gHr0GbVimbuxaX-0csY50KM45vKnKkfSNraLE4DsfKWiILtYPxlICVNe16YFeg3VPEWY6IPPr5MgEMuKjc/w625-h416/Red-backed+Shrike+newly+fledged_w_9902.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><div><font face="helvetica"><br /></font></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="helvetica">Fledglings leave the nest around 15 days and like all young birds the rate of growth is astounding. At approximately 25 days old, as with the young birds in the photos, they are already great fliers and are exploring further afield and learning to catch grasshoppers and other insects.</font></span><div><font color="#050505" face=""><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkESiaPrNWNTObzyKrtir-6EuJamClEsokc8L4VBUmXKTDci3J_lizv0g2yWiNu42dAgX8GGVysvldhPO-RRby4_cXQm9XnMkIf0rAIGGulqa_w8UTKspUdZMFhx19I9jAxp7YMPRM9mA/s2000/Red-Backed+Shrike+juvenile_w_7570.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="helvetica"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkESiaPrNWNTObzyKrtir-6EuJamClEsokc8L4VBUmXKTDci3J_lizv0g2yWiNu42dAgX8GGVysvldhPO-RRby4_cXQm9XnMkIf0rAIGGulqa_w8UTKspUdZMFhx19I9jAxp7YMPRM9mA/w625-h416/Red-Backed+Shrike+juvenile_w_7570.jpg" width="625" /></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of our Hungarian birding and nature tour in September of 2018 we had some extraordinary views of both adult and a first year juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagle (<i>Aquila heliaca</i>). As an example of how fortunate we were to come across such an impressive adult like this one, then the photo below is kind of the usual view you might get.<br />So very impressive up close, it wears a regal crown of light gold upon its long brown body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With its two meter wingspan, the flight of the Eastern Imperial Eagle is without doubt a striking sight.<br />Unlike most eagles, it prefers open countryside, building its nest upon a tall tree with a clear view. But this powerful predator has become the prey. After decades of persecution by humans, the Eastern Imperial Eagle is now one of Europe's rarest raptors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A typical lookout position for an Eastern Imperial Eagle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you'd like to read the 2018 trip report, I've attached a link to it </span><a href="https://www.limosaholidays.co.uk/reportpdfs/Hungary%20Bird%20Report%20Oct%202018.pdf" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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There's also the 2017 trip report for comparison <a href="https://www.limosaholidays.co.uk/reportpdfs/Hungary%20Bird%20Report%20Sep%202017.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> and links to my Flickr photos <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskQmfnFA" target="_blank">HUNGARY 2018</a> which shows the best of the tour photos</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Zoli Ecsedi and I led another tour this autumn to Hungary and one of the key species to find was the Ural Owl. <br />It's not so simple in finding these creatures in the vast forest of Eastern and Northern Europe. Sometimes of course, you can have luck and just happen across one, but often you have to have local knowledge, rather than walking out and hoping to find one of these magnificent, nocturnal creatures, resting during daylight hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our bonus was that the owl flew towards us and these photos were such a wonderful gift.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Germany, Ural Owls became extinct in 1926 when the last individual was shot in the Bohemian Forest. Through a reintroduction project in the Bavarian Forest National Park, Ural Owls bred for the first time again in the wild in 2007 and by 2014 the population had increased to 15–20 breeding pairs on the border between the Bavarian and Bohemian Forests.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The aggressive behaviour of Ural Owls is quite legendary. They defend their territories and will attack, chase or kill other raptors including other owl species. This behaviour is more common during the breeding season but nevertheless care should be taken, especially with females. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Female Ural owls weigh considerably more that males. At one kilogram the female hits an intruder at speed with talons open often at the cost of her own life, such is the consequence of a full speed crash!</span>andalucianguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055971217914269603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088222188279737367.post-79707237363581359782018-12-03T09:03:00.003+01:002018-12-03T09:03:52.509+01:00Cyprus Warbler, Photos from Spring 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cyprus Warbler, (Sylvia melanothorax), is a typical warbler which breeds on Cyprus. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The species is a partial migrant, with most birds migrating to north-east Africa and the remainder making short-distance or altitudinal movements to the lowlands and coastal areas of Cyprus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These birds breed in a rather wide range of scrub and maquis, favouring medium-height maquis, such as that formed by Cistus, Pistacia lentiscus, juniper (Juniperus) and cypress (Cupressus). It is also found in more sparse and lower scrubby vegetation, as well as openings in woodland, bushy areas with sparse tree cover, and open pine (Pinus) woodland with considerable amount of undergrowth. It will use rocky hillsides and agricultural areas, so long as there is enough bush cover present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've always been fond of dippers ever since I went on my first Cub Scout camp with my older brother to the River Tweed at Drumelzier, Biggar, Scotland.<br />We had seen dippers before but these seemed really tame but we later found out they were nesting under the bridge right beside our camp as was a pair of Grey Wagtails. Happy memories.<br /><br />The white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus), also known as the European dipper or just dipper, is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The bird is common in suitable habitats in a widespread but discontinuous range. Breeds in Ireland and north and west Britain, Spain and north Portugal and from southern and eastern France and Italy to the Balkans and Greece. In the north found in central Denmark and throughout Norway and Sweden, north Finland and the southern half of the Kola Peninsula. Isolated pockets in south Finland and the Baltic States, in parts of north Russia and in the Urals. In the south breeds in the Caucasus and much of Turkey, in the Lebanon and in Morocco and north Algeria and in the Mediterranean on Corsica, possibly Sardinia, and Sicily, formerly also Cyprus. Has bred in the Netherlands.Most populations are basically resident but many make short-distance dispersal movements in autumn usually to lower altitudes. In the far north where waters become frozen makes longer movements and partially migratory leaving breeding areas in October-November and returning in March.</span></div>
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There's more information appearing on the web all the time and although this is an older paper, there are some remarks which are interesting.<br />
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<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259745136_Phylogeography_of_the_white-throated_dipper_Cinclus_cinclus_in_Europe" target="_blank">Abstract: ©</a> Beatrice Lauga, Christine Cagnon, Frank D’Amico, Solange Karama, Claude Mouches, Phylo-geography of the White-throated Dipper <i>Cinclus cinclus</i> in Europe. 2005.<br />
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<i>Note: The lack of a phylo-geographic pattern related to the subspecies distribution in Europe indicates that the infra-specific taxonomy of white-throated dipper is in need of revision. </i><br />
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<i>Dipper subspecies have been essentially described based on size and plumage coloration or geographical distribution. However, variations of morphological characters may also be due to phenotypic and environmental plasticity.</i><br />
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I only included two species here, <b>Cory's Shearwater</b> and <b>Leach's Storm Petrel</b> photos from a pelagic trip SW of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain. November 2017. (Map below.)</div>
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All of the Cory's photos are of 1st year birds as the adults move south westwards to winter around Brazil.<br />
We were in a small boat that was bobbing about like a cork. The small craft had no seats and the sea swell is quite thigh, thus to stand and photograph these lovely birds is somewhat tricky. It's not really for anyone who gets sea-sick easily. I have been lucky to have done a bit of sailing before, even through the famous Atlantic swells but between the island and particularly where the rollers meet shallow banks, the effect is, let's say not so comfortable. At one point I made the mistake of taking my eyes off the horizon and looked down for a few minutes at my camera screen. When I brought my head and eyes back up then that was the moment that I felt a bit queasy with dry mouth and spinning head. I recovered quite quickly without throwing up and next time I will remember to wait and look at my photos when back on <i>terra firma</i>!</div>
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Leach's Storm Petrels (scroll down)are pretty much a great example of a tiny but true pelagic, lone nomad. </div>
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These 'sea pigeons' as sailors still call them are so dainty and fragile that one wonders how they survive the oceans massive storms, presumably they feel the barometric pressure change long before a barometer can and head off to safety. Their spindly legs can hardy support their weight when they come ashore to breed. A truly astonishing species!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Barbary Falcon flying low over the desert landscape on Fuerteventura</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">Canary Islands - Fuerteventura </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Tour Leader: </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">Stephen Daly</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">- <i>Cream-coloured coursers before breakfast!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>- Barbary Falcon harrying Ravens and superb view of another juvenile bird</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Super views of Houbara Bustards</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">- Some rare northern migrant birds - Hawfinch, Redwing, Siskin and Song Thrush and</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;"><i>- Desert Wheatear at La Oliva.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Day 1. Monday 6th November 2017
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">With an early evening arrival from London, the sun had already set as we drove to our hotel in the north and
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">We had an early start just before first light and drove to the outskirts of La Oliva, where Berthelot’s Pipits and a
few Trumpeter Finches were present. In a bare, dried out field surrounded by mud walls, two Cream-coloured
Coursers were standing just a few meters from the group. What a brilliant start to the tour! The birds took off and
flew over the roadway right in front of us and we could see their lovely dark underwings. They landed a short
distance away in a well-grazed field of alfalfa and began running around and feeding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">The sun was just rising
slowly and more strands of dawn sunlight lit up the volcanic ridges and valleys across the red-brown landscape,
where Ravens and Yellow-legged Gulls were flying. A few Hoopoes flew in and started feeding close to the
coursers, then we spotted a very pale wheatear, flitting about in the undergrowth between the field and open
ground. The bird turned out to be a Desert Wheatear! We managed to get the bird in our scopes, although it was
scurrying about on the ground without doing the typical wheatear perching on a rock or any other highpoint. It
was obviously feeding as it dashed around and before long was lost from sight.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">On a little pond we found Moorhens, Spanish Sparrows, White Wagtail, a small flock of eight Cattle Egrets, a
single Grey Heron and another flock of Black-winged Stilts with a single Green Sandpiper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">We walked for a while
on the track around the agricultural enclosure and found some Common Linnets, a few Southern Grey Shrikes
and a very smart looking Spectacled Warbler. Driving around to the other side of the enclosure we found some
local Corn Buntings feeding around a very white and almost statuesque Camel. Back at breakfast we were all
quite elated at our wonderful birding start.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Later we took a look around the coastal hamlet of Majanicho where the contrasting black volcanic rock has a
horseshoe ring of white coral that serves as a beach with some houses close to a small, natural harbour. Here in
the receding tide we found several waders that include Common Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Grey Plover,
Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin and Little Stint. Several Whimbrels were also dotted around
the pools and three Little Egrets were seen further out near the surf. Ingrid spotted a Rock Pipit feeding on the
coral beach with a few Berthelot’s Pipits and, as we left the area to walk back to our minibus, Ade spotted an
adult Barn Swallow that flew very close overhead.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">We took a drive through El Cotillo and south across the dry and stony landscape, eventually coming through the
barranco (or gorge) that leads to the Tindya plain. Searching unsuccessfully for the well-camouflaged Houbara
Bustards, we did better in finding more Ravens, lots of Berthelots Pipits and many Southern Grey Shrikes as we
continued for lunch at Los Molinos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">After our break we drove around Tefia, stopping often and finding more
Trumpeter Finches, White Wagtails and a flock of over 200 Ruddy Shelducks, sitting on the ground close to
where goats came for hay. Five Common Buzzards were seen feeding on something unidentifiable at the far end
of a goat farm, as four Egyptian Vultures flew across the landscape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">Black-bellied Sandgrouse were seen sitting
on a track and took to the air when we set up our scopes. Several more pairs and small groups of sandgrouse
were seen and heard in the area as we stayed to watch the buzzards and vultures. A Laughing dove was calling
from the back of our hotel as we got ready for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A quite windy start for our pre-breakfast look around the hotel gardens was fairly productive, with Canary Islands
Stonechat, European Robin, Black Redstart, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Collared Doves, Raven and close views of an
overhead pair of Common Kestrels and a male Spectacled Warbler in a neighbouring garden. A skulking thrush
with very bold breast markings was seen at the base of a banana tree and could have been something very
interesting, but it flew out the back of the tree and we couldn’t get a good look at it. More on this later.</span></div>
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confiding as the previous morning - as were the Hoopoes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">The wind was quite strong and we headed for the
mountains above Betancuria. Stopping at a few miradors, or viewpoints, we found some very endearing and
confiding Barbary Ground Squirrels, more Berthelot’s Pipits, Spanish Sparrow and lots of Ravens. The wind was
quite strong, but much calmer as we walked through the barranco at the town of Betancuria. Here we had great
views of African Blue Tits calling from a flowering Bougainvillea bush.</span></div>
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Wagtail drinking with Spanish Sparrows. A little further on we saw more Southern Grey Shrikes and a single
female Black Redstart on the rocky slopes of the gorge. Next on our list of birds was a male Sardinian Warbler
which, although active, remained a bit shy. Some Common Blackbirds were seen at the potato fields further on.</span></span></div>
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down towards the coast, where we stopped at another restaurant to walk through a quiet wooded area, set aside
for barbecues with lots of shade from a small plantation. Several Rose-ringed Parakeets called from the palms
near the hotel and a good number of Common Linnets were feeding with Spanish Sparrows. One Song Thrush
was also seen in the company of a Redwing; both are good birds to find so far south on the Atlantic islands. We
drove along the coast and stopped to watch a juvenile Barbary Falcon that passed overhead and began to mob
some Ravens high over a large mountain ridge. </span></div>
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eventually lost site of the Barbary Falcon as two Egyptian Vultures then came close by. One of the vultures was
a very clean looking adult bird and the other was a second to third year dark juvenile. Driving past Las Salinas
we saw two Sandwich Terns with heads down, hunting close to the shore and then we headed back to our base
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Our pre-breakfast trip involved an early morning search for Houbara Bustards at Tindaya, which proved
successful, with great views of one bird very close to the track. The bustard seemed quite unperturbed and,
although watching us closely, it continued to slowly walk off, feeding as it went. The early dawn was lighting up
the bird’s beautifully cryptic plumage and we could see amazing detail of the large feet with their padded toes,
evolved to cope with extremely hot desert temperatures and sharp stones. A few Berthelot’s Pipits were also
seen, as were Southern Grey Shrikes, some Trumpeter Finches in flight and Common Linnets.
