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Probirder: Hot off the press... Penduline Tit
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Birding, wildlife and more. in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Hot off the press. Penduline Tit. Another birding trip successfully completed, a week in Hungary, mainly in the Kiskunság lowlands and the Zemplén Hills. Here is one of the last birds we saw, this morning before heading for Budapest Airport, a Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus). This little gem is always very popular. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Birding and Wildlife Tours in Eastern Europe. Woodpeckers of the World.
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Probirder: February 2015
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Birding, wildlife and more. in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Saturday, February 28, 2015. Of course it was not all birds in Morocco recently. For example, we came across other wildlife such as this Spur-thighed Tortoise (Tesudo graeca). Absolutely wild, too. Sadly these reptiles are easily caught by those involved in the illegal pet-trade. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Monday, February 23, 2015. Morocco. Hoopoe Lark. Sunday, February 8, 2015. Great Spotted Woodpecker: a favourite garden bird. Which is fairl...
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Probirder: August 2014
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Birding, wildlife and more. in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Wednesday, August 27, 2014. And yet another great birding tour completed. This time with two South African birders, taking in parts of Austria and Hungary. We saw 150 species, upland, lowland and wetland, including many raptors and woodpeckers. Here is a favourite, a Crested Tit which is common in Austria's conifer forests. Sunday, August 3, 2014. So after the global travels, back to Hungary. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Woodpeckers of the World.
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Birding Eastern Europe: Special Birds: Moustached Warbler
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Thursday, 20 November 2014. Special Birds: Moustached Warbler. Is an often skulking little songbird, that is not always easy to see well. It occurs in reed and rush fringed wetlands in the south of the C and E Europe. This one was photographed in Eastern Austria by Thomas Hochebner. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). PROBIRDER: VISIT EASTERN EUROPE WITH THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD, FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BALKANS! Probirder - Gerard Gorman. Another Great Tour Done! Black Woodpecker foraging site. When joini...
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Birding Eastern Europe: December 2014
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Wednesday, 24 December 2014. Special Birds: Ring Ouzel. Ring Ouzels Turdus torquatus. Breed in forests at high elevations in C and E Europe. They are migratory and can be. Seen in lowlands when on the move at the end of summer and again in early spring. This one was photographed in Austria by Thomas Hochebner. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). PROBIRDER: VISIT EASTERN EUROPE WITH THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD, FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BALKANS! Probirder - Gerard Gorman. Another Great Tour Done! When joining any birdi...
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Birding Eastern Europe: Common Birds: Rook
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Friday, 6 February 2015. The Rook Corvus frugilegus. Is a fairly common bird in the region. Despite some misguided persecution (being a crow and wrongly viewed as pests), Rooks play an important role as providers of nests for birds such as Long-eared Owls, Common Kestrels and Red-footed Falcons. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). PROBIRDER: VISIT EASTERN EUROPE WITH THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD, FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BALKANS! Probirder - Gerard Gorman. Another Great Tour Done! Black Woodpecker foraging site.
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Probirder: Large Saw-tailed Bush-cricket
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Birding, wildlife and more. in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Large Saw-tailed Bush-cricket (Polysarcus denticauda), Hungary, June 2015. Grabbed this shot before it hopped off. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Birding and Wildlife Tours in Eastern Europe. Woodpeckers of the World. The majestic Imperial Eagle. Wildlife and Birding Destinations. Black Woodpecker foraging site. CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPEAN WILDLIFE. Published in 2008 by Bradt. Click on the cover. THE BIRDS OF HUNGARY.
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Probirder: Black Redstart, Hungary
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Birding, wildlife and more. in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Thursday, June 25, 2015. Black Redstart, Hungary. Here is a male Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) at Aggtelek, NE Hungary. A quite common bird in the region, this one posed in a village as I ate breakfast. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Birding and Wildlife Tours in Eastern Europe. Woodpeckers of the World. The majestic Imperial Eagle. Wildlife and Birding Destinations. Black Woodpecker foraging site. CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPEAN WILDLIFE.
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Probirder: Red-footed Falcon
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Birding, wildlife and more. in Eastern Europe and Beyond. Saturday, June 6, 2015. Well that is yet another birding tour successfully completed. Here is one of the many good moments from the trip. a male Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus. Declaring to everyone that this nest-box is his! Kiskunság, Hungary, Gerard Gorman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Birding and Wildlife Tours in Eastern Europe. Woodpeckers of the World. The majestic Imperial Eagle. Wildlife and Birding Destinations.
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Birding Eastern Europe: March 2015
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Sunday, 1 March 2015. Special Birds: Common Chough. Common Choughs (aka Red-billed Chough) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax. Are not widespread in C and E Europe. Rather, these attractive, gregarious crows are localised, found mainly in the higher ranges of the Balkans and the Austrian Alps. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). PROBIRDER: VISIT EASTERN EUROPE WITH THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD, FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BALKANS! Probirder - Gerard Gorman. Another Great Tour Done! Black Woodpecker foraging site. When joining any b...