Below is a short report on this years Souther Poland short break in late August by our excellent Polish guide -
Felix Felger.
See next year's April - Woodpecker & Owl Festival short break
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"I have finished another succesful trip and the lovely British couple were very happy.
We had very good views of Pygmy Owl, but sadly Ural Owl we only heard a few times. There were many fantastic sightings of Lesser Spotted Eagle, a superb Goshawk eating a Woodpigeon right next to the vehicle. We also saw Honey Buzzards, Montagu's Harrier, White backed & Black Woodpeckers, a few Nutcrackers, Woodcock, Crested, Marsh, Willow & Northern Long-tailed Tits. These 'white-headed' gems are fantastic. There were Alpine Accentors close to us, down toa couple of meters (look at the photo). At the Zagor Fishponds we found Temincks Stint, Penduline Tit, Whiskered Terns feeding chicks, Great Bittern and many others.
We did quite well with the mammals, where we found very fresh Brown Bear tracks on a Beaver dam!, Chamoix from the cable car and very close while resting on the rocks, Red Deer and Red Squirrel.
However the major highlight of the tour was by no doubt the Gray Wolf seen very close to the bus during the day!!! This was same meadow where we saw the Brown Bear on last year's wildlife short break!
There were many butterflies such as Camberwell Beauty and Map Butterfly plus dragonflies such as Small Pincertail and Sombre Goldenring.
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| Alpine Accentor |
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