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turned the minibus around and took a small track parallel to the road and slowly approached the bird that was on
the very top of an electricity pylon. We inched towards it and managed to get excellent and long views of this
young Barbary Falcon that eventually took off and flew out of sight. Another special bird to get, especially before
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Back at the hotel, some had a little tour of the gardens and some had good views of male Blackcap, European
Robin, Chiffchaff and a Redwing. </span><br />
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coloured Coursers were there with five or six Hoopoes, feeding in the first field very close to the track. We had
some wonderful long views as Trumpeter Finches, Common Linnets, Spanish Sparrows and Berthelot’s Pipits
came and went. Black-bellied Sandgrouse flew past, calling their distinct bubbly call. At the little pond we found
the usual Black-winged Stilts, Cattle Egrets, Moorhens and a single Grey Heron and, as we were scanning back
from that corner, we saw a Northern Wheatear feeding in the rough grass.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From there we drove north to Lajares and on to Majanicho village on the coast. A Curlew Sandpiper was a new
bird for the tour and Greenshank, Turnstones, Greater Ringed and Kentish Plovers showed well on the rocky
pools. We drove south to Tindaya and took soup at a local coffee bar, where we had primed the owner that
home-made lentil soup with chorizo would be most welcome for lunch. After a coffee we continued back north,
checking some other sites, then returning for a rest from the strong winds.</span></span></div>
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feeding Houbara Bustards. After watching Hoopoes, Southern Grey Shrikes and Trumpeter Finches we finally
spotted a female walking slowly away from the side of the track. The bird walked across the road and started
feeding again. We watched it for a while and then slowly drove on. </span></div>
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time a male, on the other side of the road. This bird was beautifully lit up by the setting sun, its longer feathers
and crest looking as though they were on fire! Then we saw an unexpected bit of behaviour with the bustard
suddenly opening it’s wings as if to take off, but instead it darted from side to side and puffed up all his feathers
and had a good old shake, perhaps to rid himself of parasitic lice and other insects by shaking his body and
wings vigorously. After that, he slowly sauntered off, feeding as he went. As we continued back to our hotel the
sun had set but we watched some Black-bellied Sandgrouse fly off in the glowing sky. Dinner at the hotel went
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">We had a leisurely pre-breakfast walk around the hotel gardens and the villa area to see if we could re-locate the Redwing, which fortunately happened to be there. Common Kestrel, Blackcaps, European Robin, Chiffchaffs and a rare Yellow-browed Warbler were also seen. A Southern Grey Shrike was watched going into a Spanish Sparrow nest in a drainpipe close to the hotel, searching for chicks one suspected, but came out empty-beaked, so to speak!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">After breakfast we managed to find the Laughing Dove that had been calling or indeed laughing at us each
morning and evening. Tracking the bird down was quite satisfying and we had great views in the soft morning
light. Close by, a female Canary Islands Stonechat sat perched on an old aloe spike and a Spectacled Warbler
flitted around the building plots and gardens at the rear of the hotel. The wind was pretty strong and the forecast
wasn’t so favourable to find some of the birds that as yet had not been seen. Nevertheless, we headed to the
sand dunes around the south-east of El Cotillo. The area, like most of the Canaries and, indeed, Morocco and
the Iberian peninsula, had had an extremely dry, extended summer with little rain for seven months. The wind
and dusty sand made it tiring on the eyes and too difficult to walk and expect to see birds, so we drove around
the dunes, seeing only Berthelot’s Pipits, some Trumpeter Finches and a few Ravens and Yellow-legged Gulls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">Undaunted, we drove to Punto Ballena and Toston lighthouse, where the dramatic coastline of orange sand on
one side of the road and sparkling white coral sand on the other - with the red-and-white striped lighthouse
sitting on top of black volcanic basalt - all set against a brilliant blue and azure crashing sea was quite
spectacular. Parking up at the lighthouse we watched a few lonely Whimbrels hunkered low on some small tidal
pools, while close to the rocky shore, Sandwich Terns struggled to fly against the gale force winds that were
whipping up Atlantic rollers that were crashing into currents coming round from nearby Lanzarote. A huge surf
was rolling in and splitting in different directions, with sea-spray flying all around. The scene was altogether quite
spectacular and most impressive.</span></div>
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Cory’s Shearwaters out at sea from our table, with one bird coming in close to the harbour wall. More Sandwich
Terns were watched and a single medium-sized passerine dropped in on the high rocks at the other side of the
harbour which turned out to be a Common Starling, certainly not a common bird on Fuerteventura. </span></span></div>
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the wind was still blowing a gale and still with Barbary Partridge and the elusive, wind-sheltering Lesser Short-
toed Larks in mind, we headed to the agricultural lands around Tefia. Here, after much searching, bumpy tracks
and a pretty uncomfortable journey for all, we finally managed to find a group of a dozen Barbary Partridge. </span></span></div>
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watched the birds for a while before they took fright and flew off at speed over a nearby ridge. We headed over
to the goat farm just west of Tefia and saw an adult Egyptian Vulture on the ground in front of the goat feeding
troughs. These vultures have a seemingly heavier build around the neck and shoulders, having adapted to
tearing meat and sinew from the carcasses of dead goats thus this harder work to survive changed their physical
appearance compared to that of the nominate nephrons. Also feeding at the goat farm were Common Ravens
and Common Buzzards and a huge flock of over 200 Ruddy Shelducks. These birds were quite rare 15 years
ago but have steadily increased in numbers over the years on Fuerteventura.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">The swirling red volcanic dust and strong winds limited viewing, but still we watched a few Lesser Short-toed
Larks, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, White Wagtails, Trumpeter Finches, Berthelot’s Pipits and a few Southern
Grey Shrikes in and around the farm buildings and surrounding tracks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">On the main track out of the farm we
spotted three Cream-coloured Coursers running close to where we were, then they took off and flew across the
road. We drove over and slowly moved into position on the slope to get close views of them feeding. We decided
to call it a day and head back to the hotel and rest before dinner.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Our last full day in the field and our last chance to do a slightly longer pre-breakfast drive to look once more for
desert birds, so we drove down to Tindaya and had a look along the tracks. </span></div>
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single Houbara Bustard feeding at the side of the road. We stopped the vehicle, sat quietly and watched from
inside. The young bird didn't seem too bothered and continued feeding through the trackside bushes. After a
while, the bustard slowly crossed the road and began to feed on the other side. Not wishing to frighten the bird or
put it under any pressure, we waited until it was a good bit off and then continued our slow drive along the dusty
tracks. A pair of Cream-coloured Coursers was next up and we delighted in watching them running, stopping,
feeding, repeat, before we headed back to La Oliva for breakfast. In the south of the island there had been
reports of other migrant birds from the north dropping in to the greener areas in that part of the island, so we
drove south to see what we could find.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">At Lajita we found a Hadada Ibis calling loudly and flying into the zoo compound. At the Costa Calma we parked
up at the top of the town and took a slow, quiet walk through the woodland strips on both sides of the road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">Here Goldfinches and Linnets were watched and it wasn't long before we saw Brambling, Siskin and Hawfinch. A pair
of Red-vented Bulbuls were seen as we were walking back to the minibus. We drove back along the southeast
coast, cutting inland to reach the hotel at La Oliva where we added more species to our bird list before dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few of us had a quiet stroll through the gardens before breakfast, finding a lovely male Atlantic Canary,
European Robin, Canary Islands Stonechat, Redwing and a Song Thrush. On the way to the airport, close to
Puerto de Rosario we saw a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls. As we had an early check-in time at the island’s
airport, we headed south and arrived in good time for our flights home.
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Thanks to all who took part in this tour of a very special island. It was made more enjoyable by the additional
migrant bird species that landed on Fuerteventura, carried well south by strong northerly winds. Hopefully we’ll
meet up on another Limosa Holidays tour one day.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">(67 species of birds recorded)
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Ruddy Shelduck </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Tadorna ferruginea </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Barbary Partridge </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Alectoris barbara ssp. koenigi </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Great views of a flock of eleven birds near Tefia.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Cory’s Shearwater </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Calonectris diomedea<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few passing birds at Los Molinos and at El Cotillo we had one juvenile in close to the harbour.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Western Cattle Egret </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Bulbulcus ibis<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Small roosting flock of a dozen or so at La Oliva. Several around the airport gardens and pairs and singles
seen most days.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Little Egret </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Egretta garzetta </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen twice at the north coast.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Grey Heron </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Ardea cinerea<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen on five days. Resident birds at La Oliva.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Egyptian Vulture </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Neophron percnopterus ssp. majorensis<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen on three days. Very good views of six perched and flying birds.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Buzzard </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Buteo buteo ssp. insularum </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Fairly common.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Houbara Bustard </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Chlamydotis undulata ssp. fuerteventurae </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Good views on three days.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Moorhen </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Gallinula chloropus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen on two days at La Oliva pond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt";"><b>Eurasian Coot</b> <i>Fulica atra</i></span>
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen on four days at La Oliva pond.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Eurasian Stone-curlew </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Burhinus oedicnemus ssp. insularum </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Heard only in the early morning from the hillside by our hotel.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Black-winged Stilt </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Himantopus himantopus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen most days at La Oliva and a few other sites.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Grey Plover </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Pluvialis squatarola </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">One bird seen at Majanicho cove.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Ringed Plover </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Charadrius hiaticula </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen twice on the north coast.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Kentish Plover </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Charadrius alexandrinus
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">As above.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Whimbrel </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Numenius phaeopus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen at Majanicho on two days.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Sanderling </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Calidris alba<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Three birds seen at Majanicho cove on one day.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Little Stint </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Calidris minuta<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Two birds seen at Majanicho cove.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Ruddy Turnstone </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Arenaria interpres </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Lots of birds around El Cotillo harbour.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Dunlin </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Calidris alpina<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Several birds watched at Majanicho.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Curlew Sandpiper </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Calidris ferruginea </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">As above.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Green Sandpiper </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Tringa ochropus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Only one bird seen at La Oliva.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Sandpiper </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Actitis hypoleucos<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen three times on tour, twice on the north coast.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Greenshank </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Tringa nebularia </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen on two occasions at Majanicho.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Cream-coloured Courser </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Cursorius cursor<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen most days on tour with very good views at La Oliva and Tefia.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Yellow-legged Gull </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Larus michahellis </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Common and seen every day.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Lesser Black-Backed Gull </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Larus fuscus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few birds seen near Puerto de El Rosario on the last day.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Sandwich Tern </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Sterna sandvicensis<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few birds seen fishing along the south and northern coasts.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Black-bellied Sandgrouse </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Pterocles orientalis<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Good numbers seen feeding and in flight on five days.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Rock Dove/Feral Rock Dove </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Columba livia<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A common sight with pure Rock Doves seen on west coast.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Eurasian Collared Dove </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Streptopelia decaocto </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Common and widespread.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Laughing Dove </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Spilopelia senegalensis </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Good views of one bird at La Oliva.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Western Barn Owl </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Tyto alba </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Heard only at La Oliva.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Plain Swift </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Apus unicolor<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A flock of twenty or more bids feeding close to the airport on day 6.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Eurasian Hoopoe </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Upupa epops </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen on six days.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Kestrel </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Falco tinnunculus dacotiae </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A regular sight each day of the tour.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Barbary Falcon </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Falco pelegrinoides<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Two sightings on the tour of juvenile birds at La Oliva and in the south near Morro de Los Halcones.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Rose</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">-</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">ringed Parakeet </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Psittacula k</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">rameri<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">An </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">introduced species</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">seen fee</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">flying and loud near the Costa Calma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Southern Grey Shrike </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Lanius excubitor ssp. koenigi </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Fairly abundant with some excellent close views.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Northern Raven </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Corvus corax </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Common and abundant.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">African Blue Tit </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Parus teneriffae degener </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A pair seen closely at Betancuria.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Lesser Short-toed Lark </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Calandrella rufescens<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few seen but they were difficult to find due to the strong wind and dust.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Barn Swallow </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Hirundo rustica<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">An adult bird flew overhead at Majanich on the 7th of November.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Chiffchaff </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus collybita<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few seen each morning at the hotel and other sites.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Yellow-browed Warbler </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Phylloscopus inornatus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">One bird turned up at La Oliva in the hotel gardens with a Redwing.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Blackcap </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Sylvia atricapilla<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Present at hotel gardens and seen once at Betancuria.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Spectacled Warbler </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Sylvia conspicillata<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Fairly common and present close to the hotel.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Sardinian Warbler </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Sylvia melanocephla </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10pt;">wo birds only at Betancuria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Starling </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Sturnus vulgaris<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A common bird in Northern Europe but rare on the Canaries. One seen at El Cotillo harbour on the 10th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Blackbird </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Turdus merula </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Several seen at the hotel gardens.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Song Thrush </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Turdus philomelos<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">At least two birds in the hotel garden and environs.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Redwing </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Turdus iliacus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Three birds at La Oliva on the 7th, 8th and 9th of November.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">European Robin </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Erithacus rubecula<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A few seen at La Oliva and Costa Calma.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Black Redstart </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Phoenicurus ochruros </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Wintering birds at our hotel and other sites.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Canary Islands Stonechat </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Saxicola dacotiae </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen most days. Present in the hotel gardens.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Northern Wheatear </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Oenanthe oenanthe<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">One female seen at La Oliva on the 7th and again on the 8th of November.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Desert Wheatear </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Oenanthe deserti<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">One very flighty first-winter bird seen at La Oliva agricultural area on the 8th of November.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Spanish Sparrow </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Passer hispaniolensis </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Common and seen daily at our hotel.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Grey Wagtail </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Motacilla cinerea<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A male at a small water tank in Betancuria on the 8th November.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">White Wagtail </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Motacilla alba<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen most days in small numbers.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Eurasian Rock Pipit </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Anthus petrosus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">One bird seen feeding with Berthelot’s Pipits at Majanicho.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Berthelot's Pipit </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Anthus berthelotii<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Common, watched also feeding with other species.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Trumpeter Finch </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Bucanetes githagineus ssp. amantum </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Common and seen most days.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Brambling </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Fringilla montifringilla<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">At least two birds feeding with a mixed finch flock on the 11th November at Costa Calma Woods. Another
good record for The Canaries.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Hawfinch </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Coccothraustes coccothraustes<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">An excellent record for The Canaries. Seen on th</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">e 10th November at the hotel gardens at la Oliva by Ade and
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">again by the group at Costa Calma woods on the </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">11</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">th.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Common Linnet </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Linaria cannabina ssp. harterti<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Seen most days. Strong local populations with a roost at La Oliva church.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">European Goldfinch </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Carduelis carduellis<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">A small flock was watched at Costa Calma woods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Eurasian Siskin </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Carduelis spinus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Four birds seen on the 11th November at Costa Calma.
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Red</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">-</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">vented Bulbul </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Pycnonotus cafer
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">I</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">ntroduced from the I</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">ndian sub</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">continent </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">under </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">management by the </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">nature conserva</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">ncy of Spain to
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<span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">eradicate </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">it </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">as an </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">invasive species.
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Hadada Ibis </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Bostrych</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">ia hagedash<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">An e</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">scape</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">d </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">species near zoos and abandoned gar</span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">den collections. </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Heard calling and seen at Costa Calma on
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Algerian Hedgehog </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Atelerix algirus </span><span style="font-family: "arialmt"; font-size: 10.000000pt;">(Road-kill) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Barbary Ground Squirrel </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Atlantoxerus getulus </span><br />
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East Canary Gecko </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Tarentola angustimentalis </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Atlantic Lizard </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Gallotia atlantica
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Western Bath White </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Pontia daplidice<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Fuerteventura Green-striped White </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Euchloe hesperidum </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">African Migrant </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Catopsilia florella<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Clouded Yellow </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Colias crocea<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Greenish Black-tip </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Euchloe charlonia<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Southern Blue </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Polyommatus celina<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Geranium Bronze </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Cacyreus marshalli<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Monarch </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Danaus plexippus<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Canary Red Admiral </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Vanessa vulcania<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Small Tortoiseshell </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Aglais urticae<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Painted Lady </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Vanessa cardui
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Sahara Bluetail </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Ischnura saharensis
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Vagrant Emperor </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Anax ephippiger<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Blue Emperor </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Anax imperator<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Broad Scarlet </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Crocothemis erythraea
</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Red-veined Darter </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Sympetrum fonscolombii
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Hummingbird Hawk-Moth </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-style: italic;">Macroglossum stellatarum </span></div>
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andalucianguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055971217914269603noreply@blogger.com0Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Spain28.3587436 -14.05367599999999627.4648431 -15.344569499999995 29.2526441 -12.762782499999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088222188279737367.post-42207410106709857002017-11-23T17:42:00.002+01:002017-11-23T20:17:47.705+01:00Hungary Autumn2017<br />
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<b>Trip Report
Hungary
Carnival of Cranes Sat 23rd – Sat 30th September 2017 </b><b>for Limosa Holidays </b></h2>
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Report compiled by tour leader: Stephen Daly</h3>
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With good, warm weather all week, this autumn's tour to Hungary's Hortobágy and Zemplén Hills was filled with
all the special bird sightings one could hope for! I hadn't worked together with Zoli our local guide since 2008
when I first came to find Aquatic Warblers. It was a real pleasure to see him once again and a delight to work
with. From day one until the last day of the tour we enjoyed ourselves immensely and I think we were all
unanimous about the quality, space and comfort at the Bíbic Nature Lodge, lovely buildings that fit in well to the
Hortobágy surroundings (The Hortobágy was Hungary's first National Park, established back in 1973.) The
homemade meals created by Orsi and helped by her husband Tibor, were delicious and they both made us feel
very much at home. Great hosts and lovely people. </div>
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Over 80 Great Bustards seen closely, feeding happily on the open fields.<br />
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Walking across the Puszta to find a flock of over 160 Dotterel.
§ The sight and sounds of thousands of Common Cranes flying overhead at dusk.<br />
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Impressive raptor list, with Eastern Imperial Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Saker Falcon, Red-footed
Falcon, Hobby and Marsh Harrier.<br />
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Watching a pair of confiding Ural Owls, one of which stayed close to us for some considerable time.<br />
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Super views of White-backed, Middle Spotted, Great Spotted, Syrian, Lesser Spotted, Grey-headed, Green
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As well as a few vagrant birds such as Arctic Skua and a Slender-billed Gull.
