Monday 27 July 2015

The Western Serbia bird list

Red-footed Falcons
The below is the list of species that I encountered on my tour of Western Serbia last May.

I'll be writing a full account for later publication in Bird Watching Magazine.

Cormorant
Grey Heron
White Stork
Mallard
Griffon Vulture
Golden Eagle
Short-toed Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Honey Buzzard
Marsh Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Goshawk
Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Hobby
Coot
((Common Crane))
((Quail))
((Corncrake))
Lapwing
Black-winged Stilt
Wood Sandpiper
((Redshank))
Common Sandpiper
Caspian Gull
Whiskered Tern
Feral Pigeon
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
((Ural Owl))
Tawny Owl
((Scops Owl))
Hoopoe
((Bee-eater))
Black Woodpecker
((Green Woodpecker))
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
((Wryneck))
Skylark
Woodlark
House Martin
Swallow
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
White Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Black-headed Wagtail
((Wren))
((Robin))
Nightingale
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Northern Wheatear
Whinchat
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Fieldfare
Blackbird
Blackcap
Whitethroat
((Sedge Warbler))
Savi’s Warbler
((Marsh Warbler))
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Chiffchaff
((Goldcrest))
((Firecrest))
Spotted Flycatcher
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Crested Tit
Marsh Tit
((Long-tailed Tit))
Nuthatch
Red-backed Shrike
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Hooded Crow
Rook
Raven
Starling
Golden Oriole
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Serin
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Ortolan Bunting
Yellowhammer
((Cirl Bunting))
Rock Bunting
Corn Bunting


103 species 

((heard)) 

Sunday 26 July 2015

A touch more on Serbia

A female Scop's Owl
I would like to formally apologise for the abject lack of posts since May. This has been due to the heavy schedul of the final weeks of the Vote National Bird plus trips subsequent trips to Shetland, Speyside, Mull, Skye, Berlin, Paris and Slovenia.

I'll drip-feed you some of the highlights over the coming days.

In the meantime, please enjoy this female Scops Owl from Serbia.