Thursday 18 May 2023

Romania May 2023











 


Black Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Grey -Headed Woodpecker.. the commonest Woodpecker in the Danube Delta .
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Syrian Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark...
Crested Lark.....
Calandra Lark.....6/7 seen well at 
Tawny Pipit....Common around Vardu seen very well ..
Water Pipit seen displaying at 5000 feet
Tree Pipit ...Singing birds in the mountains
Red - throated Pipit..5/6 stunning males seen on the way to VArdu
White Wagtail..common throughout
Grey Wagtail...common in Transylvania along the highway streams.
Yellow Wagtail mainly feldegg and dombrowskii
Black bellied Dipper,,Cinclus
Dunnock..seen at the begining of the highway..
Robin...seen and heard
Nightingale..one was singing when we picked up the car in the middle of Bucarest
Redstart...Abundant in the Danube Delta singing from every tree....and common elsewhere.
Black Redstart..a few seen in the mountains and one singing from the apartment on the highway
Wheatear....A few migrants in the Vardu area
Pied Wheatear...Some beautiful males at the Quarry 
Isabelline Wheatear...watched display flight at stunning
Whinchat,,,5 + at Vardu
Stonechat,,,only one seen at Vardu
Song Thrush,,common 
Mistle Thrush...common
Fieldfare..common around Castle Bran
Blackbird...common
Ring Ouzel..2 adults seen in the high mountains of Transylvania
Barred Warbler...6 + at Vardu
Blackcap...common
Garden Warbler,,,, a few migrants seen ar Vardu
Whitethroat,,,,common
Lesser Whitethroat...common
Sedge Warbler..common
Moustached Warbler...2 seen briefly by myself at Vardu
Savi's Warbler...Very common in the Danube Delta and at Vardu
Reed Warbler,,,,common
Marsh Warbler...4/5 at the fishponds showing well
Paddyfield Warbler,,,3/4 Birds seen very well at Vardu

Great Reed Warbler...Common in and around the  Danube Delta
Willow Warbler common 
Chiffchaff,,common 
Goldcrest...a few seen and heard
Wren.....a few seen and heard
Spotted Flycatcher..abundant in the Danube Delta and common elsewhere
Red-breasted Flycatcher....6 all female types seen at VArdu
Collared Flycatcher,,,,An Adult male and female at Vardu , adult male at nest site in The Danube Delta and another 2 very smart males seen in woddland near fishponds and the highway

Blue ,Great ,Coal , Tits
Marsh Tit a pair nesting in the Garden at Castle Bran ,,,,
Willow Tit ...
Long tailed Tit...small parties seen the Danube Delta .(not the white headed ones)
Bearded Tit,,,Common in the Danube Delta , many birds see very well

Penduline Tit,,,A common species in Romania ,and very common in the Danube Delta with birds seen at nest sites and herd  calling continually .30 + seen and heard

Nuthatch....small numbers
Treecreeper....small numbers...1..lol
Lesser Grey Shrike...1 in the Delta then an influx  of 7 at Vadu ...
Red-backed Shrike...A common species with 30 /40 sightings each day at Vadu , one adult male dead bird at Vadu had been hit by a car.

Magpie , Jay , Rook , Hooded Crow , Raven , Straling
Rose Coloured Starling ..4 seen at Vadu feeding in a recently cut field.
Golden Oriole...Some stunning males were seen at Vadu and birds calling are common.
House , Tree and Spanish Sparrows..A small colony of Spanish Sparrows at Vadu
Chaffinch , Bullfinch Linnet ,Goldfinch , Greenfinch,Hawfinch
Serin..A couple of males seen at Castle Bran in Translyvania and in and around the Carpanthian Mountains.
Reed Bunting... Seen in the Danube Delta
Ortolan Bunting...,,6  + Seen very well
Black Headed Bunting. a couple at Vardu and surrounding area
Corn Bunting ...Common
Rock Bunting 1 stunning adult seen while watching Brown Bear at the dam on the Transfagarasan Highway
Butterflys /Moths (too cold and early)
Black veined White
Camberwell Beauty
Eastern Bath White
Small White
European Map
Silver washed Fritillary
Peacock
Orange Tip 
Small Copper
Small Heath
Swallowtail
Wall Brown
Scarce Swallowtail
Holly Blue
Common Blue
Brown  Argus

Lime Hawkmoth
Sharp Angled Peacock
Speckled Yellow
Iron Prominent
Lesser Swallow Prominent




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