Not forgetting our final evening, a delicious dinner and wine tasting at a local Tokaj wine cellar.<br />
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<b><br />Saturday 23rd September</b><br />
<b>- Apaj area - Kiskunság - Balamzújváros </b><br />
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<i>Sunny on arrival at Budapest turning cooler with cloudy skies then light rain.</i><br />
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Temp max 18CStephen and Zoli met the group at Budapest Airport and introduced everyone to Zoltan our driver and we were
quickly on our way south towards the Apaj area, to look for Great Bustards and other birds. In the town of Bugyi
we were held up briefly by a traditional Hungarian singing and dancing group in the middle of the town, where
the townsfolk were having a harvest festival. There were lots of horses and locals dressed in their colourful
national costumes. Soon we were on our way again and it wasn't long before we found a group of around 18
Great Bustards feeding in some stubble fields. </div>
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After admiring these large, rare birds we came across a few
juvenile Marsh Harriers, Common Buzzards, Common Pheasant, Stock Doves, Wood Pigeon and Common
Kestrels. We drove on a bit further and came to the main group of bustards and managed to get quite close to
them. These are shy birds, so we took our time walking slowly concealing ourselves behind some rolled straw
bales that ran parallel to the field track, until finally we could see the full beauty of their plumage and the size of
these lovely birds. The total number of birds at this second site was between 60 and 65! An amazing sight and a
wonderfully satisfying experience to see this protected species doing so well in Hungary.</div>
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Getting back to the minibus we drove a short distance to a gravel pit where we found Great Egrets and a few
Grey Herons and, to our delight, a Stone-curlew. Some Brown Hares fed in the fields and a few butterflies were
seen that included Knapweed Fritillary, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Painted Lady and Eastern Clouded
Yellow.<br />
Dragonflies around the gravel pit included Southern Hawker, White-tailed Skimmer and Common Darter.<br />
After eating our picnic lunches we took the motorway most of the way towards Debrecen and the National Park
of the Hortobagy, arriving at our lodge on the edge of the park in time for a delicious dinner.<br />
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Sunday 24th September
<br />Hortobagy Fish Ponds - Kondas & Ohat area - Tisza River - Cserepes-puszta (Hortobágy National Park)</h4>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">A misty start cleared away to sun and clouds for most of the day with scattered showers. Temp max of 22C</i></h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bibiclodge.com/" target="_blank">Dawn at Bibíc Nature Lodge</a></td></tr>
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After breakfast we set up our telescopes outside the restaurant and scanned this rich corner of the National
Park. There were a few Teal around with Mallard and a few Shoveler. More geese had arrived and we found the
first arrivals of White-fronted Geese in amongst the Greylags. After breakfast we drove through the countryside,
stopping a few times to check certain sites for Saker Falcon. We would be doing this quite a few times in and
around the Hortobagy area, looking at potential roosts and also checking out distant falcons in the air. </div>
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Many
Common Kestrels were seen as well as European Starlings, Jackdaws, Hooded Crows and Rooks. Driving on to
the Hortobagy fishponds we walked around and found a juvenile Slender-billed Gull in amongst a Black-headed
Gull flock.<br />
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New waders along the muddy edges and short grassy sides to some flooded fields included a
Temminck's Stint, Little-Ringed Plover, Dunlin and Ruff. In the reed-lined banks of the fishponds we saw and
heard Great Reed, European Reed, Moustached and Sedge Warblers. Out on some open water we found Pigmy
and Great Cormorants and a good number of Ferruginous Duck, two Garganey, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard,
Gadwall, Pintail and Common Pochard. A Great Grey Shrike and a juvenile Purple Heron were also seen. </div>
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Black-crowned
Night Herons were in the area, as were Grey Herons, Great Egrets, a pair of Little Egrets, Eurasian
Spoonbills and good numbers of Mute Swans. </div>
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We continued down to the larger lakes at the end of the
fishponds, taking the train on the narrow-gauge railway. At the little station house we ate our picnic lunch then
walked towards the boardwalks and hides where at the first hide we saw more Ferruginous Ducks in flight as
well as a Whiskered Tern and we quietly watched Avocets, Spotted Redshanks, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood
Sandpiper and a few Common Snipe feeding. Walking back down the side of the railway track, we climbed the
high observation tower and scanned the vast open water on both sides of the track. Moorhens and a good
number of Eurasian Coots were feeding and many of the earlier duck species were also well distributed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dragonflies and Darters feeding on migration</td></tr>
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Our
attention was drawn across the water and vegetation by a large dark bird pursuing a Black-headed Gull. To our
delight, but not to the gull's, it was an Arctic Skua. This was a pretty rare find in central Europe, although they do
move quite far south during the cooler months.</div>
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After our exciting find we took the train back to the start of the fishponds and saw a dashing Eurasian
Sparrowhawk. We then drove to the edge of the slow-flowing River Tisza where we walked through and explored
woodlands near Tiszacsege. </div>
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Within a short time we heard Green Woodpecker and Black Woodpecker calling.
Great Spotted Woodpecker was also calling and one male came in briefly to have a look at us then departed. A
pair of Middle-spotted Woodpeckers flew around the canopy area and we managed good views. Long-tailed Tits
were calling and a 'troop' came in but didn't stay long and then the Green Woodpecker came in and landed lower
down, followed by a second bird. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile a Lesser spotted Woodpecker also came in and started to climb,
feeding as it went. Nuthatches, one Tree Pipit, several Short-toed Treecreepers and some Grey Wagtails were
also seen and then the largest of the woodpeckers - a Black Woodpecker - flew in, calling noisily. So many
woodpeckers in such a short time - it was hard to know where to look first! Happily the birds stayed for some
time and with patience and lots of directions as to where the birds were, we managed to get good views of most
up in the trees. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We rested our necks in the minibus after our 'woodpecker fest', then drove out to the Cserepespuszta
area to enjoy the spectacular sight of Common Cranes coming in to roost. As a bonus we spotted a small
party of Lesser White-fronted Geese that were feeding there, too and another Sparrowhawk came past as we
watched a distant Great Grey Shrike. We later drove back to the lodge for a well-earned dinner.</span></div>
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<b>Monday 25th September
<br />Angyalháza area – Szelencés-puszta - Balmazújváros - Magdolna - puszta</b></div>
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<i>Some light clouds, blue skies lots of sun, warm with max temp of 24C</i><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">We watched Syrian Woodpecker calling and feeding at the front of the lodge before breakfast and saw
Chiffchaffs, Common Blackbirds, Eurasian Magpies and Starlings in the gardens. Jackdaws, Rooks and more
Starlings searched for food in amongst the two large Mangalica pigs feeding in the mud close to the National
Park in front of the lodge. Along the little copse beside the accommodation at the lodge were some Chiffchaffs
and Blackcaps feeding and one lovely male Black Redstart was seen. The view from the lodge restaurant
terrace is perfect for scanning this part of the park and Tibor (Tibi as he's known) always had his scope on
something interesting when we came for breakfast.</span><br />
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We set off after breakfast into the countryside around the Angyalháza area, searching for Saker Falcon, where
we had brief views of one bird following a large flock of very nervous, speeding Starlings! Unfortunately the flock
and the Saker were going away from us all the time so we didn't see the final outcome. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Distant Eastern Imperial Eagle, juvenile</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Continuing on we found
Red-backed Shrike along the hedgerows with a few migrating Whinchats and some local Stonechats along the
roadside verges. We drove towards the open steppe of the national park, finding lots of Common Kestrels,
Commom Buzzards and an immature Eastern Imperial Eagle. A little further on we saw four European Rollers on
electricity wires and after watching them for a while we then parked up. From here we took a long walk out along
the flat rolling landscape, passing a few isolated farms and outbuildings and the occasional traditional Austro-Hungarian draw-wells. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Draw-well and sheep on the Hungarian Plain</td></tr>
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It's amazing to think that the Great Hungarian Plain includes approximately 56% of
Hungary's land area (around 52,000km2).<br />
As we walked through the terrain we saw a Hobby come in close and
watched as it caught a large dragonfly, shelling it and eating the body. Lots of Barn Swallows and some Sand
Martins were seen heading south and a few Red-throated Pipits were put up as we walked onwards, as were
lots of Skylarks, some White Wagtails and a female Northern Wheatear.<br />
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As we passed by one of the abandoned farm buildings, a Little Owl flew out. We walked on and Zoli found a
Fire-bellied Toad, which we photographed before releasing. There were a few butterflies around as the morning
heated up and these included Grizzled Skipper, Pale Clouded Yellow, Painted Lady and three different types of
Blues: Common, Silver studded and Chapman's. A distant pair of White-tailed Eagles were seen a little further on,
as were two Marsh Harriers. </div>
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Finally we met up with some waders and, to our delight, they were mostly Eurasian
Dotterels. Several tight flocks were seen and most landed together to feed in an area where cattle had been
grazing.<br />
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At this point we stopped and scoped the birds from a distance. They seemed quite nervous and one
group of about 60 birds took flight (including one Dunlin!) and put on an amazing show, wheeling high into the air
and circling a few times before settling in with other Dotterel who didn't seem at all bothered by our presence.
Taking our time we managed to get fairly close to one group and stayed for a while to enjoy this amazing
spectacle of over 160 Dotterel feeding together. It really was a very special moment. </div>
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On our walk back to the minibus, we had another Hobby fly past and saw more Skylarks and a few Red-throated Pipits. </div>
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We drove back to the hotel, where a hot lunch was prepared for us and, in the afternoon, we took the back road
to the old clay pits. From this spot we could look back across the park and saw many Greylag Geese coming in
to land close to the lodge. Our second sighting of White-tailed Eagles came with two birds seen flying over the
distant forest. </div>
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There were lots of Black-headed Gulls feeding on flying insects and feeding on the ground with
one juvenile Mediterranean Gull identified in amongst the flock. The flocks of Starlings were wheeling around the
old clay pits road and across to the National Park where a female Sparrowhawk was attempting to take one.<br />
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Our
last birding spot was in the village of Balmazújváros where we visited a roost of around twenty Long-eared Owls
that were perched quietly in some large walnut trees.<br />
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We had wonderful views of these lovely creatures of the
night that seem to gather close to human habitation out of their breeding season, in an effort to keep away from
predating Goshawks of the forest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-eared owl preening</td></tr>
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Back at the lodge, another lovely dinner was being prepared! I think we all
slept well after our long walk to the Dotterel site and back.<br />
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<b>Tuesday 26th September
<br />Balmazújváros - Tisza Lake - Poroszlò – Cserepes-puszta </b><br />
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<i>Overcast early but clearing to sun and clouds later with light to strong winds. Max temp. 21C</i></div>
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During the night, more migrants had arrived around the lodge with many more Blue Tits, Great Tits, Blackcaps,
Chiffchaffs and a Willow Warbler out feeding around the woodland and bush-lined paths.<br />
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Black Redstarts that
had roosted overnight at the accommodation block were also around, on top of the roofs, then dropping down to
the ground to feed.<br />
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After breakfast we drove back to the clay pits road and we found a juvenile Red-footed
Falcon, a Honey Buzzard and an adult male Pallid Harrier.<br />
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Another Red-footed Falcon was spotted on the
ground, this time a lovely adult male watching us for a while before taking to the air.<br />
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From the clay pits, we drove
further through the Hortobágy, followed the Tisza River for a bit then stopped at the reservoir where we took a
short boat trip to the eastern reedbeds, which has a good layout of boardwalks and hides. A Marsh Harrier was
quickly spotted quartering back and forth over the reeds.<br />
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A Sparrowhawk and a Common Kingfisher were seen
in flight as Common Moorhens and Eurasian Coots, Mallard, Shoveler, Pintail, Teal and Common Pochard fed
on the water or along the edges of the vegetation.<br />
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A Water Rail called and a juvenile Little Crake came out of the
reeds briefly before quickly going back out of sight. Some dragonflies were seen and we noted, Lesser Emperor,
Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, Green-eyed Hawker, Migrant Hawker and Southern Hawker.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penduline Tits</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saker Falcon, juvenile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> European Hamster mound (Cricetus cricetus)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">We walked along the boardwalks, spotting Penduline Tits and Reed Buntings. At a watchtower we climbed to the
top platform and managed to get distant views of another Little Crake. <br /><br />Our lunch stop was at a local restaurant at
Poroszlò where we had traditional, delicious, homemade fish soup and pancakes. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Travelling towards
Besenyőtelek we stopped to check out a Saker Falcon area and saw a juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagle perched
on top of a small tree some distance from the main road. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">A Saker Falcon was also seen on an electricity pylon
resting inside an old nest box. The front of these boxes are open so we walked down the field to get a better
view. The Saker eventually flew off and wheeled about the sky for a while before heading out of sight. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">As we
walked back from the field we saw a few large mounds of earth with lots of holes and tunnels around the base,
extending out into the fields. No animals were visible but Zoli pointed out that they were in fact lodges and
burrows of European Hamsters (Cricetus cricetus), mainly nocturnal creatures which seem abundant in parts of
Hungary but are in decline in many other European countries and require more measures to protect them from
extinction in other areas. </span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Later in the afternoon we drove back to Balmazújváros but before reaching the lodge
we found a Lesser Whitethroat feeding on a rose bush on the clay pits road and a Little Owl on some straw bales
at a nearby farm. With dinner taken, we retired happily for the night.</span></h4>
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<b>Wednesday 27th September </b><br />
<b>Transfer to Komlóska - Bükk National Park and the Zemplén Hills</b><br />
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<i>Mainly sunny all day with a light breeze. Max temp. 20C</i></div>
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Our pre-breakfast walk around the lodge produced the same list as previous mornings and as a bonus Tibi had
found a Peregrine Falcon sitting out on the ground in the park and had it in his scope for us. Huge flocks of
Common Starlings flew around the area and some Common Snipe and a few Dunlins flew off at speed. A few
Common Cranes had been seen earlier at first light and there were a few more White Wagtails around than
previous mornings.<br />
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Greylag, White-fronted Geese and more flocks of Common Cranes were already on the
move and their calls drifted towards us over the lodge.<br />
We finished breakfast, said our goodbyes and gave
thanks to Tibi for our enjoyable stay, then took another quick look at the Long-eared Owls in the village before
the drive across to the Zemplén Hills.<br />
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Before reaching our second hotel we took a walk through the forest at
Bükk National Park. This park is situated in Hungary's highest mountain range and is famous for it's extensive
woodlands, caves and animal life.<br />
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Here we watched Spotted Flycatchers, European Robins, Great Spotted and
Green Woodpeckers but our target bird, the White-backed Woodpecker, wasn't seen, although it did call in
response to a gentle bit of playback from Zoli, it just wouldn't show itself and hid most of the time. Chaffinches
and some Long-tailed Tits came past and a Eurasian Treecreeper was later heard as we took a picnic lunch in
the woods. Chiffchaffs were feeding lower down on the edge of the forest and a Willow Warbler was also seen.<br />
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After our woodland walk we drove the short distance to our next hotel at Komlóska where we quickly checked in
then took a walk through the village. The bird life had changed from that down on The Hortobágy and Eurasian
Jays flew around in profusion.<br />
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A couple of Ravens flew overhead as did Tree Sparrows, Coal Tit, Syrian
Woodpeckers, Great Spotted Woodpeckers and some House Sparrows. Our last birding site was at an
abandoned quarry above a steep-sided Tokaj vineyard.<br />
We climbed up the chalky path leading to the top of the
quarry where more Ravens were seen and heard of course.<br />
A few Common Linnets were seen and it wasn't
long before Zoli found a very well camouflaged Eagle Owl on the stone face of the old workings. The bird was
partly obscured by small saplings that had taken root along the old cuttings where there were a few suitable
ledges for such a large bird to safely roost during the day. We then slowly changed our viewing position to a little
bit further up the slope and once we had the bird in our scope we could see the wonderful detail of this
magnificent large owl. We then left the site and made our way down to the valley where Zoltán our driver was waiting.<br />
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Late afternoon back at the hotel we saw a few welcoming Black Redstarts on the village rooftops and could hear
the baying call of Red Deer somewhere in the forests.<br />
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<b>Thursday 28th September
Komlóska </b><i> </i><br />
<b>- Lebuj - Bodrogkeresztúr - Tokaj Hill - Southern Zemplén area </b><br />
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<i>Cooler at first light warming up to a lovely warm day with clear skies. Very light breeze. Max temp. 19C</i><br />
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Some took an early morning walk and others did a bit of birding from their bedroom windows. Certainly the Jays,
Great Spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers, Common Blackbird, Song Thrush, Siskins and Serins, some in groups
of six or so and larger flocks of 20 birds or more were seen. Black Redstarts and Tree Sparrows around the hotel
were lovely to watch! A few had heard a Tawny Owl call during the early hours of the morning.<br />
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After breakfast
we left to explore the next valley from our hotel. We parked up and took a woodland track into a large clearing to
see what bird species were visible. The early clouds were clearing and the weather was set to be another fine
day. A flock of Hawfinches flew overhead as did some European Goldfinches.<br />
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Two distant juvenile White-tailed
Eagles were seen flying together over the next tree-lined ridge and we watched the youngsters tumble and dive
at each other, playing happily until they went out of sight. Great Spotted and Grey-headed Woodpeckers called
and it wasn't long before we saw our first Grey-headed.<br />
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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was hear calling as was a
Middle Spotted which flew in quite close and we managed to watch it climb and feed on an older bough.<br />
Black
Woodpecker was heard calling from the wooded hillside below our vantage point and was seen briefly and a few
European Green Woodpeckers finally made an appearance with two birds seen in flight.
