Latvia May 2022

                                                                     Map 

                                                            Common Crane

                                                           Scarlet Rosefinch (cheers GW)

List of Birds...continued ..

Icterine Warbler 

Sedge Warbler 

Blyth's Reed Warbler 

Marsh Warbler 

Eurasian Reed Warbler 

Great Reed Warbler

River Warbler 

Savi's Warbler 

Common Grasshopper-Warbler 

Wood Warbler  

Willow Warbler  

Chiffchaff 

Greenish Warbler 

Long-tailed Tit  

Blackcap 

Garden Warbler 

Barred Warbler ..Another bird of the trip a stunning adult male singing at the fishponds in a ditch next to the local shop...stunner

Lesser Whitethroat.....common singing bir 

Greater Whitethroat 

Goldcrest

Sand Martin 

Barn Swallow 

Common House-Martin 

Eurasian Treecreeper 

Eurasian Wren 

European Starling

Mistle Thrush 

Song Thrush 

Redwing 

Blackbird 

Fieldfare 

Spotted Flycatcher 

European Robin 

Thrush Nightingale ..

Bluethroat... 

Red-breasted Flycatcher 

European Pied Flycatcher 

Common Redstart 

Black Redstart 

Whinchat

Northern Wheatear

Dunnock 

House Sparrow 

Eurasian Tree Sparrow 

Gray Wagtail 

Western Yellow Wagtail 

Citrine Wagtail ....

White Wagtail 

Meadow Pipit 

Tree Pipit 

Common Chaffinch ..large flocks at  Cape Kola in the pines and generally common everywhere

Brambling 

Hawfinch..A common species in Latvia and good numbers were seen at Kolka migrating north a flock of 26 high north was one of the many highlights of the trip. 5 in the garden at Kolka...

Scarlet Rosefinch 

A common bird in Latvia with birds singing there common ' Pleased to meet you call' just about everywhere ,40 + seen on one day at Kolka .Many are the dull female types but occasionally a stunning male will appear singing from the top of a tree or bush ..This one above was at Lake Lubans and was a real stunner. (Pic Gary Waddington)

Eurasian Bullfinch ..Common at Kolka migrating north ,all seemed to be the large Northern types with Trumpet call... 

Common Redpoll (only 1 seen at Cape Kolka)

European Greenfinch , Linnet , Red Crossbill , European Goldfinch , European Serin and  Siskin....generally common throughout 

Reed Bunting  common at Lake Lubans and around the fishponds..