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Later that morning we went to another forest trail trying to find Ural Owl which proved unsuccessful.<br />
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The sun was
shining and we did see Spotted Flycatcher and a very bright male Grey Wagtail in the forest, not the usual
habitat but it was feeding around some large puddles, which had attracted lots of flying insects.<br />
Later on we saw
a migrating Common Redstart and our walk in the forest clearings had produced some damselfies, which
included Common Bluetail, Variable Bluet and Blue Featherleg.<br />
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Afterwards, we drove to the top of Tokaj Hill then
walked part of the way down. During the warmest part of the day there were a few butterflies around, mostly on
the open sunny patches of the forest and along the open meadows and these included Peacock, Red Admiral,
Brown Argus, Speckled Wood, Large Wall Brown, Woodland Ringlet, Pale Clouded Yellow and Silver-washed
Fritillary. We stopped at another site on the way down the valley in open, rough pasture and small shrubs. Here
we found Corn Buntings, Red-backed Shrikes, more Serins and Siskin flocks.<br />
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We took a delicious meal at a local restaurant and went to have another look for those elusive Ural Owls. The
good thing about them is that they are active hunters during daylight as well as night. Winding our way up the heavily forested hill we were all looking out of the minibus, intently trying to spot a large grey owl! Suddenly Matt
shouted out that we'd just past one sitting in a tree. We drove past the site and slowly got out the vehicle,
walking quietly back down the hill. The Ural Owl was of course watching us and decided to fly off through the
trees, but it was quite far off and hidden by a lot of foliage. Zoli decided that a little bit of Ural Owl playback would
perhaps entice the bird back, or at least bring it a little nearer. Happily it worked; the bird responded and flew in
closer. We all stayed very quiet and as still as we could, with the owl changing its position, coming a little nearer
to where we were grouped. Now everyone managed to get a good view and some managed a few photos of this
very special owl.<br />
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We made our way to the area around Lebuj where we found a White Stork on the ouskirts of
town. The bird was wearing a colour-coded ring, originating from the Coto Doñana in southern Spain. This
female stork had wintered twice, presumably somewhere in Africa and this year it had returned to Europe, ended
up in Hungary and mated with her new partner. After successfully rearing a brood of two chicks, the male seems
to have gone south already and the good weather and abundance of food was keeping her in the area. This was
the only white Stork we saw on the tour.<br />
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<br />
<b>Friday 29th September
<br />Komlóska - Fáslegelő - Sima - Aranyos Valley - Prügy</b>
<i> </i><br />
<br />
<i>Some early morning light cloud, which cleared quickly to a bright, sunny day with light breezes. Max Temp. 22C</i> </div>
<br />
One or two came out on the pre-breakfast walk though the village environs. We had another good look at the
numerous Tree Sparrows and Coal Tits of which more seemed to be around the gardens. We looked too at the
feeding Great Spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers and watched many of the Jays flying back and forth.<br />
Within no
time at all it was time for breakfast.<br />
<br />
Our first stop leaving the village was to Fáslegelő where we had another
chance to watch Great Grey Shrike.<br />
The bird was moving about from bush to bush and always kept its distance
but we did have the scopes on it for long enough to admire this handsome and declining species. At other sites
there were some fly-by Hawfinches, Serins and Siskins and we saw Woodlark too. Watching and listening for
woodpeckers brought us good views of Middle Spotted, Great Spotted, Green, Black and Grey-headed
Woodpeckers.<br />
More elusive were the Lesser Spotted and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers but eventually we
managed to get all of them, thanks to Zoli's local knowledge and patience. There were a few butterflies around,
mostly on the open sunny patches and these included Peacock, Red Admiral, Brown Argus, Speckled Wood,
Large Wall Brown, Woodland Ringlet, Pale Clouded Yellow and Silver-washed Fritillary.<br />
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We stopped for our picnic lunch close to a Tawny owl nest box. It was well past the breeding season so we
decided to see if we could see any sleeping bird inside. A Tawny Owl appeared and stood on the edge of the
entrance hole and stared out at us. We kept still then after a few minutes walked quietly back to the road. The
bird then eventually went back inside and settled back to sleep.<br />
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Later on during the day, we travelled towards
Prügy where we sighted an Eastern Imperial Eagle fairly high over the edge of the town. Heading in the direction
of this huge raptor we caught up with it and watched it soar in the clear skies. The eagle had attracted a few
Common Buzzards that were doing their best to make it change direction, but to no avail. The eagle continued
on and we travelled a bit further as well.<br />
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Some of the rough pasture had Skylarks, White Wagtails with
Yellowhammers on the trees and some Stonechats around the field edges, sitting up taller, dried out stalks.<br />
<br />
We
came back to the hotel a bit earlier as tonight we had an appointment for a Tokaj wine-tasting and traditional
Hungarian dinner.<br />
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We had a little tour of the cellars, then a tasting of 10 or so different white wines with our
meal. We had seen two examples of the Mangalica Pigs at the Hortobágy lodge and now we could try the meat!
Both wines and the pork were delicious! Needless to say we all slept well on our last night up at Komlóska.<br />
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<br />
<b>Saturday 30th of September </b><br />
<b>Komlóska - Apaj and Bugyi areas - Budapest Airport</b><br />
<i>Cooler morning. Mixed sun and clouds warming in the afternoon. Max Temp. 22C </i><br />
<br />
Giving the pre-breakfast walk a miss, we had a slow breakfast before collecting our bags and loading them into
the minibus. We said our thanks and farewells and took the motorway back for some birding around Apaj county.
We had quite a lot of time before the flight check-in at the airport so this area was the best logistically for us. En
route, Matt spotted an Eastern Imperial Eagle, two Hen Harriers another male Pallid Harrier was seen from the
motorway.<br />
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We had seen the Great Bustards here and it was great to find at least 40 birds feeding in rough set
aside pasture fairly close to the road. Quite a few Common Buzzards, Common Kestrels and Marsh Harriers
were around and some Stonechats, one Red-backed Shrikes a few Red-throated Pipits, some Meadow Pipits,
Tree Sparrows and lots of Skylarks were seen.
We took our picnic lunch at the Great Bustard area then drove to another field where there was a large herd of
Water Buffalo in a protected area. Out in the distance we could see several large eagles, which turned out to be
two Eastern Imperial Eagles and two White-tailed Eagles. It was quite warm and the thermals had built up across
the dry flat landscape, giving the large eagles plenty of thermals to work with. To finish off, we had some
European Stonechats, Whinchats and two Corn Buntings. After a short drive to Budapest airport, we said our
farewells at the departure lounge and went our separate ways.<br />
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A big thanks to all who participated and helped spot some of the wonderful birds we saw during our week in
Hungary. The weather was just great and your good company and enthusiasm was much appreciated and
hopefully our paths will once again cross on another Limosa tour one day.<br />
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<b>Annotated Bird Species list </b></div>
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<b>Greylag Goose</b> <i>Anser anser
</i> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
The commonest goose seen on the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Greater White-fronted Goose</b> <i>Anser albifrons
</i> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Small groups were arriving from the north each day while at the Hortobágy. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
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<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Lesser White-fronted Goose</b> <i>Anser erythropus</i> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Two birds arrived on the 24th at the Hortobágy. (First Northern arrivals) </div>
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<b>Mute Swan </b><i>Cygnus olor</i> </div>
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Common at ponds, lakes and some riversides.<b> </b></div>
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<b>Gadwall </b><i>Anas strepera</i> </div>
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Seen at the fishponds on the 24th. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Wigeon</b> Anas penelope </div>
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As above. </div>
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<b>Mallard </b><i>Anas</i><i> plathyrhynchos</i> </div>
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Common and widespread. </div>
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<b>Northern Shoveler</b> <i>Anas clypeata</i> </div>
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Seen on four days at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Northern Pintail</b> <i>Anas acuta </i></div>
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Seen on two days. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Teal</b> <i>Anas crecca </i></div>
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Observed on three days. </div>
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<b>Garganey </b><i>Anas querquedula</i> </div>
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Six birds seen on the Tisza Lake on the 26th. </div>
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<b>Common Pochard</b> <i>Aythya ferina</i> </div>
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Seen twice. </div>
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<b>Ferruginous Duck</b> <i>Aythya nyroca</i> </div>
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Good numbers seen on the 24th in flight and feeding at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Common Pheasant</b> <i>Phasianus colchicus</i> </div>
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Common on the Hortobágy agricultural plain. </div>
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<b>Little Grebe </b><i>Tachybaptus ruficollis</i> </div>
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Seen on two days at the Hortobágy fish ponds at at Lake Tisza. </div>
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<b>Great Crested Grebe</b> <i>Podiceps cristatus</i> </div>
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Seen on two days at the Hortobágy fishponds at at Lake Tisza. </div>
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<b>White Stork</b> <i>Ciconia ciconi</i>a </div>
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One adult bird seen near Lebuj which had a colour ring from the Biological Station at the Coto Doñana, Huelva
Province, Spain. The bird had wintered in Africa for two successive years then settled this year after migrating
to Hungary where it had successfully reared two chicks. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Spoonbill </b>Platalea leucorodia </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
A few small groups (total 16 birds) were seen on the 24th at Hortobágy fishponds. </div>
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<b>Black-crowned Night Heron</b> <i>Nycticorax nycticorax</i> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
One juvenile Bird seen at the fishponds, Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Grey Heron </b><i>Ardea cinerea </i></div>
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Fairly common, seen most days. </div>
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<b>Purple Heron</b><i> Ardea pupurea</i> </div>
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One juvenile bird seen in the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Great Egret</b> <i>Ardea alba </i></div>
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Fairly common in wetlands and through the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Little Egret</b> <i>Egretta garzetta</i> </div>
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One seen at the fishponds, Hortobagy on the 24th. Scarce. </div>
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<b>Pygmy Cormorant</b> <i>Phalacrocorax pygmeus </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Plentiful and an expanding species in central Europe. Seen at the fish ponds, Hortobagy on the 24th and at
Lake Tisza on the 26th. </div>
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<b>Great Cormorant </b><i>Phalacrocorax carbo </i></div>
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Common seen most days at appropriate habitats</div>
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<b>European Honey Buzzard</b> <i>Pernis apivorus</i> </div>
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Single sighting only. </div>
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<b>Eastern Imperial Eagle </b><i>Aquila heliaca</i> </div>
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Seen on five days of the tour. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Sparrowhawk</b> <i>Accipiter nisus</i> </div>
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Seen on three dates. </div>
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<b>Northern Goshawk</b> <i>Accipiter gentilis </i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
One sighting at Zemplén. </div>
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<b>Western Marsh Harrier </b><i>Circus aeruginosus</i> </div>
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Common on the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Hen Harrier </b><i>Circus cyaneus</i> </div>
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Only two birds recorded. </div>
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<b>Pallid Harrier</b> <i>Circus macrourus</i> </div>
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Two sightings, one on the Hrtobágy and the other en route to Budapest on the last day. </div>
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<b>White-tailed Eagle </b><i>Haliaeetus albicilla</i> </div>
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Huge eagles like this are a real joy to watch and we had luck with sightings on four days. </div>
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<b>Common Buzzard</b> <i>Buteo buteo</i> </div>
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A regular sighting on all days. </div>
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<b>Great Bustard</b> <i>Otis tarda</i> </div>
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Great views of eighty birds on day one and what better way to finish the tour by calling in again and finding
forty on the last day. </div>
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<b>Water Rail</b> <i>Rallus aquaticus </i></div>
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Heard once at Hortobágy fishponds on the 24th. </div>
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<b>Little Crake </b><i>Porzana parva</i> </div>
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Two birds seen at Tisza Lake. </div>
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<b>Common Moorhen</b> <i>Gallinula chloropus</i> </div>
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A single one at the Hortobagy Fishponds and a small numbers at the Hortobagy around Tisza lake. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Coot</b> <i>Fulica atra </i></div>
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A few small groups observed in the wetlands.
Low sightings and numbers on the Hortobágy and Tisza. </div>
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<b>Common Crane</b> <i>Grus grus </i></div>
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Daily observations in the Hortobágy area, where small flocks and family groups
recorded during daytime. The roost we visited at Virágoskút. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Stone curlew</b> <i>Burhinus oedicnemus</i> </div>
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One bird only, seen at Bugyi area on 23rd. </div>
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<b>Pied Avocet </b><i>Recurvirostra avosetta</i> </div>
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About a dozen birds at Hortobágy fishponds. </div>
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<b>Northern Lapwing</b> <i>Vanellus vanellu</i>s </div>
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Good numbers in the Hortobágy region. </div>
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<b>European Golden Plover</b><i> Pluvialis apricaria</i> </div>
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Recorded on three different days at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Grey Plover </b><i>Pluvialis squatarola </i></div>
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Recorded on three days. </div>
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<b>Common Ringed Plover</b> <i>Charadrius hiaticula</i> </div>
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Seen only at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Little Ringed Plover </b><i>Charadrius dubius</i> </div>
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As above. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Dotterel</b> <i>Charadrius morinellus </i></div>
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This certainly was like the Lord Mayor's Show! A flock of 160 observed on the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Common Snipe</b> <i>Gallinago gallinago</i> </div>
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Low numbers but seen every day on the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Curlew</b> <i>Numenius arquata</i> </div>
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Observed in low numbers in the Hortobágy region. </div>
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<b>Spotted Redshank</b> <i>Tringa erythropus</i></div>
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There was a small flock at Hortobágy and at the Fishponds. </div>
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<b>Common Greenshank</b> <i>Tringa nebularia </i></div>
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Birds seen on four days from Bíbic Lodge, Hortobagy. </div>
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<b>Wood Sandpiper </b><i>Tringa glareola</i> </div>
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Recorded just once on the 24th at the fish ponds. </div>
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<b>Little Stint </b><i>Calidris minuta </i></div>
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Seen twice at the Hortobágy. </div>
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Temminck's Stint <i>Calidris temminckii</i> </div>
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One bird seen on the 24th at the Hortobágy </div>
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<b>Curlew Sandpiper</b> <i>Calidris ferruginea</i> </div>
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One bird seen from the Bíbic Lodge on the 25th. </div>
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<b>Dunlin </b><i>Calidris alpina</i> </div>
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Seen on three days. </div>
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<b>Ruff</b> <i>Philomachus pugnax</i> </div>
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Seen on four days. </div>
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<b>Slender-billed Gull</b> <i>Chroicocephalus genei </i></div>
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One bird feeding with Black-headed Gulls on the 24th. </div>
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<b>Black-headed Gull </b><i>Chroicocephalus ridibundus</i> </div>
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Huge flocks in excessive of five-hundred at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Mediterranean Gull</b> <i>Ichthyaetus melanocephalus</i> </div>
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One juvenile found with other gulls on the old clay-pits Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Common Gull</b> <i>Larus canu</i>s </div>
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Seen just one time. </div>
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<b>Caspian Gull</b> <i>Larus cachinnans</i> </div>
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Probably the commonest gull. Seen on five days. </div>
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<b>Yellow-legged Gull</b> <i>Larus michahelli</i>s </div>
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Seen on three days. </div>
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<b>Whiskered Tern</b> <i>Chlidonias hybridus</i> </div>
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One seen at Tisza Lake. </div>
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<b>Black Tern </b><i>Chlidonias niger</i> </div>
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As above. </div>
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<b>Arctic Skua </b><i>Stercorarius parasiticus</i> </div>
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Lovely surprise to find one chasing a Black-headed Gull at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Feral Rock Dove</b><i> Columba livia </i></div>
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Widespread. </div>
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<b>Stock Dove</b> <i>Columba oenas </i></div>
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Fairly common, seen most days. </div>
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<b>Common Wood Pigeon</b> <i>Columba palumbus</i> </div>
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Seen every day fairly widespread. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Collared Dove </b><i>Streptopelia decaocto</i> </div>
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Seen daily mostly near human habitation. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Eagle Owl</b><i> Bubo bubo</i> </div>
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One roosting bird was found at a quarry near Tokaj. </div>
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<b>Tawny Owl</b> <i>Strix aluco</i> </div>
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One bird sleeping in a nestbox in Zemplén woodland. </div>
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<b>Ural Owl<i> </i></b><i>Strix uralensis</i> </div>
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Good views of two birds on the 28th. </div>
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<b>Little Owl</b> <i>Athene noctua </i></div>
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Three sightings in the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Long-eared Owl<i> </i></b><i>Asio otus</i> </div>
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Two visits to the wonderful Balmazújváros roost with up to twenty birds seen </div>
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<b>European Roller</b> <i>Coracias garrulu</i>s </div>
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Four birds seen at the Hortobágy . </div>
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<b>Common Kingfisher </b><i>Alcedo atthis</i> </div>
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One only seen at Lake Tisza. </div>
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<b>Middle Spotted Woodpecker</b> <i>Dendrocopos medius</i> </div>
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Seen on three days and heard on one other day in the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</b> <i>Dendrocopus minor </i></div>
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Observed once at the Tisza River and seen twice and heard calling once at the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Syrian Woodpecker</b> <i>Dendrocopos syriacus.</i> </div>
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Watched and heard around the Bíbic Ecolodge and at other sites. Another bird that favours human habitation. </div>
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<b>Great Spotted Woodpecker </b><i>Dendrocopos major </i></div>
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Seen on six days, most in the Zemplén hills. </div>
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<b>White-backed Woodpecker</b> <i>Dendrocopos leucotos </i></div>
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Observed and heard three times at the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Black Woodpecker<i> </i></b><i>Dryocopus martius</i> </div>
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Watched five times on tour. We also heard their loud calls often. </div>
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<b>European Green Woodpecker </b><i>Picus viridis</i> </div>
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We saw this bird on six days of our tour. </div>
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<b>Grey-headed Woodpecker</b> <i>Picus canus</i> </div>
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Observed on two days with good views at the Zemplén Hills.</div>
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<b>Common Kestrel </b><i>Falco tinnunculus</i> </div>
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Fairly common at the Hortobágy less so in the Zemplén area. </div>
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<b>Red-footed Falcon</b> <i>Falco vespertinus </i></div>
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One juvenile and one lovely male seen on the 26th at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Hobby</b> <i>Falco subbuteo</i> </div>
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One three birds sighted on two days. </div>
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<b>Saker Falcon<i> </i></b><i>Falco cherrug</i> </div>
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Distant sightings on two days with one juvenile bird on the 26th. </div>
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<b>Peregrine Falcon</b> <i>Falco peregrinus</i> </div>
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One perched bird seen from Bíbic Lodge on the 27th. </div>
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<b>Red-backed Shrike</b> <i>Lanius collurio </i></div>
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Seen on four different days. </div>
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<b>Great Grey Shrike</b> <i>Lanius excubitor</i> </div>
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Seen on three different days with three birds seen on the 29th. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Jay</b> <i>Garrulus glandarius </i></div>
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Good numbers observed daily in the Zemplén hills and the Hortobágy forest areas. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Magpie</b> <i>Pica pica</i> </div>
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Observed every day. </div>
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<b>Western Jackdaw<i> </i></b><i>Corvus monedula </i></div>
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Seen on seven days. </div>
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<b>Rook </b><i>Corvus</i><i> frugilegu</i>s </div>
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Large numbers, often flocks of 200 or more. </div>
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<b>Hooded Crow </b><i>Corvus corone</i> </div>
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Seen most days, often moving in medium sized flocks. </div>
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<b>Northern Raven</b> <i>Corvus corax </i></div>
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A few pairs seen on the Hortobágy but most in the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Coal Tit</b> <i>Periparus ater</i> </div>
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Fairly common sighting in the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Marsh Tit</b> <i>Poecile palustris</i> </div>
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Watched twice only. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Blue Tit</b> <i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i> </div>
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Seen most days often moving through forested areas in the Zemplén </div>
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<b>Great Tit</b> <i>Parus major</i> </div>
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Daily observations of this widespread species. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Penduline Tit</b> <i>Remiz pendulinus</i> </div>
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Small flock at the Tisza Lake and heard calling at the fishponds </div>
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<b>Bearded Reedling</b> <i>Panurus biarmicus</i> </div>
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Recorded twice on tour. </div>
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<b>Wood Lark </b><i>Lullula arborea</i> </div>
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Seen only on the 28th. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Skylark</b> <i>Alauda arvensis</i> </div>
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We saw a few migrating flocks in the Hortobágy region and a few in the Zemplén area. </div>
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<b>Crested Lark </b><i>Galerida cristata</i> </div>
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Seen on three occasions. </div>
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<b>Sand Martin</b> <i>Riparia riparia</i> </div>
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A few migrating birds seen on the 24th and 25th on the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Barn Swallow</b><i> Hirundo rustica</i> </div>
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Seen every day in small numbers. </div>
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<b>Long-tailed Tit</b> <i>Aegithalos caudatus</i>. </div>
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Heard at the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Willow Warbler</b> <i>Phylloscopus trochilus</i> </div>
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One sighting on the 27th. </div>
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<b>Common Chiffchaff</b> <i>Phylloscopus collybita</i> </div>
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Observed daily in low numbers.
Seen on seven days, plentiful at Bíbic Lodge. </div>
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<b>Great Reed Warbler</b> <i>Acrocephalus arundinaceus</i> </div>
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Good views of three birds at the Hortobágy fishponds and Tisza Lake. </div>
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<b>Moustached Warble</b>r <i>Acrocephalus melanopogon</i> </div>
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Some late migrants or perhaps northern bids en rout south were seen and heard. </div>
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<b>Sedge Warbler </b><i>Acrocephalus schoenobaenus</i>
Observed twice at the Hortobágy fishponds on the 24th and again on the 26th at Lake Tisza.
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Two birds seen at the Hortobágy fishponds. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Blackcap</b> <i>Sylvia atricapilla </i></div>
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Seen twice around Bíbic Lodge on the 24th & 25th and again once in the Zeplén Hills </div>
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<b>Lesser Whitethroa</b>t<i> Sylvia curruca</i> </div>
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One male seen on the 26th at the claypits road. </div>
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<b>Goldcrest</b> <i>Regulus regulu</i>s </div>
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Recorded in small numbers in the forested areas.
Seen and hear only once. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Wren </b><i>Troglodytes troglodyte</i>s </div>
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Heard at the Tisza woodlands and later observed and heard daily in the Zemplén hills. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Nuthatch</b> <i>Sitta europaea</i> </div>
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Two birds observed only at the Tisza woodlands and every day in the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Treecreeper </b><i>Certhia familiaris</i> </div>
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Seen and heard on three days in the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Short-toed Treecreeper</b> <i>Certhia brachydactyla</i> </div>
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Two birds observed only at the Tisza woodlands </div>
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<b>Common Starling</b> <i>Sturnus vulgaris</i> </div>
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Seen daily with huge flocks on the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Common Blackbird</b> <i>Turdus merula </i></div>
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Seen in small numbers during the whole trip. </div>
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<b>Song Thrush</b> <i>Turdus philomelos</i> </div>
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Observed in the hills where a few were seen. </div>
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<b>Mistle Thrush</b> <i>Turdus viscivorus</i> </div>
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Seen only in the Zemplén. </div>
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<b>Spotted Flycatcher </b><i>Muscicapa striata</i> </div>
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Four birds seen on the 27th. </div>
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<b>European Robin </b><i>Erithacus rubicola</i> </div>
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Heard or seen very day especially in the forests. </div>
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<b>Black Redstart</b> <i>Phoenicurus ochruros</i> </div>
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Low numbers, seen every day. </div>
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<b>Common Redstart</b> <i>Phoenicurus phoenicurus</i> </div>
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One bird seen on the 28th </div>
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<b>Whinchat</b> <i>Saxicola rubetra</i> </div>
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Seen on the 25th on the Hortobágy and again on the 30th near Bugyi. </div>
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<b>European Stonechat</b> <i>Saxicola rubicola</i> </div>
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Seen daily in low numbers. </div>
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<b>Northern Wheatear</b><i> Oenanthe oenanthe</i> </div>
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Only one bird seen on the 25th on our Dotterel outing.
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<b>House Sparrow</b> <i>Passer domesticus</i> </div>
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Fairly common most days.
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<b>Eurasian Tree Sparrow</b> <i>Passer montanus</i> </div>
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Good sightings every day often small flocks in towns and villages. </div>
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<b>Dunnock </b><i>Prunella modularis</i>
Heard on four dates. </div>
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<b>Western Yellow Wagtail </b><i>Motacilla flava</i> </div>
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Observed twice on two separate days. </div>
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<b>Grey Wagtail</b> <i>Motacilla cinerea </i></div>
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Seen on the 24th and again on the 28th.</div>
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<b>White Wagtail</b> <i>Motacilla alba</i> </div>
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Many in and around the Hortobágy and a few in the Zemplén. </div>
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<b>Meadow Pipit </b><i>Anthus pratensis</i> </div>
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Good numbers observed in the Hortobágy region. </div>
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<b>Tree Pipit</b><i><b> </b>Anthus trivialis </i></div>
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One bird seen on the 24th near </div>
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<b>Red-throated Pipit</b> <i>Anthus cervinu</i>s </div>
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A few seen in the Hortobágy and others around Bugyi. </div>
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<b>Common Chaffinch</b> <i>Fringilla coeleb</i>s </div>
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Seen in low numbers. </div>
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<b>Hawfinch</b> <i>Coccothraustes coccothrauste</i>s </div>
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A single bird heard the seen briefly at Tisza riverside. More widespread in the Zemplén hills with a few flocks
seen passing over us. </div>
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<b>European Greenfinch</b> <i>Chloris chloris</i> </div>
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Not so common as one would expect. Recorded only on three dates.</div>
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<b>Common Linnet</b><i><b> </b>Linaria cannabina</i> </div>
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Observed on three different days. </div>
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<b>European Goldfinch</b> <i>Carduelis cardueli</i>s </div>
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Seen daily. </div>
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<b>European Serin</b><i> Serinus serinu</i>s </div>
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Seen or heard in flight in the Zemplén Hills only. </div>
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<b>Eurasian Siskin</b> <i>Spinus spinus </i></div>
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Forest sightigs in the Zemplén Hills. </div>
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<b>Corn Bunting</b> <i>Emberiza calandra </i></div>
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Seen only around the Hortobágy areas. </div>
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<b>Yellowhammer</b> <i>Emberiza citrinella </i></div>
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Fairly common in both areas and seen or heard most days. </div>
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<b>Reed Bunting</b> <i>Emberiza schoeniclus</i> </div>
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Heard and seen in the Hortobágy. </div>
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<b>Mammals</b></div>
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<b>Red Fox</b> Vulpes vulpes </div>
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<b>Western Roe Deer</b> Capreolus capreolus </div>
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<b>Red Deer </b>Cervus elaphus </div>
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<b>Eurasian Red Squirrel</b> Sciurus vulgaris </div>
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<b>Brown Hare </b>Lepus europaeus </div>
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<b>Noctule Bat sp.</b>
Pipistrelle Bat sp. </div>
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<b>Amphibians</b> </div>
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<b>Danube Crested Newt</b> Triturus dobrogicus </div>
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<b>Fire Salamander</b> Salamandra salamandra </div>
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<b>Fire-bellied Toad</b> Bombina bombina </div>
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<b>European Tree Frog</b> Hyla arborea </div>
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<b>Common Frog </b>Rana temporaria </div>
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<b>Butterflies</b> </div>
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<b>Small White</b> Pieris rapae </div>
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<b>Green-veined White</b> Pieris napi </div>
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<b>Common Orange-tip</b> Anthocharis cardamines </div>
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<b>Pale Clouded Yellow</b> Colias hyale </div>
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<b>Green Hairstreak</b> Callophrys rubi </div>
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<b>Small Copper</b> Lyceana phlaeas </div>
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<b>Large Copper </b>Lycaena dispar </div>
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<b>Osiris Blue</b> Cupido osiris </div>
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<b>Silver-studded Blue</b> Plebejus argus </div>
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<b>Common Brown Argus</b> Aricia agestis </div>
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<b>Chapman's Blue</b> Polyommatus thersites </div>
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<b>Common Blue </b>Polyommatus icarus </div>
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<b>Red Admiral </b>Vanessa atalanta </div>
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<b>Painted Lady</b> <i>Cynthia cardui</i> </div>
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<b>Peacock </b><i>Aglais io</i> </div>
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<b>Silver-washed Fritillary</b> <i>Argynnis paphia</i> </div>
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<b>Knapweed Fritillary</b> <i>Melitaea phoebe </i></div>
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<b>Woodland Ringlet</b> <i>Erebia medusa </i></div>
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<b>Speckled Wood </b><i>Pararge aegeria</i> </div>
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<b>Large Wall Brown</b> <i>Lasiommata maera</i> </div>
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<b>Grizzled Skipper</b> <i>Pyrgus malvae </i></div>
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<b>Moths</b> </div>
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<b>Hummingbird Hawkmoth</b> <i>Macroglossum stellatarum </i></div>
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<b>Silver-Y </b><i>Autographa gamma </i></div>
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<b>Nine-spotted</b> <i>Amata phegea</i> </div>
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<b>Bordered Gothic</b> <i>Heliophobus reticulata</i> </div>
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<b>Kentish Glory</b> <i>Endromis versicolora</i></div>
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<b>Dragonflies</b> </div>
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<b>Common Bluetail</b> <i>Ischnura elegans</i> </div>
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<b>Variable Bluet </b><i>Coenagrion pulchellum </i></div>
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<b>Blue Featherleg</b> <i>Platycnemis pennipes</i> </div>
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<b>Migrant Hawker </b><i>Aeshna mixta </i></div>
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<b>Green-eyed Hawker</b><i> Aeshna isoceles </i></div>
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<b>Blue Hawker</b><i> Aeshna cyanea </i></div>
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<b>Blue Emperor </b><i>Anax imperator </i></div>
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<b>Lesser Emperor </b><i>Anax parthenope </i></div>
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<b>Four-spotted Chaser </b><i>Libellula quadrimaculata</i> </div>
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<b>Broad-bodied Chaser<i> </i></b><i>Libellula depressa </i></div>
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<b>White-tailed Skimmer</b> <i>Orthetrum albistylum </i></div>
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<b>Common Darter </b><i>Sympetrum striolatum</i> </div>
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<b>Ruddy Darter </b><i>Sympetrum sanguineum</i> </div>
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<b>Broad Scarlet</b> <i>Crocothemis erythrea</i> </div>
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<b>Other Taxa of Interest
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<b>Saddle-backed Cricket</b><i> Ephippigerinae sp. </i></div>
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<b>Stick Insect </b><i>Phasmatodea/Phasmida sp.</i> </div>
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<b>Dung Beetle</b><i> Scarabaeinea sp.</i> </div>
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<b>Roman Snail </b><i>Helix pomatia.</i> </div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Day
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">The
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pleasant 25oC. The forecast for the week was good!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Tallin to Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Saturday
27th May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Lovely
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later. Max. temp. 26oc<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">P</span></b><b><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">uise Peninsula</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">, </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Matsalu National Park Silma and Leidissoo<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">After an early buffet breakfast we left
to explore the coastal areas at the National Park at Matsalu (Mastsalu
Rahvuspark) and the areas around Ridala and Noarootsi.<br />
On arrival at Ridala, Matsalu, we parked in the car park and watched some very
young Northern Lapwings walking close to the car park in an adjacent rough
coastal pasture where their parents were keeping a watchful eye on the
youngsters. Grey and Golden Plovers as well as Common Ringed Plovers were close
by and Skylarks were singing and making display flights. Some White Wagtails, Meadow Pipits and a few
Black Redstarts could be heard calling from and old farm building behind the
car park Climbing up to the tower observation platform we saw that there were
lots of gulls around with Black-headed, Common and Herring Gulls present along
with small numbers of Common and Arctic Terns and across a small coastal inlet
were a pair of Sea Eagles on the ground. Above the eagles flew Lesser
Black-Backed Gulls and Herring Gulls. Two Great Black-Backed Gulls were seen
along coast and a small group of six Arctic Terns passed by this point as well.<br />
A single Great Egret made an appearance and a few Grey Herons were visible as
were two Marsh quartering Harriers. A Hobby was also seen over the coast and
two White-tailed Eagles were watched on the ground. Walking back to the minibus
a Red-breasted Merganser flew overhead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Scanning the area we saw a small group
of Common Cranes, Greylag Geese, a pair of Barnacle Geese and some Mute Swans
were present and many duck species which included Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon,
Common Pochard, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Garganey and Shoveler and a large
flock of Tufted Duck. There were also a Great Egret and a few Pied Avocets
feeding on the shore. Some Red-breasted Mergansers were also seen off the
coast. Northern Wheatears, White Wagtails and a stunning male Yellow Wagtail
and and a few Whinchats were seen either feeding or perched on taller plants or
bushes from their lookouts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coast. As we passed we caught a glimpse of a large canine animal similar to a
wolf but showing a bright golden colour. Immidiately we backed up and there it
was with part of a hare in it's jaws was a Golden Jackal! What a find this was
as they have only been seen in the last few years in Estonia and are now
breeding there. This particular animal was very nervous and stopped to take a
look at us then stopping to adjust it's grip on the piece of hare, ran off
quickly towards the tree line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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possibility to catch a glimpse we tried our best at various locations guided by
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Sunday
28th May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Põõsaspea,
Haapsalu and Matsalu coast<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">After an early buffet breakfast we set
off to the coast and back up to P</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">öösaspea and birded around the peninsula. Some Common
Shelduck were feeding close to the shore and there we small groups of
Black-throated and Red-throated Divers flying past the point out to sea. It was
a lovely warm morning and it was going to be a beautiful day again.<br />
On the way to our first birding stop we stopped to check out some Greylag Geese
that were feeding in a cornfield. At the back of the Greylags were some other
darker geese which were Tundra Bean Geese. This was a good start.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">We walked along
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Eurasian Wrens, Song and Mistle Thrushes sang or made brief appearances.
European Robins, Blue Tits and Great Tits were watched feeding young in the
tree canopy and as we were close to a Grey Heron colony there were lots of
adult birds coming and going, feeding young on their nests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was heard singing and an Icterine Warbler, some Common Chaffinches, European
Greenfinches, Eurasian Siskins and Common Rosefinches were watched,
particularly the Rosefinch males eating apple blossom. Wryneck was heard
calling and it wasn't until later that some of us did get a glimpse of our only
migrating woodpecker flashing through the understory of the woodland. A Red
Squirrel was seen in the woods and out in one of the fields we saw a European Hare.
There were also a few butterflies around feeding on the masses of flowering
dandelions and other flowering plants with some colourful butterflies dancing
over the colourful meadows that included Painted Lady, Map and Brimstone.<br />
Of course the Thrush Nightingales were abundant but as usual keeping a low
profile when humans were around. On saying that though, a few of us did watch
one out in the open collecting nesting material.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">After checking a
few more forest and open farmland areas we headed into the town of Happsalu
which has a population of around 10,500 people and famous for its warm sea
waters and famous salt mud-spas. There were a few nesting Common Gulls on the
roofs around the narrow streets and after our lunch by the lake we walked
around to the other side to get closer to the Horned (or Slavonian ) Grebes
that breed on the lake along with Common Coots and Moorhens. On the way there
we walked past some lovely lakeside garden that had quite a few different bird
species which included, Western Yellow
Wagtails, Common Redstarts, Black Redstarts, Serins, European Goldfinches. Once
around the other side of the lake we caught up with around seven of these
amazing birds. Two adult grebes were close to the bank and those with cameras
managed to get some great close-up photos. </span><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); font-family: "times new roman";">The Horned Grebe's breeding plumage is an amazing combination
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town and its wildlife before driving back to our guesthouse to get some rest
before our trip out on the marshes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">At 7pm we left once more in the minibus
and drove to the reedbeds around Matsalu. Here we had arranged to meet our boatman
and take a liesurely trip in his boat down to the channels and deep into the
reedbeds. We had gone no more that a few hundred meters when an Elk came out to
take a rather long look at us which apparently is quite unusual, as they are
normally quite shy and keep clear of humans. Anyway this big chap stopped and
stared at us for some considerable time allowing us to photograph him, much to
the delight of all!<br />
Cruising slowly down the channel we heard Corncrake calling their loud ‘<i>scritch-scritch</i>’ call sounds like the
noise you could make by scraping a stick to and fro along a comb. Male
corncrakes ‘sing’ in this way at any time of day, but especially at night. </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">Both males and females like to stay
hidden in long vegetation, including in meadows and clumps of irises or
nettles. If you’re lucky enough to see one in the open, you’ll notice that a
corncrake is about the size of a sleek chicken or moorhen and that much of its
body is streaky buff, with strikingly chestnut wings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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channel we heard Grasshopper Warbler a typical skulking wetland species. The
song of the Common Grasshopper Warbler, a monotonous, mechanical whirring reel,
which is mostly heard at dusk, may easily be mistaken for the chirping of a cricket
or a grasshopper. Try as we may we didn't manage to see any of the singing
males but then again it's not an easy bird to see from a boat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A distant Osprey was
seen our over the reed beds and to our delight a single adult male Montagu's
Harrier 'bounced' past us with their typical paper aeroplane flight and just a
little later we saw a Caspian Tern in the fading light come close then overtook
our slow moving boat. <br />
A few Eurasian Beavers swam in the channel and we had good views of these
sleek, aquatic animals heads as keep their bodies and tail low in the water and
naturally they moved away from the boat. Lovely mammals although I'm no too
keen on their yellow coloured teeth!<br />
We took a meal of a typical, tasty Estonian vegetable hot soup, some Estonian
youghurt cake and coffee and liquors before heading back in the boat to our
starting off point. It was almost dark when we got back in the minibus and in
Estonia at the end of May that means it was very late...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Monday 29th May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Warm day with a lovely summer feel
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">Matsalu, Tuhu to P</span></b><b><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">ärnu</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">A slighty later
breakfast was gladly accepted by all and after saying our farewells we headed
south to P</span><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">ärnu and our next hotel.<br />
On the way we did some birding along the Matsalu Bay areas where Greylag Geese,
Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls, Wigeon and Gadwalls were seen. There were also
about forty Common Goldeneyes and a passing Smew. We took a few short walks
before going inland and looking at an area of rough meadows surrounded by
forrests where Black Grouse could be found. There were Skylarks galore singing
as well as many Whinchats siting out on the higher stalks of flowering plants.
A Golden Eagle took off from a pine forest treeline and gave us reasonable
views then a male Hen Harrier was seen low over the meadows. Finally we came
across a group of seven or eight Black Grouse males that took off quickly and
made for the trees. A couple of birds perched on the tree canopy edge and we
had good views. <br />
Driving along the rough track, a Montagu's Harrier and a Hen Harrier were also seen hunting low
over the bog and out in the distance there were a few Common Buzzards and a single
female Common Kestrel around the area as well. <br />
A lovely Citrine Wagtail was seen as were more perched Whinchats that sat atop
their lookouts at various positions across the vast expanse of rough pasture.<br />
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At lunchtime we arrived to the old railway station masters house at Karuse for
something to eat and meet the delightful owner Meelike Naris a lovely woman who was renovating the station house. A lovely woman with so many diverse talents. After lunch in Meelike's large dining room some of us had coffee and
others went outside and saw as well as listening to Spotted Flycatchers calling
their high-pitched short 'zee' call folowed by short clicking sounds. <br />
Chiffchaffs and Nuthatch called across the mixed woodlands and gardens and a
pair of Fieldfares 'rasped' noisilly at a cat that was patrolling the grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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After our meal we drove to the Tuhu Bog where we walked across the ancient bog
on thick wooden planks that seemed to go on for miles. Tree Pipits called and
six Black-tailed Godwits flew up and followed us for a while leading us away
from their nesting sites. Two of the Godwits had satellite transmitters and
yellow coloured leg tags and were part of an Estonian migration programme.<br />
Leaving the beautifully coloured Godwits to calm down we headed for the Audru
wetlands where we saw more waders and Little Gulls and some </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">Common Terns </span><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">were also seen. The
reedbeds had some very busy Reed Buntings and a few skulking Bearded Reedlings
flitted through the dense reeds calling as they went.</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";"><br />
Later we arrived at P</span><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">ä</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">rnu, checked in to our hotel and took dinner at a little restaurant in
the town.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Typical Baltic coastline around the north</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">North coast</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Storm coming</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Tuesday 30th May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Sunshine then clouds. Max. Temp 24oC<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Soomesta Forests, Hää</span></b><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman";">demeeste and Pikla<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">We rose early and left the hotel at 5am and took some
coffee and tea vacum flasks with us from the hotel. We headed to the Soomesta
Forest for an early morning walk. We parked up on a forest trail and after hot
drinks we walked along the firebreaks finding a few very vocal Common Cuckoos
that came in and perched close by as Eurasian Jays and Eurasian Magpies,
Ravens, Common Blackbirds, European Robins and Fieldfares flew past. Many
forest birds were heard rather than seen, the most vocal of these were several
Golden Oriole and others included Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Willow Tit,
Crested Tit and Wryneck. Goldcrest made a brief appearance as did Coal Tit,
Eurasian Treecreeper and Red-breasted Flycatcher and Lesser Whitethroat. A few
Common snipe were put up and flew off in their usual zig-zag manner.<br />
We more or less did a circular walk and returned to the vehicle some hours
later.<br />
Back at the hotel we took time out to have a late breakfast and rest for while.
It was going to be another lovely sunny day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">In the afternoon we drove down the Baltic Sea coast to
a tranquil woodland area on the sandy coast at H</span><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">äädemeeste. It's here that there is a small
village complex of wooden chalets and other larger houses with a restaurant and
bar where the Russian Cosmonauts came to rest and relax on holidays with their
families in from the 1960's - 80's. There were some black and white photos on
the walls of the dinning room of Cosmanauts Uri Gagarin and Velentina
Tereshkova. <br />
We had a lovely lunch - too generous, and we left to walk it off along the
sandy coastline. Outside Stephen heard a Hoopoe calling but search as we might
for this bird we didn't manage to see it. But we were in one of the few areas
where Hoopoes did occur in Estonia. As
if by way of some sort of avain compensation we had a flypast of two beautiful
adult Black Storks. The birds kept on going and were lost from view behind the
tree-line. On the path close to the restaurant we came upon a Weasel running along the side of a hedgerow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Out to sea, a few Common
Shelduck and Greater Cormorants flew past with singles and pairs of Wigeon,
Common Eiders, Gadwall and three Red-breasted Mergansers. Mute Swans were seen
up and down the coastline as were a few small flocks of Dunlin. White Wagtails
fed along the sandy shore and a few Meadow Pipits flew past heading towards
large grassy coastal meadow areas. Barn Swallows and some Sand Martins were
watched following the coast in a northerly direction and Siskins were watched
eating grass and other seeds on the meadows and gardens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">We drove further down the
coast to walk and explore paths through an area of mixed woodland where we
found Marsh Frogs in one of the many pools there. A Green Sandpiper flew off
from another pool and a Golden Oriole called from the woodland. Some more
flocks of Dunlin fed on the shore and a few White Watails were also seen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">In the evening we took
dinner back at the hotel and retried after a long day out in the fresh air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b style="font-family: cambria;"><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman";">Day 6.</span></b></span><br />
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were dotted throughout the bog. Several of the birds took off in display
flights, landing back at their trees. Wood Sandpiper was seen beside one of the
many small pools and flew off noisily. A few Goosanders and Ravens flew over
and the later were also heard calling as did a Common Cuckoo and a Eurasian
Curlew. Away from the duckboards the bog contained many deep hoofprints from
Elk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nests that were freshly under construction where two very confiding Pendulines
were hard at work. We moved back and watched them quietly for a short while
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way to Torama Visitors Centre where we had lunch and thereafter headed to a
coastal tower platform where we watched some Ruff, Common Redshanks, Wood
Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper, Great and Eurasian Reed
Warblers as well as hearing Savi's Warbler and Grasshopper Warbler. Some
Northern Wheatears came past and a lovley male perched on a post for a while.<br />
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and Mallard swam and fed. Some
Red-breasted Mergansers flew past and a few were seen close to the shore. Grey
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<span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">In the mid-afternoon we
drove to our next hotel near to the hotel to check in and rest. Later we drove to the city of Tartu and had dinner at
the University restaurant, which was rather splendid!<br />
We left the city as it was getting dark and drove to the Great Snipe site. Here
we waited and watched for a few hours to see if we could hear and see Great
Snipe at their lek. Unfortunately there wasn't any activity other than a few
birds that included Whinchats, Northern Lapwings and also a few Roe Deer. A
little bit disappointing but, that's birding!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bit distant but nonetheless a lovely male Montagu's Harrier</span></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Thursday
1st June <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A
damp and cloudy start with cooler temperatures and later stronger wind from the
west. Max Temp. 18oC<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">J</span></b><b><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">ärvselja Forest and Räpina<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">We had an early breakfast after having
a very early morning serenade outside by a few Golden Orioles across the other
side of the lake. <br />
Outsde the hotel Black Redstarts and Fieldfares were collecting food for their
young and House Martins and Barn Swallows were also seen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">A short time later we left the hotel to
drive to a local</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> forest site that
was known to hold breeding Ural Owls. We arrived near the site and were greeted
by the owner of the forest, an elderly lady that had put up nest boxes for the
owl many years ago and this year the parents had raised two chicks. The chicks
were already out in the trees adn after some time searching we came across the
two very fluffy looking owls both sitting in the same tree. Quiety we watched,
admired these lovely birds and a few of us photographed them. A short while
later we located one of the adult owls high up in the canopy of the forest.
This was really special day and one of those really treasured moments watching
nature in the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Driving to another
site we saw several Red-backed Shrikes, a flock of Sand Martins, A walk at
another arboreal forest produced Greenish Warbler and Three-toed Woodpecker,
Wren, European Robin, Common Rosefinch, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wood
Warbler, Blackcap, Song Thrush and brief views of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A hepatic or brown form of the Common Cuckoo (not so common!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...turning nicely to show more of the colour and wing pattern</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--zEP5KGoT-k/Wd3B7v9doMI/AAAAAAAAwP8/t87m7pNJ5nIvVRSKGBKO-23wPV8nHT2pgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Common-Cuckoo_w_0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--zEP5KGoT-k/Wd3B7v9doMI/AAAAAAAAwP8/t87m7pNJ5nIvVRSKGBKO-23wPV8nHT2pgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Common-Cuckoo_w_0043.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Common Cuckoo - the more abundant form one might see, although sadly this species numbers are declining</span></td></tr>
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another reserve, the Taevaskoja-Otteni hiking trail where the river had carved
through an ancient sand deposit forming a steep cliff and some sand caves
there. This was one of the special places in Estonian folklore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Our next destination was to the town of
Räpina where we walked through the town-park and woodland. Red Squirell was
seen and a Great Spotted Woodpecker made a brief appearance. From there we went
to the river area where Black Terns, Arctic Terns, Common Terns, Black-headed
Gulls, Some Common Gulls and a single Little Gull flew past as did a high
flying single Peregrine Falcon.<br />
Just across the water, a few kms from our shoreline lies Russia and we wondered
what the birdlife would be like there and further to the north as the area
looked to be very sparsely populated on our map.<br />
It was quite late when we drove back to our hotel on the outskirts of Mooste
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Friday 2nd June<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Some
rain and after a windy night the showers stopped at first light and we had an
easy drive northwards to Tallinn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heading
home - To Tallinn airport and onward to London<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Golden Orioles, Common Cuckoos and
Thrush Nightingales seemed to have been having another early morning sing-song
as some were awakend by their loud calls. Not to complain - as there are many
worse ways to be wakened up, we went down for breakfast before leading up the
minibus and setting off slowly northward to Tallin.<br />
We did plan one stop en route at another forest to look for the elusive Black
Woodpecker. After some scanning in the
are a we did eventually see one bird drop down to the ground from a nest hole
then disappear into the woodland. Eventually we saw a second bird flying in
front of the forest and about the same time a Honey Buzzard glided past
overhead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Our drive to Tallin was uneventful and
we stopped for lunch at another delightful 'new style' restaurant that was once
a villa in the countryside.<br />
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Our flight back to London took off on-time and went smoothly. Thanks to all who
took part in this Limosa's first trip to Estonia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><i>Species list at the bottom of the page.</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Red-breasted Merganser flock</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marshes</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i>List of Species seen:</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br />
</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Birds</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Barnacle Goose</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Branta leucopsis<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A few were seen
feeding amonst Greylags near Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Greylag Goose</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anser anser<br />
</i>Fairly common, seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tundra Bean Goose</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anser serrirostris<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Seen only once
near Matsalu</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Mute Swan</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Cygnus olor<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common, seen
most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Whooper Swan</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Cygnus cygnus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">One pair seen
feeding at Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Shelduck</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Tadorna tadorna<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common,
seen most days of the tour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Gadwall </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anas strepera<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on three
days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Wigeon</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anas penelope<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common,
seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Mallard </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anas platyrhynchos<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common seen
every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Northern Shoveler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anas clypeata<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen at Matsalu
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Northern Pintail</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anas acuta<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Garganey </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anas querquedula<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on two
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Pochard</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Aythya ferina<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tufted Duck</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Aythya fuligula<br />
</i>Large flock of over fifty at Matsula and some others at Haeksa<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Scoter</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Melanitta nigra<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A flock of
approximately 30 birds seen off the<i> </i>Poosaspea
coast<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Long-tailed Duck</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Clangula hyemalis<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on four
days at various coastal sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Goldeneye</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Bucephala clangula<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on three
days with a flock of 40 birds seen offshore south of Matsalu Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Smew </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Mergellus albellus<br />
</i>One bird seen at Matsalu Bay<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Goosander </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Mergus merganser<br />
</i>A few breeding birds seen on day 5 at Soometsa Forests<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Red-breasted Merganser</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Mergus serrator<br />
</i>Seen only once off Matsalu coast<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black Grouse</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Lyrurus tetrix<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Seen on two
days on tour with 12 males seen near </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Leidissoo
forests</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> a single
female near Pärnu<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Red-throated
Diver <i>Gavia stellata<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">One single bird
off Matsalu on day 2</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> and a flock of 18 flying past Matsalu Bay on day 3<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black-throated Diver</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Gavia arctica <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">A few seen at<i> </i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">P</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";">ögari-Sassi coastal sites and at
Matsalu</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Red-necked Grebe</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Podiceps grisegena<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Small groups
seen on days 2 and 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Crested Grebe</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Podiceps cristatus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on three
days, fairly common<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Horned Grebe</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Podiceps auritus<br />
</i>Superb views of seven at Haapsalu on day 3<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black Stork</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Ciconia nigra<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Two adult birds
seen at<i> </i></span><span lang="EN-GB">Häädemeeste</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">White Stork</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Ciconia ciconia<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Abundant, seen
every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Bittern</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Botaurus stellaris<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard booming only
on two days at Silma and again at Pikla ponds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Grey Heron</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Ardea cinerea<br />
</i>Very common and seen every day. Huge Heronry's at various woodland and
riverine sites<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Egret</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Ardea alba<br />
</i>Common seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Cormorant</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phalacrocorax carbo<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Good numbers at
coastal site and a few at lakes and ponds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Western Osprey</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pandion haliaetus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">One bird seen
only near</span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Põõsaspea Cape</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Honey Buzzard</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pernis apivorus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Seen only once
on day 7 at<i> </i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Järvselja
forest</span><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Golden Eagle</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
Aquila chrysaetos<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">One single bird
in flight seen en route to Tuhu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Western Marsh Harrier</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Circus aeruginosus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common, seen
every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hen Harrier</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Circus cyaneus<br />
</i>One male seen at Tuhu bog on day 4<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Montagu's Harrier</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Circus pygargus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">One male seen
on day 3 at Matsalu reed beds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">White-tailed Eagle</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Haliaeetus albicilla<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Small numbers
seen on three days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Buzzard</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Buteo buteo<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common,
seen on seven days of the tour at various sites <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Kestrel</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Falco tinnunculus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Surprisingly
only one bird seen on day 4 at </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Pärnu</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Hobby</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Falco subbuteo<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Singles seen on
three days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Peregrine Falcon</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Falco peregrinus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">One bird seen in flight at </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Räpina wetlands</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Moorhen</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Gallinula clhoropus</i><br />
One pair seen at Haapslau on day 3<br />
<br />
<b>Eurasian Coot</b> <i>Fulica
atra<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Crane</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Grus grus<br />
</i>Medium sized flocks, feeding family groups and singles seen most days of
the tour<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Oystercatcher</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Haematopus ostralegus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen twice on
tour at Silma and Haapsalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Pied Avocet</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Recurvirostra avosetta<br />
</i>One flock only seen at Haapsalu on day 2<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Northern Lapwing</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Vanellus vanellus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common, seen
most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Golden Plover</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pluvialis apricaria</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Small numbers
only seen on three days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Grey Plover</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pluvialis squatarola</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen twice on
the coast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Ringed Plover</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Charadrius hiaticula<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days
at various sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Woodcock</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Scolopax rusticola<br />
</i>A dozen birds seen during our evening owl watch on day 2<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Snipe</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Gallinago gallinago<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Only two birds
seen at forests near Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black-tailed Godwit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Limosa limosa<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen twice,
once at Haeska on day 2 and great views of breeding birds at Tuhu Bog on day 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Curlew</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Numenius arquata<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard calling
and seen twice on two day on the coast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Redshank</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Tringa totanus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on six
days at various coastal sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Greenshank</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Tringa nebularia</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">One pair seen
only once at Matsdalu Natinal Park on day 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Green Sandpiper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Tringa ochropus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Only one bird
seen on day 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Wood Sandpiper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Tringa glareola</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Small numbers
seen on three days at bog sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Sandpiper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Actitis hypoleucos</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on two
days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Dunlin</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Calidris alpina</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Medium sized
flicks seen feeding on three days at coastal sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Ruff </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Philomachus pugnax</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Birds in almost
full breeding plumage was a treat on days 2 and 5 at Matsalu and Kabli and
Pikla ponds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black-headed Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Chroicocephalus ridibundus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common, seen
most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Little Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Hydrocoloeus minutus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Small numbers
seen on six days of the tour at various wetland sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Larus canus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Black-backed Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Larus marinus<br />
</i>Seen most days<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Herring Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Larus argentatus<br />
</i>Seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Lesser Black-backed Gull</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Larus fuscus<br />
</i>Seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Caspian Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Hydroprogne caspia<br />
</i>One bird seen at Matsalu reedbeds on day 3<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Little Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sternula albifrons<br />
</i>One bird seen on day 4 at Pikla<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sterna hirundo<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Arctic Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sterna paradisaea<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on four
days at various locations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black Tern</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Chlidonias niger<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">One pair seen
on day 2 at Matsalu and again several more seen at<i> </i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Räpina wetlands and river<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Wood Pigeon</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Columba palumbus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common, seen
most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Cuckoo</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Cuculus canorus</i> <br />
Seen and heard every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Ural Owl</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Strix uralensis<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">One adult and
two fledglings seen in forest near Mooste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Nightjar</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Caprimulgus europaeus<br />
</i>One pair sighted at Owl search on evening of day 2 near Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Swift</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Apus apus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day
at various towns<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Hoopoe</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
Upupa epops </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard only near
the Kosmonatika Puhkekeskus at Penu on day 5<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Wryneck</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Jynx torquilla</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Heard and seen
by a few on day 2 near Haapsalu then heard on day 5 near </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Kabli and again heard and seen by a few on day 7 near Räpina
wetlands</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Middle Spotted Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Dendrocoptes medius <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard only on
day 2 on woodland walk near Silma<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Dryobates minor</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">One bird seen
on day 7 at the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Järvselja forest<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Spotted Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Dendrocopos major</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Heard on day 2
at Haapsalu. Seen only once on day 7 near </span><span lang="EN-GB">Taevaskoja</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black Woodpecker</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Dryocopus martius<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard on day 2
near Puise peneinsula. One sighting of two birds at woodland near Mooste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Red-backed Shrike</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Lanius collurio<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Regular
sightings each day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Golden Oriole</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Oriolus oriolus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard on five
days at various locations and brief views on days 4,5 and 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Jay</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Garrulus glandarius<br />
</i>Forest sightings on five days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Magpie</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pica pica<br />
</i>Fairly common seen most days<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Western Jackdaw</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Coloeus monedula<br />
</i>Very grey hooded looking birds seen most days in town and villages<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Rook </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Corvus frugilegus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A few seen
feeding with Hooded Crows on day 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hooded Crow</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Corvus cornix<br />
</i>Common, seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Northern Raven</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Corvus corax<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Seen on five
days of the tour. Largest group of twenty birds seen at Matsalu on day 3 and
near Pärnu on day 4</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Crested Tit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Lophophanes cristatus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen only
briefly on two days and heard at various forests<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Willow Tit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Poecile montanus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Two birds seen
o day 5 at Soomestsa Forests<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Blue Tit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Tit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Parus major</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Penduline Tit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Remiz pendulinus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on three
days with best views of nesting birds near Mooste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Bearded Reedling</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Panurus biarmicus<br />
</i>Seen from various coastal wetland reedbed site from watchtowers on three days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Skylark</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Alauda arvensis<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common,
seen and heard most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Sand Martin</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Riparia riparia<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on six
days migrating northwards at various locations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Barn Swallow</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Hirundo rustica</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common, seen
most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common House Martin</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Delichon urbicum<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Nesting outside
our hotel days 1,2 and 3. Seen every day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Willow Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phylloscopus trochilus<br />
</i>Seen and heard in woodland areas and forests each day of the tour<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Chiffchaff</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phylloscopus collybita<br />
</i>Common, seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Greenish Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phylloscopus trochiloides<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">One bird seen
at the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Järvselja forest on day 7</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Wood Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phylloscopus sibilatrix<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common,
heard or seen in small numbers most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Great Reed Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Acrocephalus arundinaceus<br />
</i>Heard and seen most days at various sites<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Sedge Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Acrocephalus schoenobaenus<br />
</i>Heard and seen briefly on three days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Reed Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Acrocephalus scirpaceus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard and seen
on one day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Icterine Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Hippolais icterina<br />
</i>Good views of singing birds on days 1, 2 and 3 and 4<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Grasshopper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> Warbler <i>Locustella naevia</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard only on
day 3 and again on day 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Savi's Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Locustella luscinioides<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Heard on days
2, 3, 5 and 7 at various wetland sites. Brief sighting on day 5 for some.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Blackcap</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sylvia atricapilla</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Barred Warbler</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sylvia nisoria</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Great views on
day 1 of singing male then again seen at various sites on each other day except
day 8 of this wonderfully robust and loud warbler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Lesser Whitethroat</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sylvia curruca<br />
</i>Calling birds seeen on days 3 and 5 near Haapsalu and again near </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Häädemeeste</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Whitethroat</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sylvia communis</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Goldcrest</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Regulus regulus<br />
</i>Seen and heard at various locations on five days<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Wren</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Troglodytes troglodytes<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Only seen three
times but it's loud call was often heard at various woodlands and parks areas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Nuthatch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sitta europaea<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on four
days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Treecreeper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Certhia familiaris</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A few birds
seen and heard on three days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Starling</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sturnus vulgaris<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Abundant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Blackbird</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Turdus merula</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Fieldfare</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Turdus pilaris<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Song Thrush</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Turdus philomelos<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most day
of the tour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Mistle Thrush</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Turdus viscivorus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Spotted Flycatcher</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Muscicapa striata<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days
of the tour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Robin</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Erithacus rubecula<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on four
days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Thrush Nightingale</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Luscinia luscinia<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen and heard
every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Pied Flycatcher</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Ficedula hypoleuca<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on five
days of the tour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Red-breasted Flycatcher</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Ficedula parva<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen and heard
on days 2,34,6 and 7 with best views at forests near Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Black Redstart</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phoenicurus ochruros<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen at various
locations most days particularly around towns and villages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Redstart</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Phoenicurus phoenicurus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Only two birds
seen on days 2 and 3 at Silma and near Haapsalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Whinchat </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Saxicola rubetra<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen most days on
fallow land at various locations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Northern Wheatear</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Oenanthe oenanthe<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen every day
in small numbers on coast and inland at various sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">House Sparrow</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Passer domesticus<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on five
days usually around towns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Tree</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sparrow Passer montanus<br />
</i>Seen in local groups around various farms and villages every day<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Dunnock </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Prunella modularis<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">A true woodland
species in continental Europe and found in such habitat most days of the tour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Western Yellow Wagtail</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Motacilla flava<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">This very smart
looking subspecies was seen on four days at different locations particularly at
wetlands and coastal stretches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Citrine Wagtail</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Motacilla citreola<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">One male seen
only once on day 4 near Matsalu Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">White Wagtail</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Motacilla alba<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Fairly common
and seen feeding at various sites along the coast and at wetlands close to bogs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Meadow Pipit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anthus pratensis</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Seen on three
occasions on days 1, 2, 3 and 4 at various sites<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tree Pipit</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anthus trivialis<br />
Common and very vocal on boggy ground, seen most days</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Chaffinch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Fringilla coelebs<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Common and very
vocal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hawfinch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Coccothraustes coccothraustes</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Surprisingly
only seen once<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Bullfinch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pyrrhula pyrrhula<br />
</i>Seen on five days of the tour. Great views at Matsalu<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Rosefinch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Carpodacus erythrinus<br />
</i>Seen on each day of the tour<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Greenfinch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Chloris chloris<br />
</i>Fairly common bird and seen most days</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Linnet</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Linaria cannabina<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Again another
common finch and quite easy to see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">European Goldfinch</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Carduelis carduelis<br />
</i>Seen most days and heard as well<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Siskin</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Spinus spinus<br />
</i>We saw Serins only on a couple of days but as they are early breeders
perhaps they were occupied at this time<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Yellowhammer </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Emberiza citrinella<br />
</i>Common and with good populations wherever we went<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Reed Bunting</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Emberiza schoeniclus<br />
</i>Seen at every wetland site we visited<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Mammals<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Golden Jackal</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Canis aureus</i> </span><span style="font-family: "times";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Elk</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Alces alces</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Brown Hare</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Lepus europaeus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Red Squirrel</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Sciurus vulgaris</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Eurasian Beaver</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Castor fiber</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Red Fox</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Vulpes vulpes<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Butterflies<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Swallowtail</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Papilio machaon</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Orange-tip</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Anthocharis cardamines</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Brimstone </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Gonepteryx rhamni<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Wood White</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Leptidea sinapis</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Common Blue</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> Polyommatus icarus</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Green Hairstreak</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Callophrys rubi</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Sooty Copper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Lycaena tityrus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Holly Blue</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Celastrina argiolus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Duke of Burgundy</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Hamearis lucina</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Map</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Araschnia levana</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Camberwell Beauty</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Nymphalis antiopa<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Yellow-legged Tortoishell</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> Nymphalis xanthomelas<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Small Tortoiseshell</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Aglais urticae<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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Oenesis jutta<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Argynnis laodice</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Pearl-bordered Fritillary</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Boloria euphrosyne</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Marsh Fritillary</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Euphydryas aurinia</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Small Heath</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Coenonympha pamphilus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Chequered Skipper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Carterocephalus palaemon</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Northern Chequered Skipper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Carterocephalus silvicolus</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Grizzled Skipper</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Pyrgus malvae</i></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Beautiful Demoiselle</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Calopterix
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Brown Hawker</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Aeshna
grandis<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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cyanea<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Moorland Hawker</span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> Aeshna
juncea</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hairy Hawker</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Brachytron pratense</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Downy Emerald</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman";"> <i>Cordulia
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Libellula depressa <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Sympetrum sanguineum<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Sympetrum flaveolum<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Sympetrum vulgatum</span></i><span style="font-family: "times";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />andalucianguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055971217914269603noreply@blogger.com0Estonia58.595272 25.01360709999994556.477823 19.850033099999944 60.712721 30.177181099999945tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088222188279737367.post-60221429907513457902017-08-20T06:51:00.003+02:002017-08-20T06:51:39.862+02:00The Levante winds of Spring - Spain 2017 <br />
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<tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption">I lead a tour group from the the US Audubon Naturalist Society in April to southern Spain. We had a great time apart from the awful windy weather. The famous Levante wind just would not stop for almost the whole eight days. We did however have a great time, saw lots of birds and other wildlife as well as many of the famous towns and cities dotted through the famous Andalucian landscape.<br />Our Hotel above Barbate in Cadiz Province was El Palomar de La Breña, a quiet place by Spanish
standards where there's a wonderful thriving colony of Lesser Kestrels at the rear of the
buildings in the old dovecot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old dovecot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Owls call at night, as indeed do Barn Owls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Lesser Kestrel. Females look very similar to Common Kestrels and
are difficult to separate although if you manage to get a look at the
colour of their talons you'll see they are ivory coloured and not black
as with the Common Kestrel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Male Common Kestrel</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-rumped Swallow preening</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">European Bee-eater</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Short-toed Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our group checking out local ancient sarcophagi at Betis, near the town of Tarifa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our group walking along the sandy track between fields of poppies at Mesas de Asta, near Trebujena</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Military road between Algeciras and Gibraltar (in the distance) and Tarifa. A great place to explore the coastal stretches of The Strait of Gibraltar that separates Europe and Africa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A European rarity, the White-headed Duck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Myself and our happy group on a relief model of The Strait of Gibraltar at the visitor center, Huerta Grande, Pelayo.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Since moving back to southern Germany I've been keen to head up to my 'local' nature reserve and catch up with the Purple Heron colony there as well as many other bird species and other wildlife. Purple Herons are particularly striking birds, especially during the breeding season. <br />Here's some facts and other information about them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The Purple Heron (<i>Ardea purpurea</i>)</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> is a large bird, 80-90 cm tall, with a 120-150 cm wingspan, but slender for its size, weighing only 0.5-1.3 kg. It is somewhat smaller than the Grey Heron, from which it can be distinguished by its darker reddish-brown plumage, and, in adults, darker grey back. It has a narrower yellow bill, which is brighter in breeding adults as shown above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Purple Herons are wading birds in the heron family <i>Ardeidae</i>, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. <br />The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia. It is a rare but regular wanderer north of its breeding range and the current trend is that the species is expanding it's breeding range northwards through Europe with the UK now having a small breeding population.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Migration From The Nethelands</b><br />Purple Herons seldom migrated alone. It's been regularly observed that herons from a breeding colony in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands, joined migrating groups. Migration strongly peaked in the 90 minutes hours before sunset and apparently the Purple Herons use this period to form groups and orientate for their nocturnal flights. <br />Migrating groups headed SSW, avoiding a nocturnal passage over the wide estuaries in the province of Zeeland. Grey Herons (<i>Ardea cinerea</i>) were regularly seen migrating together with Purple Herons, particularly later in the season. The extensive migration of Purple Herons near Ridderkerk* is presumably the result of its strategic position in relation to five large breeding colonies. The social departure from the breeding grounds is a phenomenon that is unique for Western Europe. Other migration hotspots for this species are only to be found in the Eastern Mediterranean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">12,116 Purple Herons were ringed in France between 1930 and 1982 in the Camargue, as well as in the western, central and eastern parts of the country. Every recovery outside France has been marked on maps in order to find the most commonly used migration routes. During autumn migration, Purple Herons ringed in western France mainly follow the Atlantic coast towards Spain. Purple Herons ringed in the three other areas also migrate through Spain as well as through Italy. However, the ones ringed in eastern France and which fly through Italy, follow the Po valley eastward to the Adriatic whereas the ones ringed in the Camargue and in Central France also follow the western coast of Italy southwards. Having reached Tunisia, Purple Herons are known to cross the Sahara to the river Niger. However most of them seem not to take this difficult route and follow instead the coast of North Africa westward, joining Purple Herons coming from Spain. Many birds seem to leave the Mediterranean to reach the Atlantic coast of Africa flying south of the High Atlas mountains. 7 recoveries show that Purple Herons winter in January and February in the coastal areas of tropical west Africa from Senegal to Dahomey. In the spring, they fly back to Europe, either following the coast of west Africa or, reaching the river Niger, they cross the desert to Tunisia from where they fly to Italy. Spring recoveries are particularly numerous in Italy. Purple Herons wintering in West-Africa have thus the choice between several migration routes; however the most commonly used one seems to follow a very large loop. In the autumn, they fly through Spain and Morocco to reach the Atlantic coast which they follow to winter south of 10° N. In spring they fly to the Niger river and cross the desert to reach Italy and France by the shortest route. Recoveries are very numerous along the Adriatic coast of northern Italy but there are still no recoveries from East Africa. However, a spring recovery from inland Croatia shows that this bird probably came from the Danube river. Such a bird may have wintered along the large rivers of southern Irak. Purple Herons follow the coasts rather than cross the seas. In particular, they do not seem to leave France or northern Italy heading directly out to sea in order to reach the coast of north Africa by the shortest route as re-coveries from coastal areas in Spain and Italy are numerous and no recoveries are to be found in Corsica or Sardinia. They do not seem either to favour crossing mountains but are able to do so, as shown by one observation of 3 Purple Herons flying over a pass (1284 m) in the Pyrenean mountains. This observation, added to the observations of small groups of Purple Herons landing on Cyprus during migration, shows that Purple Herons often migrate together in small parties. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>The migration routes of Purple Herons (Ardea purpurea) ringed in France</i>. Available from: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293495114_The_migration_routes_of_Purple_Herons_Ardea_purpurea_ringed_in_France">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293495114_The_migration_routes_of_Purple_Herons_Ardea_purpurea_ringed_in_France</a> [accessed May 16, 2017].</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Large and heavy birds usually use soaring flight during long-distance migration or make regular stopovers en route for substantial refuelling. Purple Herons are large, long-distance migrants. Because of their size, large herons migrating southwards from Europe to Africa were expected to make one or more stop-overs to refuel. However, data from seven Purple Herons, fitted with satellite transmitters, showed that the herons were able to cover the distance into the Sahel of about 4000 km within 5–7 days. One individual even flew 5600 km non-stop, mostly over sea. The herons migrated mostly at night and partly during the day with a high travel speed indicative of flapping flight. The herons made few diurnal stops in Europe and North Africa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Substantial ‘stopover’ time was limited entirely to a period of several weeks before departure, and after arrival south of the Sahara. We assume that this is energetically possible for birds with a maximum wing load of 4–5 kg body mass per m2 of wing surface. Larger wing loads as in storks or raptors prescribe soaring or refuelling with the consequence that most migratory journeys to African wintering grounds then take at least a month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Very little is known about the postnuptial ecology of the Purple Heron. In 2007 and 2008 in total 16 Purple Herons (12 adults) received satellite transmitters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">During the breeding season these herons used feeding areas at a distance of 1.5-15 km from the breeding colonies. However, after breeding the adults left the colony sites for a permanent stay in these feeding areas, roosting close by at night. These feeding areas are mostly agricultural grasslands and peat marshes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">This finding initiated a field search for Purple Heron night roosts in the Groene Hart region of the Netherlands. In total 483 Purple Herons were counted on roosts. In two sample areas totalling 110 km2, all roosts were located and herons counted. The average number of birds at a roost was 9.2. Based on the average heron densities in these sample areas (1.8 and 2.8 herons/km2), the total number of Purple Herons in the Groene Hart could be estimated at 1400- 2000, closely matching the estimated breeding population including fledglings. This confirms that almost all Purple Herons stay for some time in feeding areas prior to southward migration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">In the feeding areas north and northeast of this site, 470-930 Purple Herons are estimated to stage. The 900-1100 herons from other feeding areas will probably migrate mainly to the east of this counting site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: start;">I decided to fly out To Tenerife a few days earlier than other members of the group to refresh my memories of some birding sites on the island and check out some new sites. I hadn't been on the island for years and when I arrived I could see that like some of the other Canary Islands and mainland coast of the Iberian peninsula, there had been a lot of construction, with new apartments, large tourist hotel buildings, golf developments and shopping centres. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: start;">There are large areas of the National park that you can drive through or walk, even to the top of Mount Teide. Tenerife is very popular with cyclists and walking groups as well as many tourists. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: start;">La Gomera is less hectic and is very popular with walkers and has a moist Atlantic climate with dramatic steep valleys and gorges covered with Laurel trees and a complex mixed understory of brackens and other plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: start;"><b>Bolle's Pigeon</b></span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #494949; font-family: "ddg_proximanova" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_0" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_1" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_2" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_3" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_4" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_5" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_6" , "proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "segoe ui" , "nimbus sans l" , "liberation sans" , "open sans" , "freesans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2134px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #494949;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Columba bollii</i></span></span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #494949; font-family: "ddg_proximanova" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_0" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_1" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_2" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_3" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_4" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_5" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_6" , "proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "segoe ui" , "nimbus sans l" , "liberation sans" , "open sans" , "freesans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2134px;">)</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Laurel Pigeon </b></span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #494949; font-family: "ddg_proximanova" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_0" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_1" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_2" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_3" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_4" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_5" , "ddg_proximanova_ui_6" , "proxima nova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "segoe ui" , "nimbus sans l" , "liberation sans" , "open sans" , "freesans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2134px;">(<i>Columba junoniae</i>)</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Canary Island Goldcrest</b> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Regulus regulus teneriffae</span></i><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Tenerife Blue Chaffinch</b> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Fringilla teydea</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>African (Tenerife) Blue Tit</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">C. teneriffae ssp.)</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> (Tenerife, La Gomera, Gran Canaria) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">(</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">palmensis</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">ombriosus</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">degener</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">teneriffae</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">, and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">hedwigae</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other birds that we wanted to see included Barbary Falcon, Barbary Partridge, Spectacled Warbler and any rarer Shearwaters or Petrels, but we knew we were perhaps a few weeks too early for these rarer pelagic species. There were however lots of Cory's Shearwaters, some Dolphins and a few pods of Pilot Whales seen as we took a day trip on the slow ferry across to La Gomera. The crossing takes about an hour and a half and we had great views of hundreds of Cory's Sheawaters feeding as they crossed between the two islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Laurel forest, also called laurisilva or laurissilva, is a type of subtropical forest found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable, mild temperatures. The forest is characterized by broadleaf tree species with evergreen, glossy and elongated leaves, known as "laurophyll" or "lauroid". Plants from the laurel family (Lauraceae) may or may not be present, depending on the location.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Common Buttonquails (or Andalusian Hemipodes, as they were know as in Europe, until they became extinct there) are very secretive little birds, spending their lives hidden in vegetation. <br />The males incubate the eggs and look after the chicks and the lager, brighter plumaged female bird looks out for danger especially when snakes are around. </span></span><br />
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Short-toed Eagles are medium sized eagles that specialise in hunting reptiles. As their name suggests they have evolved with shorter toes that enable the bird to flex and squeeze their talons into a tight grip that prevents in particular snakes and lizards from wriggling free. As slippery as a snake is quite a true expression and highlights how this bird has overcome this particular problem.</div>
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The Short-toed Eagle (<i>Circaetus gallicus</i>) although a fair size, can hover when hunting and from a distance you can pick out their form or structure in the sky and identify them from other large birds.</div>
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Their pale underside often showing barring and their darker face or 'hood' and dark wing tips are diagnostic features. Many younger birds are often lighter with less under markings.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Kruger National Park is the largest and most famous wildlife reserve in Southern Africa with a staggering diversity of wildlife and plant species all encompassed by beautiful unspoilt scenery. The Park has eleven different entrances, nine of which are on its South African border and two on its Mozambique Border that allow for easy access to the various camps. The Limpopo route and Kruger National Park are malaria areas but the risk is relatively low in the drier or winter seasons.</span></div>
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andalucianguideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055971217914269603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088222188279737367.post-176832053130852382016-07-16T11:33:00.003+02:002020-04-22T13:57:13.723+02:00Disappearing Nightingales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taking photos of Common Nightingales can be tricky but flight shots are pretty rare and I was really pleased to capture a sequence of photos set on 1/2500th of a second of such a bird in 'hovermode', something that to me at least is a pretty rare sight. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />During the breeding season and with young to feed Nightingales feed through the treline, on the ground and in this case pick off white flies, black flies and other small insects from bushes. In this sequence you can see how agile the bird is and you can get a close look at the acrobatics and enjoy the form of body tail and wings of this lovely and ever declining species. More on this subject later.<br /><br />The Common
Nightingale evokes such pleasure from it's varied call and of course they tell the tale that 'A </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">nightingale
sang in Berkeley Square”, but there is no doubt that in English culture the
(Common) Nightingale is a creature as much misunderstood as it is cherished. It
is unlikely that Vera Lynn ever heard a nightingale singing in Berkeley Square.
It was much more likely to have been a (European) Robin! Let me explain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #323133; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All birds, whether diurnal or nocturnal, are governed
by the daily rhythm of light and dark. Onset of song in the morning, the dawn
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Robin (A garden and urban bird in the UK but not so much in Continental Europe), Common Blackbird and the Common Redstart, with sparrows and many finches being the last to
join in. A very similar order, but in reverse, follows the sunset. It is
thought that dawn chorus happens because birds wake up before there is enough
light for them to feed and so they focus on singing instead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #323133; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Because even low light intensities can trigger song in
some birds, and because they continue singing until the last rays of light have
faded in the evening, it is easy to see how the singing period could easily be
extended into the night. This is indeed what often happens with song thrushes
and Dunnocks, and doubtless many other species, but the unrivalled kings as
daytime birds turned night-time songsters are robins.<br />
This has resulted in dozens of reports of Common Nightingales singing in the
middle of the winters night and other equally unlikely times and places, which
have all turned out to be Robins. In fact, the Robin is the most common
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full-flow but they do calm down and utter repeated frog-like croaking sounds
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world’s first-ever outside broadcast</a> took place on the new BBC radio
service at midnight on 18 May, 1924, with the celebrated cellist Beatrice
Harrison playing her instrument in her garden at Oxted in Surrey, as a
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wrote in to the BBC to express their delight, and the broadcast became an
annual event until 1942. That year, BBC engineers pulled the plug on it when
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numbers are falling so fast that it is dropping out of people’s consciousness. Many
have written to the BBC Director General, asking him to start the outside
broadcast once again this 18 May – a week on Sunday, 90 years after it first
took place – and to make it an annual event. So many of our songbirds such as
this one are in decline and we need to keep a place for the Nightingale in our
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<span style="color: #1e1717; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1iiPFJR">A recent petition</a> on the 38 Degrees
website managed to succeed with 3,087 signatures. </span><span style="color: #1e1717; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">More on this on a special <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Nightingale-Nights-448120478680858/">Facebook</a>
page and at <a href="http://nightingalenights.org.uk/">'Nightingale Nights'.</a></span><span style="color: #1e1717; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="color: #1e1717; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://nightingalenights.org.uk/">
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">European Bee-eaters have a broad distribution
covering much of Europe and Africa These migratory birds can be found as far
north as Finland and as far south as South Africa, extending east into some
Asiatic countries too. Most commonly, European Bee-eaters will breed and nest
in southern Europe, then migrate south during autumn and winter.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span>I was leading a tour group back in my old stomping ground in southern Spain in April and thought I'd share some photos of European Bee-eaters. These beautiful birds return each March to breed throughout Europe. This site is probably one of the southernmost European breeding sites that I know of.<br />
All of the photos were taken from a car window. On arriving at the site the birds take off but fly around looking to see if you are a threat but they do settle back around the colony if you are patient, silent and move very slowly. Patience is rewarded and you can get some quite close photo shots of this very colourful and very vocal bird.</span><br />
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forest, savanna, scrubland, grassland, and agricultural areas. The habitat for
nesting can be specific involving only river systems or gravel pits with steep
exposed banks. European Bee-eaters have also been found to dig burrows directly
into sandy ground as I've witnessed in Corsica and Greece in flat fields.</span></div>
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Food availability can determine the habitat occupied by European Bee-eaters. In
many agricultural areas bee-hives are placed each spring for pollination and naturally
Bee-eaters will frequent those areas. This has a downside as well as bee-keepers
see Bee-eaters as a pest and have killed them in their thousands even although
the take over 300 different types of flying insects!</span></div>
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considered threatened with extinction, the European Bee-eater still faces some
threats. Among these, habitat damage, including agricultural intensification, which
can lead to a decrease in the abundance of large flying insects and the loss of
nesting sites. For example, some of the European Bee-eater’s migration
‘stop-over sites’, a place where the birds stop to refuel, ready for the next
stage of the journey have had change of land use and the absence of water at a
lot of places particularly in the Middle East has resulted in a decrease in
food for the European Bee-eater. Consequently, it must spend longer looking for
food to refuel before continuing its journey, delaying arrival at the breeding
grounds and possibly resulting in an unsuccessful breeding year. </span></div>
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tip. I suspect that this is a design feature rather than damage, considering
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birds tongues and there's an interesting read here about this below - (Thanks goes to Liz Snell for finding this paper)</span></div>
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On arriving at the site the birds will take off but fly around looking down to see
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The northen coast of Brittany in France is a great place to spend some time. The dramatic rugged coastline, sandy beaches, wildlife, food and Breton culture are well worth exploring!</div>
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We were based around Cancale on the east side of the bay of Mont St Michel. Here the oysters grow in profussion in the shallow tidal bay and are harvested throughout the year. The town itself isn't too touristy although it is a place where people travel to eat in the various restaurants that line the long coastal main street. We certainly enjoyed the delicious food, fine white wines and ambience.</div>
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We ere lucky with the early summer weather at the end of May and there were plenty of birds around.<br />
Early mornings were quite productive and although I hadn't been to this particular part of Brittany beofre there was quite a lot of bird activity out at sea with distant Gannets, Shags and gulls. On two occasions I watched a Peregrine Falcon high above a group of little islands off Cancale which are a designated nature reserve. Landing there isn't allowed without permission.</div>
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Lizards, Pipits, Nightingales, Stonechats, Wrens, Linnets, Cirl Buntings and Common Kestrels were always not too far off. Inland I found Yellow and White Wagtails, Common Buzzards, Skylarks and Woodlarks, Greenfinces, Yellowhammers, Common Whitethroats, Melodious Warblers, Green and Great spotted Woodpeckers and did see a few but heard many Common Cuckoos.</div>
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(Eurasian) Reed Warblers were quite obliging around Mont St Michel where we spent a morning. The tide was quite far out although Whimbrel, Oystercatcher and a few Northern Lapwing and a single Hobby were seen.<br />
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There were some opportunities to take a ferry to islands off the coast
north of St Malo. I did want to spend a day doing this but the service
was a bit scat out of season, so to speak and on the day I wanted to go
(having skillfully worked up my points to get a day away) the weather
wasn't so kind out at sea. Next time perhaps and I'd certainly
reccommend this part of France for such an easy holiday break.<br />
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Reed Buntings were present at the appropriate habitat and Grasshopper Warbler, Cetti's Warbler were heard as was Sedge Warbler. A pair of Red-backed Shrikes were also seen as well as a dashing Sparrowhawk.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melodious Warbler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A male Blackcap with a rather jaunty pose</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street scene in Dinan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach to the fort off the city of St Malo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Malo Hotel</td></tr>
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Chiffchaffs were singing in the woodland as were Wood and Willow Warblers<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Wagtail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Swift preening in flight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Swift, Brittany</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cirl Buntings, male and female</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking south to Cancale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are lots of walking trails all along the coast</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family picnic time...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Fench Air Force Alphajet scared away a Wren that I was trying to phograph...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and off he went!</td></tr>
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